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In Rio there was a 16-year-old aquatic marvel, American dominance, and surprise gold for Singapore and Kazakhstan.

The United States decisively won the medal race in Rio, but many other countries, including Canada, are holding their heads high.

Andre De Grasse alone met Athletics Canada's stated goal of two or three medals at the Rio Olympics while three others also reached the podium in track and field.

Considering how bad the leadup to the Rio Olympics was, which was almost unprecedented in its calamity, the actual Games themselves have gone fairly smooth. But there were still a few odd things to see over the past two weeks.

The United States won their third straight gold medal in men's Olympic basketball, hammering Serbia 96-66 in the final at the Rio Games on Sunday.

Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Brett Cecil in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians rallied past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 Sunday to win the series between teams that began the game as AL division leaders.

After Mongolian wrestler Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran lost a bronze-medal clash against Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Navruzov in controversial fashion, his coaches reacted in a way you would only expect to see in a WWE event.

In one moment Saturday night, a collective cheer thundered up from Maracana Stadium, echoing around Rio's hills and back down to Copacabana's bars, as Brazil won the gold medal in men's Olympic soccer. Fans pounded their chests with pride; suddenly the Rio Olympics seemed worth it.

After all the great performances from Canadian athletes there was some debate regarding who should receive the flag-bearing honour, but in the end it appears most are thrilled with the choice of swimming phenom Penny Oleksiak.

Right-hander Aaron Sanchez was optioned by the Toronto Blue Jays to single-A Dunedin on Sunday morning.

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge completed his collection of Olympic marathon medals by winning gold, while Eric Gillis delivered a rare top-10 result for Canada on the closing day in Rio.

Haislan Garcia, a Canadian freestyle wrestler competing in the 65-kilogram men's division, was unable to score a point against Mongolia's Mandakhnaran Ganzorig, falling 3-0 Sunday at Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro.

Canadian freestyle wrestler Haislan Garcia fell to Soslan Ramonov of Russia in a 65-kilogram men's match Sunday morning at the Rio Olympic Games.

The Canadian Olympic Committee has chosen Penny Oleksiak to be the country's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games.

Watch live at 10 a.m. ET as the Canadian Olympic Committee holds a closing press conference where they are expected to announce which athlete will carry the country's flag into Olympic Stadium during the closing ceremony on Sunday evening.

The bleak predictions failed to come to pass, and as these Games draw to a close, Rio has answered — with aplomb — many of the big questions that were being asked .

Here's a final look at what Olympic events you need to watch on the final day of Rio 2016.

Conor McGregor avenged his only loss in the UFC with a majority decision victory over Nate Diaz on Saturday night at UFC 202.

Conor McGregor avenged his only loss in the UFC with a majority decision victory over Nate Diaz on Saturday night at UFC 202.

Being in Brazil was no reason for Team Canada to miss out on the biggest concert the country has ever seen.

American swimmer Ryan Lochte said he over-exaggerated what happened at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and acknowledged it was his "immature behaviour" that got him and three teammates into a mess that consumed the final days of the Olympics.

The five-time World Cup champions won the only prize in soccer they were missing after defeating Germany in a shootout, earning an Olympic gold medal for the first time. Here's the top photos from Saturday at the Rio Games.

Internal conflicts, disorganization and a lack of leadership is plaguing one of Canada's most well-funded summer sports organizations, according to a report Saturday from Radio Canada's Martin Leclerc.

Hamilton quarterback Zach Collaros threw a career-best five touchdown passes in his return to Tim Hortons Field as the Tiger-Cats won their first home game this season, 53-7 over the Saskatchewan Roughriders Saturday night.

Edwin Encarnacion homered, Roberto Osuna bounced back from a nightmarish outing to record the save and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 on Saturday night.

Sebastian Giovinco scored his MLS-leading 16th goal and Toronto FC extended its unbeaten streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.

Britain's Mo Farah won the men's 5,000-metre final on Saturday, his second gold medal of the Rio Olympics, while Canada's Mohammed Ahmed came in fourth.

Canada's Melissa Bishop turned in a national record but could not hold off Kenya's Margaret Wambui, who passed her en route to a bronze medal in the women's 800-metre final.

Canada's Melissa Bishop turned in a national record but could not hold off Kenya's Margaret Wambui, who passed her en route to a bronze medal in the women's 800-metre final.

Neymar delivered Brazil's first Olympic men's soccer gold medal on Saturday with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout victory over Germany in a thrilling match at the Maracana Stadium.

Mike Reilly threw three touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Edmonton Eskimos past the Toronto Argonauts 46-23 on a hot, muggy Saturday afternoon.