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After more than two weeks of competitive games, plenty of medals as well as tears of joy and sadness, Latin America's first Olympics wrapped up in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
The most memorable moments from the Aug. 5-21 Summer Games range from the fast paced, such as Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt glancing at Canadian rival Andre De Grasse during a race to the joyous post-competition celebrations, showing Brazilian rugby player Isadora Cerullo kissing her girlfriend after a wedding proposal at a medal ceremony.
"When Usain Bolt prepared for his 100m semi-final I decided to play with slow shutter speed for that race.
I set my camera (shutter speed) to a 50th of a second and was waiting for the moment when he passed my position.
In this very right moment he looked to his left with the proud smile and my first thought was: 'hopefully I got this sharp.'
Well, I've been a lucky bunny in this case but I still would not have imagined at this moment that this picture would go viral and get worldwide recognition," said Reuters photographer Kai Pfaffenbach.
Sailors compete under the Christ the Redeemer statue.
Qiu Bo of China competes in men's 10m platform final.
Michael Phelps of USA congratulates Joseph Schooling of Singapore after Schooling won the gold in men's 100m butterfly final.
Kenya Yasuda of Japan is injure in men's water polo preliminary round.
(Left to right) Jhoanis Portilla of Cuba, Orlando Ortega of Spain and Deuce Carter of Jamaica compete in the rain.
Mo Farah of Britain celebrates winning the men's 5000m final.
First placed Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya celebrates with supporters.
Rafaela Silva of Brazil celebrates gold medal in woman's 57 kg judo.
Mariana Pajon of Colombia leads the race during women's BMX final.
Goalkeeper Teresa Almeida of Angola saves.
Neymar of Brazil celebrates with goalkeeper Weverton of Brazil after they won the penalty shootout and the gold medal.
The tennis court is cleaned by personnel as matches were delayed due to rain.
Lee Eun-Ju of South Korea (right) takes a selfie picture with Hong Un Jong of North Korea.
Yu Mengyu of Singapore eyes the ball during play against Kim Song I of North Korea.
Miles Gerek Meinhardt of USA competes with Artur Akhmatkhuzin of Russia.
Roman Vlasov of Russia celebrates winning the gold medal after the victory over Mark Overgard Madsen of Denmark in men's Greco-Roman 75kg wrestling.
The coach of Mandakhnaran Ganzorig of Mongolia takes off his clothes as he protests after the match against Ikhtiyor Navruzov of Uzbekistan in men's freestyle 65 kg wrestling.
Simone Biles of USA during the women's team final in artistic gymnastics.
Sara Dosho of Japan celebrates with her coach after winning the gold medal in women's freestyle 69kg wrestling.
