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Olympics Closing Ceremony 2016: Twitter Reacts to Celebration in Rio

Rio de Janeiro officially dropped the curtain on the 2016 Summer Olympics following Sunday night's closing ceremony.

The ceremony got off to an inauspicious start, though.

According to Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo, residents in a favela near Maracana Stadium lost their electricity shortly before the event:

Right now: The lights of Maracana. Below Mangueira favela is dark. Power knocked out. Residents can't watch closing pic.twitter.com/0pDlUa8W2T

— Gabriel Elizondo (@elizondogabriel) August 21, 2016

The United States Olympic Committee selected Simone Biles to carry the American flag during the Parade of Flags.