5. Mongolia's naked fury
Mongolian officials stripped off and hurled their shoes to the floor in protest at a wrestler losing out on bronze
4. Semenya faces more scrutiny
South African comfortably won the Rio 800m final but the IAAF plans to lodge case with Cas against hyperandrogenic athletes
3. A success?
Despite concerns about Zika, empty seats and doping, Rio delivered moments of grace and purity where athletic achievement drowned out everything else
2. Rio eye candy
Feast your eyes on our photographer Tom Jenkins’s best images from Rio 2016
1. Farewell Rio, hello Super Mario
The Games closed amid driving rain and fireworks with a ceremony that was largely celebratory and included a bizarre turn from Japan’s PM