The 2016 Olympic Games have come and gone but they threw up a lot of upsets and surprises as well as giving birth to new stars. Idris Adesina takes a look at some of the stars and flops of the 2016 Olympic Games

Team Nigeria ended their campaign at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, with a bronze medal from the men’s football event. However, the likes of Usain Bolt and Simone Biles led the old and new stars of the championship, while there were also super flops, who before the Games, were tipped to shine.

STARS

Michael Phelps (USA)

Phelps was the most decorated Olympian in history before his arrival in Rio but it didn’t stop the 31-year-old from adding to his medal haul in Brazil. He won gold in the men’s 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x200m freestyle relay and 4x100m medley relay. Phelps is now the all-time highest Olympic medallist with 28 medals: 23 gold, three silver and two bronze.

Usain Bolt (Jamaica)

The 30-year-old proved to be one of the greatest sprinters ever as he completed an unprecedented “treble treble.” He is yet to be beaten at three Olympics, after he stormed to victory in the men’s 100m, 200m and 4x100m athletic events at Beijing 2008, London 2012 and Rio 2016.

Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa)

Another star that emerged from the athletics event of the Rio Games was South African Van Niekerk. The 24-year-old broke the men’s 400m world record in Rio, in style. Competing in lane 8 in the final, Van Niekerk won gold in 43.03secs to break USA’s Michael Johnson’s 17-year-old record by 0.15sec. No athlete in the history of the Games had ever won the 400m from the outside lane.

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