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Big Ben rang rings around the Olympic Stadium to mark the beginning of the pre-show at the closing ceremony in London in 2012.
The scene was set with paper sculptures of landmarks of the capital, including the London Eye, Big Ben and Tower Bridge, which covers the center of the stage where Mo Farah took his second gold medal at just 24 hours before.
Traditionally, the closing ceremony is a celebration of what athletes have achieved, with the Olympics supremo Lord Coe describing the night as a time of "party, party, party."
The closing ceremony in 2012 - called Symphony in British music - celebrates music as one of the strongest in Britain cultural exports over the last 50 years. Artists at the beginning of the ceremony included the Pet Shop Boys, Madness, a direction, Emeli Sande and The Kinks singer Ray Davies.
Winston Churchill, played by King Speech actor Timothy Spall, Big Ben ruled by reciting the same lines of Shakespeare's The Tempest which contributed to the Games 16 days ago: "Be not afeard: the island is full noise. "
As the loud noise acquired to a increasing, Churchill emphasis by the public around the world to the royal box as a fanfare announced the arrival of Prince Harry and the International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge.
In another nod to Queen's Diamond Jubilee, 10 large trucks opened to reveal street parties representing all walks of London life. Some 30 gymnasts of the troupe from Britain's Got Talent is tense Spelbound illustrate the lyrics of The Beatles "A Day In The Life.
Since many of the 10,000 athletes from 204 nations involved in the Games flooded the stadium, filling the areas between the ramp phase, they joined hands for the execution of the elbow with open arms and One Day alike This. Billions of watchers were activated to a different interpretation of the Union flag that athletes, in their national colors, formed a mosh pit around the stage.
The transfer of the London 2012 team for the Rio 2016 will be held simultaneously with the extinguishing of the flame, marking the end of the Games. Traditionally, this is an opportunity to celebrate what athletes have done and also for a big party.
U.S. President Barack Obama called Prime Minister David Cameron earlier to "congratulate him and the people in the UK and London on the very winning Olympics," a spokesman for the White House told. It "talks of the type and look of our end friend," he more.
