Rio 2016: Team GB to light up Olympic closing ceremony… with illuminated SHOES
TEAM GB will cap off a record-breaking Olympic Games with a glittering performance at the closing ceremony.
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The athletes will light up the ceremony, which takes place on Sunday, with specially designed shoes that illuminate red, white and blue.
The 365 sports stars will celebrate a hugely successful Games, which are on track to be Britain's most successful ever.
So far, Team GB have won 56 medals, making Rio 2016 our best ever overseas Games with two day of events left to go.
British designers Simon Jersey have created special outfits for the sports stars to mark the end of the Olympics.
Team GB will wear specially designed outfits for the Olympic closing ceremony
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As well as the illuminated shoes, athletes will be dressed in a custom pair of shorts – red for women and blue for men – and a white jacket, both decorated with a lion’s head.
The jacket also features a "thank you" to Brazil and a "hello" to Tokyo – who will host the next Olympic Games in 2020.
The designers looked to Brazil's legendary carnivals as inspiration when creating the outfits.
Simon Jersey has designed custom outfits for all 365 athletes
The sports stars will wear shoes that light up red, white and blue
“Rio 2016 has been another great Games for Team GB and after the buzz of London 2012, we wanted to mark the closing ceremony with something a little different," a spokesman said.
Rio 2016 has been another great Games for Team GB
“Rio is known for its love of parties and carnivals, we thought using lights would be a fun and patriotic way honour that."
Bill Sweeney, CEO of the British Olympic Association, said: “The welcome that we’ve had from the people of Rio has been fantastic, as we knew it would be.
"Therefore it’s very fitting that Simon Jersey have made an outfit with a dedicated nod to one of the most symbolic things about Rio – its carnival.
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“The outfits, and especially the shoes, will provide an exciting and colourful end to what will have been a magnificent Olympic Games.”
The closing ceremony will air on BBC One on Sunday at midnight.