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Geraint Hughes looks back at the 2016 Rio Olympics and their legacy

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Sky Sports News HQ reporter Geraint Hughes reflects on the 2016 Olympics

Rio 2016 will be remembered as Team GB's most successful away Games in terms of medals.

But Brazil's economic demise led to chaotic organisation, coupled with security fears and a public who struggled to fully engage with the Games.

The Games came to an end on Sunday and Geraint Hughes of Sky Sports News HQ has put together a report in which he reflects on Rio 2016.

Hughes discussed the spectre of doping with British Olympic Association Chief Executive Bill Sweeney and the remarkable efforts of the Great Britain team with UK Sport Chief Executive Liz Nicholl.

He also caught up with the IAAF president Lord Coe, who said: "I don't think I can remember, in my lifetime, a Games that has been delivered against more challenging circumstances than here."

And Hughes also examined the issue of whether the poorer members of society in Brazil were engaged by the Olympics, speaking to community leader Richard Ramos.

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