Athletes wanting to take selfies with Simone Biles caused a traffic jam during the Olympic closing ceremony
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The Rio Olympics officially came to an end Sunday night with the closing ceremony.
The ceremony marks not only the end of the Rio games but also the handoff to the Tokyo Games in 2020. This edition of the closing ceremony, however, may be best remembered for the downpouring rain and the "Heroes of the Games" segment being slowed down by the presence of Simone Biles.
Specifically, it seemed as if every athlete wanted to stop and take selfies with Biles, who was tasked with carrying the US flag during the ceremony.
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NBC's Mary Carillo called it a "Simone Selfie Central" and said a "conga line of people" were waiting just to take selfies with the American gymnast.
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These were just some of the selfies that NBC showed during its broadcast.
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It seems pretty clear who the star of these Olympics was, and it is a status that was well earned.
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