Rio said farewell to the Paralympics Sunday in a closing ceremony showcasing Brazil’s love for music and celebrating what many consider to have been a surprisingly successful Games. The closing ceremony took place at Rio’s famed Maracana stadium on Monday (AEST), with festivities highlighted by a giant conga-line of athletes snaking its way around to the cheers of thousands of fans, who danced in the stands to Brazilian funk music.

The famous Maracana football stadium was packed, with the Paralympians themselves seated across the field, as proceedings kicked off with fireworks. In all these days of play we saw number of athletes loosing and winning medals but the one thing that was common in all the athletes was the spirit of never giving up.

So here are some of the pictures from Rio Paralympics which will inspire us all our life to never say no in life

#Mexico’s Cristopher Tronco taken out after Breaststroke heat.

#Hamada Hassan of Egypt  in the men’s high jump

#Egypt’s Ibrahim Hamadtou competes in table tennis

#British athlete after finishing the race

#Spain’s Rakel Mateo Uriarte runs to a goal during women’s triathlon

#Athlete before lifting the weight 

#Zhiqiang Zhong of China prepares to compete in the men’s high jump

#USA’s Brian Bell topples over on his wheelchair during their match

#Swimmers Getting out of the pool  

#Rwanda sitting volleyball players align for the national anthem before their match

#Juan Jose Fernandez Mendez (ESP) of Spain

# Matt Stutzman of USA During the match

#Keunjin Choi  of South Korea competes in  Powerlifting Final

# Athlete before getting in the pool 

# Chinese player in table tennis match 

#Brent Lakatos of Canada celebrates after winning the men’s 100m

#Lauritta Onye of Nigeria celebrates after breaking the world record in the Women’s Shotput

#And at last Joao Maia the blind photographer of Rio