That's it, the Paralympic party in Rio is now in the past. It may be over, here are the highlights recognising our great athletes who looked past the poor preparation in many of the venues and focused on what the Paralympics is all about - sport!
Finally the team has done its job and can relax. Our incredible athletes brought home 147 medals in total. Here are the memories that stick out the most for me.
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Lee Pearson
Dressage legend Lee Pearson CBE got things started by being declared as GB's flag bearer. A fitting choice considering his 12 Paralympic medals including 10 golds since his debut at the Sydney 2000 Games.
Pearson went on to claim gold on day nine of the event in the Freestyle Test Grade Ib dressage category.
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Sarah Storey
From one decorated athlete to another. Sarah Storey rewrote the history books - overtaking Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson - in becoming the most successful British Female Paralympian of all-time.
Until recently, Storey shared the title with Thompson, but with an impressive performance in the velodrome, Storey claimed her 12th Paralympic gold. Nine days later, she timed her charge to perfection in the C4/5 road race.
Storey walked away from Rio with three more golds to add to her collection.
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Basketball Records
A few weeks ago, I caught up with the GB wheelchair basketball team as they prepared to start their Paralympic journey.
Well, all the hard work paid off. The women may not have come away from the event with a medal but they still made history finishing in GB women's highest ever place, fourth.
The men's squad, who just missed out on a medal in 2012, had some unfinished business. With the women's team cheering them on from the sidelines, they fought hard in the bronze medal match and won, adding to GB's impressive medal count.
Sascha Kindred
Competing at his sixth and last Paralympic Games, 38-year-old Sascha Kindred positioned himself on the edge of the pool in the aquatic centre knowing full well that the SM6 200m medley was his last chance to win a seventh gold medal.
It followed him being temporarily disqualified after winning one of his heats because one of the referees thought his backstroke was infringing on other athletes.
However, once the team explained how Kindred's disability worked - meaning that he's allowed to drag one of his legs through the water, his place was reinstated. That gold medal moment must have felt that much more well-deserved after that drama.
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He's giving his mascot to his daughter!
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Will Bailey
Gold. Nothing else would do for table tennis pro Will Bailey. He'd already picked up the bronze and silver from London, but there was an empty place on the shelf and only the gold would fill it.
The 28-year-old leaped on the table after winning the class 7 table tennis title - what a lad!
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Kadeena Cox
When Kadeena Cox declared her intention to compete in both cycling and athletics at the Rio Paralympics, many had their doubts.
She is the first Paralympian for 32 years to win gold in two separate sports. She took T38 100m athletics bronze one day, and switched her kit and won gold in the C4-5 time trial (cycling) a few days later. She then walked back onto the athletics track to win gold in the T38 400m. Nothing short of inspirational, the 25-year-old from Leeds was then asked to carry the Union Jack flag in the closing ceremony.
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23 sporting events took place over 11 days. 2,347 gold, silver and bronze medals later, the Paralympic Games in Rio are now over.
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