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              Olympic Torch Arrives in Rio, Finishing 90-day Tour

   by VOA News

   The Olympic Torch arrived by boat in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday as part
   of its 90-day relay around the country ahead of the Olympic games
   beginning Friday.

   A yacht steered by seven Brazilian Olympic sailors made the one-hour
   journey from the town of Niteroi to a historic Rio naval base, where
   sailors Torben and Lars Grael presented the torch to Mayor Eduardo
   Paes.

   The torch will travel through Rio for three days, visiting
   underprivileged suburbs, beaches, and finally the famous Christ the
   Redeemer statue on Friday before arriving at Maracana Stadium to begin
   the 2016 Olympic games.

   The flame arrived in the capital, Brasilia, in early May from Greece,
   where the Olympic Games originated, via Switzerland aboard a TAM jet
   that was escorted by two Brazilian Air Force fighter planes.

   Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Arthur Nuzman carried the
   flame in a lantern as he walked out of the plane.

   Since-impeached President Dilma Rousseff ignited the first torch after
   it was taken to the Planalto presidential palace to begin its relay
   through more than 300 cities, carried by 12,000 torchbearers, each
   running 200 meters.
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