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RIO de JANEIRO, Aug 14:
The Olympic flag arrived in Rio de Janeiro, which will host the 2016 Summer Games — a challenge which authorities in Brazil say the city is prepared to conquer.
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes stepped off a plane carrying the flag, accompanied by Carlos Arthur Nuzman, president of the 2016 Games Organising Committee and Rio Governor Sergio Cabral, an AFP correspondent at the airport saw.
“The arrival of the Olympic flag marks a period of transformation in the city,” Paes told reporters. “This is a unique opportunity for Brazil — a time of great celebration.”
Also on board the plane were Brazilian athletes — some with medals around their necks — who competed in the London Games, which ended on Sunday in a blaze of music, fireworks and light.
“Arriving in Rio with the flag was a privilege for us, the athletes,” said Robert Scheidt, who won bronze in Olympic sailing’s Star competition with Bruno Prada.
“There is room for much improvement (in terms of the number of medals won) here in Rio,” Scheidt added.(PTI)

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