Bolt continues Rio goodwill tour

Usain Bolt continued his goodwill tour of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday by acting as a guide runner for Paralympic champion Terezinha Guilhermina.

The 28-year-old Jamaican smiled as he held the Brazilian's hand in a 50m sprint.

"It was a dream come true," Guilhermina told rio2016.com.

"He was a little uncertain at the start, afraid that I might fall over or that he would run too fast. This shows how much respect events like this bring to Paralympic athletes."

Guilhermina won 100m and 200m gold at the London 2012 Games and 200m gold in Beijing four years earlier.

Bolt is in Rio for Sunday's Mano a Mano challenge at the Brazilian Jockey Club.

The six-time Olympic gold champion will compete against Brazil's Jose Carlos Moreira, Holland's Churandy Martina and American Ryan Bailey.

The women's event will comprise Jamaicans Veronica Campbell-Brown and Kerron Stewart, plus Brazil's Vitoria Cristina Silva Rosa and American Carmelita Jeter.

There will also be a Paralympic race featuring Alan Oliveira, who won 200m gold at London 2012, plus US sprinters Paul Peterson and Richard Browne, and Germany's Felix Streng.

Bolt has won Brazilians over with his charm and benevolence over the past three days. On Thursday he visited a community sports center in the Mangueira shantytown, delighting fans by competing in a sprint against local youngsters and playing the tambourine with a local samba band.

And on Friday he expressed compassion when asked about Brazil's 7-1 World Cup semifinal defeat to Germany last year. Endi