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Brazilian runner Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima lights Rio Olympics cauldron

Xinhua, August 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, who was denied

victory at the 2004 Athens Games marathon when he was attacked by a spectator, ignited the Olympic cauldron for the Rio de Janeiro Games as the final participant of the torch relay. Enditem