Fabiana to start Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay across Brazil

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Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016 – Fabiana Claudino, a two-time Olympic volleyball champion (2008 and 2012), will be the first torchbearer as the Olympic flame begins its 95-day journey across Brazil on Tuesday.An aircraft carrying the lantern lit in Athens, Greece, will land at Brasília International Airport at 6:40 am, coming from Switzerland, where the flame visited the Olympic Museum and United Nations office. At 9 am it will reach the Planalto Palace, the official workplace of the president of Brazil, to light the first Olympic torch, kicking off the great journey.The relay will start at 10 am, and altogether it will extend for more than 118 km, …

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