Bernardo Oliveira believes home advantage will prove crucial as Brazilian archers target medal success at Rio 2016, having watched as Great Britain's athletes took inspiration from the crowd in London four years ago.

Oliveira and his team-mates were the first archers to train at the Sambódromo when the venue opened its doors ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games archery competition.

And 23-year-old Oliveira is sure all Brazilian athletes can draw strength from the home support.

"I just can't describe the importance of a home Games," he said. "I was in London (2012 Olympic Games) in a programme that took young athletes to have a first experience of the Games, with our preparation for 2016 in mind.

"It was mindblowing. The atmosphere of the city, the energy. And whenever GB was competing it was crazy."

"It feels great to be part of something that is gathering the entire country. It's a historical moment for us, and being part of it is an honour."

The Brazil squad shows signs of peaking at the right time, with the mixed team making the Medellin World Cup finals and the men's team reaching the bronze match at the Antalya World Cup this year, the last two major international competitions before the Games.

"Our hopes for Rio are simple: a medal," Oliveira said. "(It) doesn't matter if it's teams, individual, men or women. Archery is already receiving a lot of support and attention in Brazil, and an Olympic medal would be the ultimate boost for us. Our latest international results give us confidence."

Archery is enjoying an increasingly high profile in Brazil, with archer Marcus D'Almeida having carried the Olympic torch through central Sao Paulo on Sunday. In 2014, D'Almeida won silver at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.

The programme that took Oliveira to London four years ago allowed 16 young athletes with potential to qualify for the 2016 Games to experience the Games in London, attending training sessions, official competitions and visiting the Olympic Village.

"I thought about refusing, because I wanted to go to London as a competitor and not as a visitor, said Oliveira. "But once I got there I was very happy I had accepted the invitation. I remember telling myself 'In four years time I have to be in Rio de Janeiro, competing. I will do whatever it takes to get there."

The archery competition is being held at the Sambódromo, an historic venue in Rio de Janeiro's downtown designed by Brazil's most famous architect Oscar Niemeyer. Every year the venue is used for the city's world-famous carnival parade.