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Pelé is the new Ambassador for Rio 2016 Bid

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The greatest football player of all time will be presented on Thursday, at Casa Brasil, in Beijing

Pelé is the new Ambassador for Rio 2016 Bid

Photo: Marco Antonio Rezende / BOC

Pelé will be presented, on Thursday, as the new Rio 2016 Ambassador. The best football player ever will strengthen  Rio’s Bid for 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Brazilian media press conference will be held at 1:30 pm., at Casa Brasil,   in Beijing’s Jianguo Garden Hotel.

The event will be attended by Carlos Arthur Nuzman, the president of Rio 2016 Bid Committee and of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (BOC) and by another Rio 2016 Ambassador, two-time Olympic medalist former basketball player Janeth.