Cachoeiras de Macacu has a large Japanese community and they brought their heritage and culture to greet the Olympic torch.

Barbara Kendal won three medals in five Olympic appearances for New Zealand. The windsurf ace is in Brazil for the first time and wants to visit Guanabara Bay. "I wish the Games in Rio had been earlier so I could've competed."

To be your country's first and only medallist is a rare honour. But this is the case of Frank Fredericks from Namibia. "I hope the younger generation change this," said the indoor 200m world record holder. "I got to know Brazil because of football."