The celebration cauldron was lit in Campo Grande by Zequinha Barbosa and this Sunday (26 June), the Olympic torch heads to Sidrolândia, Rio Brilhante, Maracaju, Itaporã and Dourados. Follow it here.

Rosinha Conceição started to run because of her weighand did not like being teased. Today, at 38, she is in great shape, dividing her time between housekeeping and running. Her dream is to go to the Olympics. "I'm overwhelmed by emotion." she said.

Pyschologist and professor, Ronilço de Oliveira is a comic book fanatic and has his own comic bookshop as well as a travelling shop, distributing comic literature from his tricycle "Gibicicleta." "This event's about unity and equality. Its amazing."

Five-time Brazilian taekwondo champion and silver-medallist at the 1999 Pan American Games, Soraia de Faria is today a businesswoman and supports a project that works with disadvantaged kids. "I carried the Pan torch but this is a different joy."

Before being a runner and winning gold at the 1999 Pan American games, Elenilson Silva was a cattle herder in Bonito, where he carried the Olympic flame in Gruta Azul. "Its a special moment, such a beautiful place to crown my career," he said.

João Vizcaino, who has down syndrome, is a beloved citizen of Bonito. The sports-lover plays football and was overjoyed to be chosen to carry the Olympic torch. The city's band saluted the Olympic flame and played a tribute to young João.

The Olympic torch floated atop the waters of the Rio da Prata, in Bonito, carried by doctor, adventurer and television presenter Karina Oilani.

The Olympic flame left Campo Grande today by helicopter, headed to Bonito where it will be taken on a special tour.

In Campo Grande, the torch celebration ceremony will take place at the Park of Indigenous Nations, a sport and leisure area, with native vegetations and a lake, on which the Olympic torch will be carried aboard a canoe.