Little Sofia Miranda da Costa brought along her own child-sized torch to greet bodyboarder Maylla Venturin. |"Of all the titles I have won in my career, carrying the Olympic Torch was the most important," Maylla said.

Bicycle mechanic Magno Pereira was only ever going to choose one means of transport for his stage of the Olympic Torch Relay. This afternoon in Linhares he was followed by a host of locals on bicycles, many of which he has repaired himself.

An eager crowd awaits for the Olympic Torch in Linhares. Taking the torch to the stage will be Vinicius Teixeira, a local handball player who has made the national side that will be competing at Rio 2016.

There is a strong tradition of scouting among Brazil's youth. Here, a smartly turned out troop of scouts line up in the local skate park to salute the Olympic Torch. "There's a feeling of massive patriotism," leader Max Mauro Otoni says