Petronio de Araújo Pereira, 91, rowed and played volleyball to a high level, and still likes to practise sport. "People should not allow themselves to get rusty, you should always do sport," he said.

André Ferreira won gold with the Brazilian volleyball team at Barcelona 1992. Today he ran into his old team-mate Giovane Gávio, who was the very first Brazilian torchbearer in the Rio 2016 relay back in April.

Internationally renowned artist Romero Britto went back to his home town to carry the Rio 2016 Olympic Torch. "I can hardly find the words to express this feeling," he said.

Alessandro Magrão has been goalkeeper for one of Recife's main football clubs, Sport, for more than 10 years. "I am feeling an even stronger emotion than when I go onto the pitch," he said after carrying the Olympic Torch through the city