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Brazil: The bronze is ours

Monday, August 18th, 2008 @ 20:19 UTC

by Paula Góes

Countries:: Brazil
Topics:: Humor, Sport
Languages:: Portuguese
Special:: Olympics

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This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Making fun of the Brazilian athletes' accomplishment in the Beijing Olympic Games, a new blog was created: Bronze Brasil 2008. “With the achievement of our fifth bronze medal, our dream of beating the Olympic record seems to be drawing close. There are only 5 medals. There are 6 days of games. The dream is possible. The bronze is ours.”

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