The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are drawing nearer and Brazil has high expectations for the tournament. Tokyo 2020 has been historic for the country, and now the goal is to improve those results.
The bar was set high, as Brazil took home a total of 21 medals, seven of them gold. But the country should have reasons for optimism this year too, with the following athletes considered as favorites to win gold in their respective events.
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- Gabriel Medina (surfing)
- Rebeca Andrade (artistic gymnastics – especially in vault, floor, and all-around)
- Bia Ferreira (boxing)
- Ana Patrícia and Duda (beach volleyball)
- Rayssa Leal (skateboarding)
- Mayra Aguiar (judo)
- Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze (sailing)
- Alison dos Santos (athletics)
- Ana Marcela Cunha (swimming)
Brazil should also have hopes on the following athletes to take home medal or bronze:
- Marcus D’Almeida (archery)
- Bia Souza (judo)
- The women’s gymnastics team
- Women’s volleyball
- Men’s volleyball
- Filipinho (surfing)
- Isaquias Queiroz (canoeing)
- Flávia Saraiva (gymnastics)
- Keno Machado (boxing)
- Wanderley “Holyfield” Pereira (boxing)
- Augusto Akio (skateboarding)
- Nathalie Moellhausen (fencing)
- Hugo Calderano (table tennis)
Remembering Zagallo
Sambafoot Series launched a new documentary about the football legend Zagallo. Known as ‘Velho Lobo‘ and as superstitious as it gets, Zagallo helped shape what Brazilian football is nowadays — as a player and as a coach.
Binge the full series, available on Sambafoot’s Youtube channel.
