Tag: Engenho de Dentro

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - By the end of Sunday, September 11th, the Rio 2016 Paralympics’ fourth day of competitions, over one hundred Paralympic world records have been overtaken. Only four days into the Games,...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Thursday, September 8th, in his first race of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, Brazilian Paralympic swimming sensation Daniel Dias did not disappoint the 15,000 fans at the Olympic Aquatic Stadium...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Usain Bolt came to the 2016 Rio Olympics with one objective: become the first man in history to win the triple-triple, a gold medal in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100...

By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Monday, August 15th, at the Olympic Stadium in Engenho de Dentro, Brazil’s Thiago Braz da Silva, came out of nowhere to claim the gold medal and set a new...