Lighting Olympic Cauldron, Unfortunate De Lima Interrupted Once Again
After hours of intense and occasionally preposterous speculation, in the end it was neither Pelé nor Bebeto, Gustavo Kuerten, Marta, or hoops star Hortência who got to light the Olympic cauldron. The latter three all took part in the Rio 2016 opening ceremony, but the final task instead fell to Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima. As the average Brazilian struggles in the face…