Marathon runner Cordeiro lights Games cauldron

Rio de Janeiro : Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro lit the Olympic cauldron on Friday to mark the start of the 2016 Games. Cordeiro famously led the 2004 Olympic marathon in Athens before victory was snatched from him when he was attacked by a spectator. He eventually

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Published 6 August 2016, 8:00 · Updated 18:22

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Marathon runner Cordeiro lights Games cauldron

Rio de Janeiro : Brazilian marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro lit the Olympic cauldron on Friday to mark the start of the 2016 Games.

Cordeiro famously led the 2004 Olympic marathon in Athens before victory was snatched from him when he was attacked by a spectator. He eventually won the bronze.

Tennis star Gustavo Kuertem kicked off the cauldron relay on Friday which concluded the opening ceremony.

He handed over to 1996 Olympic basketball silver medallist Hortencia Marcari who in turn passed it to Cordeiro.

Marathon runner Cordeiro lights Games cauldron

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