rami applied and a few months later he got the call. >> so i said, okay, if you really have aspirations to go, and if we only know it in june or july, if you're allowed to go to the olympics, we have to train as if you are going. and i cannot do anything about that. if it hurts, it hurts. you just have to do it. >> reporter: rami is one of two refugees from syria. the others from south sudan, ethiopia and the democratic republic of the congo. >> it's a child's dream to be here, and what makes it special for him is that he was supposed to be here. when there was no war, he was supposed to be here, and now that he is here, even when not everything is optimal, he is here, and he now has something to go on. and he will go on. >> reporter: his number one hope is that by the next summer olympics, the notion of a team for refugees will be obsolete. >> in addition to his training, he also had to take intensive dutch lessons. she said the first words in

an understandable sentiment. >> we have no idea what that's like. never at all. good for them. that's a great story. >> it's inspiring. >> and he got a standing ovation making his personal best. >> and he competes tonight. >> we wish him luck tonight. >> ali rogin, thank you so much. and joining us this morning coming up, we visit a guy called dr. miami. >> okay. he's offering behind the scenes visits to his operating rooms. they're proving popular on social media. you're watching "world news now." >> "world news now" continues after this from our abc

most people don't enjoy going to the doctor no matter how nice your doctor is or how nice your doctor is. one plastic surgeon's popularity is soaring. >> interesting name. he's bringing his viewers behind the scenes. the key word is behind his name, of course. we're up all night with rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: it's inside the operating room like you've never seen before. >> how nice is this booty looking? >> reporter: brought to you by the man known as dr. miami. >> they call me dr. miami. i'm a plastic surgeon. i make people feel better about their bodies.

surgeon is taking viewers behind the scenes of surgery. most so graphic we can't even show you. >> we have a brazilian butt lift. she's quite square. we're going to give her a natural waist and round booty. >> reporter: capturing the before, after and everything in between. in the ten-second video clips he posts to the social media platform, snapchat. >> i made my incision. >> reporter: the result, a cult following of millions of snap chat followers and more new patients than he can handle. >> and then we said we're taking a break from appointments. we have a backlog already of more than two years out. i'm going to clean it up and show you something quite dramatic. >> reporter: he insists that all there doesn't distract him in the operating room where life is literally in his hands. god forbid that worst case scenario. somebody dies on your table. >> we're careful. we hope it never happens. >> reporter: it's not the first time viewers have flocked to plastic surgery. on the show "botched" millions of fans tune in to see the good,

cosmetic surgery. but in dr. miami's o.r., fans are getting raw, unedited and unfiltered video almost instantaneously. >> this booty is all done. look how nice and round it is. everything she wanted in a booty and a bag of chips. >> reporter: unfocussed in the operating room may have backfired before. after legendary comedian joan rivers suffered fatal complications during a minor throat procedure, her daughter melissa sued the yorkville endoscopy where the procedure was done claiming that a doctor took photos of joan rivers while under sedation. melissa rivers reaching a

so far for dr. miami, no complications. something goes wrong, somebody has the evidence to bring to a court and say, look what he did right here. we have the moment on tape. >> i think all surgeries should be on tape. what's wrong with transparency? it's like saying to a cop why are you wearing a body camera? cameras on police and in schools are a good thing. it keeps everybody focussed. >> reporter: dr. miami's popularity only seems to be growing. >> here are your finalists for best snapchatter of the year. >> reporter: he claim in second place losing calla. >> maybe next year. >> you never know. >> reporter: while snapchat may have made him famous, his patients say the work speaks for itself. for nightline, i'm rebecca jarvis in miami. >> maybe he should get the first place winner to provide commentary on the surgeries. apparently he tried to do it on instagram and post photos but they were too graphic and he got kicked off. so his daughter had to teach him how to use snapchat. >> one-third of his patients say no thank you. >> they do have the option to opt out. coming up, samba lessons in

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? ? i don't think i did very well. it's one, two, three. men are supposed to be a wider stance. one, two, three. in brazil samba music isn't just for carnival time of year. it's a daily beat of life in places like rio. >> the city is famous for sites and sounds. abc's amy robach has been taking in some of them while covering the games for us. >> reporter: vibrant, vivacious, bursting with energy from the beaches to the blue skies, this is rio de janeiro. we wanted to experience rio's heart beat up close.

drives the national motto, order and progress. it makes you dizzy just looking at it with the clouds moving in front of it. this 90-foot-tall statue of jesus is located at the top of the corporal mountain. it was completed in 1941. it gets hits from lightning every year. during the visit the wind was unbelievable. which didn't help my selfie game. of course, all that climbing worked up an appetite. oh, that's cheese in there? >> yes. >> reporter: so we caught up with roberta, the team's official chef for team brazil who designed 191 recipes to keep the team's 465 athletes fueled. we hit the kitchen to get the brazilian take on a texas classic, the brisket sandwich. >> melt the cheese. >> reporter: it smells so good.

it's a mix of brazil and america. >> reporter: this is so good. gold medal. >> thank you. >> reporter: and finally no trip to rio is complete without samba lessons. the celebrated dance front and center at rio's carnival festival that brings nearly 2 million people to town to mark the beginning of lent. >> like this. >> reporter: you have to have attitude. famous latin dance teacher jamie atasha quintessential moves i won't soon forget. salsa is more knees and samba is more hips? >> yes. >> great moves. >> that one looks a lot easier than this. >> i love one viewer's comment. they said diane, your samba is getting better, kendis, god bless. one, two, three. so bless us. one, two, three. i think i'm just doing a reverse version of the running man at

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