officials waving the flag as brazil and to follow in the footsteps of great britain rio mayor eduardo pius carrying the famous sporting symbol which was created for the sole impacts back in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight till then hand it to president dilma rousseff in the nation's capital brasilia brazil won a seventeen medals in london including three gold are we hoping for a similar showing to take great britain at the home games and claim a significantly larger medal haul in four years' time. i think the preparation was very good for london to get a big number of medals we can still improve a lot in the real chance to compete at home with the public's energy is unique we can see know how the fans help the british compete at home i'm sure that our friends here will do so even more many more friends much more energy and i think the ethyl it will gain a lot from that. elsewhere and in football russia gearing up for their first match under fabio capello they face the ivory coast here in moscow and a friendly on wednesday evening capello signed a two year deal with the russian footb