Usain Bolt dances the samba with Rio's youth
- 10 years ago
It's time to Samba in Rio -- with world record sprinter Usain Bolt, no less.
The six-time Jamaican Olympic champion spends the day dancing with children along Rio's Copacabana Beach.
The kids come from an underprivileged Favela neighborhood.
This eight-year-old whose part of the Miratus project says his moves are better than Bolt's.
RAFAEL ROSA DE MELO, SAYING:
"It was the first time Bolt learned to dance samba, so can you believe it, I dance better. Yup, I dance better than him."
While in Brazil, Bolt will race in a 100-meter "Mano a Mano" event two years before the Rio 2016 Olympics.
But that's not the only race he took part in. Towering over the group of youngsters, he offers them a lesson in sportsmanship.
A group from a local NGO known as the Maritus Project, says this type of interaction has a big impact on the kids.
(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) INSTRUCTOR FROM THE MIRATUS PROJECT, ALEXANDRO CARLOS DOS SANTOS SILVA, SAYING:
The six-time Jamaican Olympic champion spends the day dancing with children along Rio's Copacabana Beach.
The kids come from an underprivileged Favela neighborhood.
This eight-year-old whose part of the Miratus project says his moves are better than Bolt's.
RAFAEL ROSA DE MELO, SAYING:
"It was the first time Bolt learned to dance samba, so can you believe it, I dance better. Yup, I dance better than him."
While in Brazil, Bolt will race in a 100-meter "Mano a Mano" event two years before the Rio 2016 Olympics.
But that's not the only race he took part in. Towering over the group of youngsters, he offers them a lesson in sportsmanship.
A group from a local NGO known as the Maritus Project, says this type of interaction has a big impact on the kids.
(SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) INSTRUCTOR FROM THE MIRATUS PROJECT, ALEXANDRO CARLOS DOS SANTOS SILVA, SAYING: