Torch Relay will close its last night in Paraná at Ponta Grossa

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1 Torch Relay will close its last night in Paraná at Ponta Grossa Vila Velha State Park welcomes the Olympic flame this Friday (15) The Rio 2016 Olympic Torch Relay will have its last night in Paraná this Friday (15), at the city of Ponta Grossa. In the day s schedule are also the towns of Fazenda Rio Grande, Araucária and Campo Largo. The day s main feature is the visit to the State Park of Vila Velha, an area belonging to the county of Ponta Grossa. Throughout the day, 144 people will carry the Olympic flame, and the retinue will travel a total distance of 215 kilometres. - Students from the Teatro Guaíra Dance School will welcome the Olympic flame at Fazenda Rio Grande. The performance will be at Praça Brasil (square), with the Nado Sincronizado choreography by Patríca Otto, which integrates the Olympus montage. - In Araucária, cultural events are scheduled to take place, with music and dancing, at the main passing points of the retinue: the squares Bíblia and Vicente Machado, and the Cachoeira Park, ending point of the relay in this city. - Campo Largo will have its ceremony at Getúlio Vargas Square, with cultural, musical and folkloric attractions. The band Radio Radar ends the programme in this town. - Before arriving at the town of Ponta Grossa, the Olympic torch will pay a visit to the Vilha Velha State Park, where it will meet the famous sandstones of varied shapes, among them, the most known: the Taça ( cup ). After the visit, the retinue heads for the city, where the relay will start in front of the Town Hall. The ceremonial cauldron will be lit at the Governador Manoel Ribas Environmental Complex, with a performance by band Jump, afterwards. Check out some the day s torchbearers:

2 - Paulo Zulu was an actor, presenter, model and surf athlete when young. After living in the rush of metropoles, such as Rio, Paris and São Paulo, he decided to invest in quality of life and to open a hotel at the pastoral fishermen village of Guarda do Embaú, in Santa Catarina, where he lives a life style linked to sustainability. He will be torchbearer at the Vila Velha State Park. - Carlos Garletti is a Paralympic athlete and will be representing Brazil at the Rio 2016 Games, in shooting sport modality. He will be torchbearer at the Vila Velha State Park. - Henrique Domingues started to play football at age 9 and was quickly invited to play at the base categories of Atlético-PR. Currently, this young man of 15 trains hardly and dreams to one day play for the national team. He was invited by Coca-Cola to carry the torch in Ponta Grossa. - Robert Salgueiro is known as Palhaço Picolé ( ice-cream clown ) and represents the fourth circus generation of his family. Besides acting as a clown, Robert gives circus lessons for people with sight disability. He will carry the torch in Ponta Grossa invited by Coca-Cola. - Cássio Rogério is a lawyer and does volunteer work for children in need in the neighborhood of Jardim Maracanã. Every Saturday, he visits the community, where he performs sports activities, gives citizenship orientation and promotes back-up school lessons for children with learning difficulty. He will be torchbearer in Ponta Grossa at Nissan s invitation. - Daniel José Dias Auer is a cyclist. He doesn t have either of his hands, a congenital problem caused by the use of the thalidomide substance during pregnancy this medication was later on prohibited for use by women in fertile age and even completely banished from some countries. A sports lover, in 2007 to pay a promise he rode 822 kilometers until Aparecida do Norte in 12 days. Daniel is invited by Nissan to carry the torch in Ponta Grossa. - Camila Regina Schelbauer is a physical therapist and acts at a rehabilitation and equineassisted therapy, located at Rio Negro (PR). She works to proportionate a better life quality for people with special needs. Camila will carry the torch in Araucária at Bradesco s invitation.

3 - Carla Cristina Fontana, 42 years old, is an amateur swimmer. Daughter of Italian immigrants, she started her strokes at 5 years old in São Paulo public swimming pools. She was state champion at age 12, on 100 metre butterfly-stroke. Graduated in Physical Education, at 24 she debuted in open-water contests, winning the 1000 metres of the Billings dam in Sao Paulo. In 2000, she won the famous 14-Bis contest, of 42 kilometres between Santos and Bertioga. That same year, she got the 3rd place in the 25-kilometres crossing in Niterói. Currently, she is on the list of the world s 10 best swimmers on 200 metres butterfly-stroke modality. She will be torchbearer in Araucária at Bradesco s invitation. - Moacir Kossemba has been an amateur athlete for more than 25 years, having practiced football, tennis, golf, squash and street running. He started by playing football at the base categories of América Ponta Grossense and entered tennis at age 18, a sport which he was state champion of several times. Currently, he participates at street running contests throughout Brazil and abroad. He carries the torch in Ponta Grossa. - Siboney Maria Guzzo Pedroso is a basketball athlete, countless times state champion for the Ponta Grossa basketball team. She received the title of emeritus citizen of Ponta Grossa and the award Orgulho Paranaense, in the sportive merit category. She will carry the torch in Ponta Grossa, where she will light up the ceremonial cauldron. - Sebastião Carlos Bressan was seven times basketball champion in the Paraná Open Games and world vice-champion with the national team at a world championship in Greece. Currently he works in the Sports Department as basketball coach for teams of Campo Largo, where he will carry the torch. - Márcio Blot was born in Araucária in 1984, and started to play football at 9 years old. At 11, he entered the base categories of the former Malutron, currently named J Malucelli, where he stayed for 10 years until professionalization. In 2007, he went to Rio Grande do Sul to play for Caxias. In the Northeast, he had passages by teams Campinense, CSA, Alecrim and Fluminense de Feira de Santana, where he ended his career. Currently he is a football teacher, teaching to over 300 children, in neighborhoods of the county of Araucária, where he will be torchbearer.

4 - Mariana Sequinel is a 16-pin bowling player, world vice-champion for pairs and teams, in Langenfeld, Germany (2014). She achieved the individual Brazilian championship and for teams, in São Paulo (2014). She will carry the Olympic torch in Ponta Grossa. ABOUT SALA DE IMPRENSA Termos de Uso Broadcasters Detentores de Direitos (RHBs): Os RHBs podem fazer a transmissão do Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica no Brasil, de forma não exclusiva, de acordo com os termos de seus respectivos contratos firmados com o COI. Broadcasters Não Detentores de Direitos (Non -RHBs): Os Non -RHBs podem fazer a transmissão do Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica no Brasil (com exceção das cerimônias de abertura e encerramento), de forma não exclusiva, pelo prazo máximo de 36 (trinta e seis) horas após o evento. Qualquer transmissão relacionada a este evento, deve ser realizada de forma estritamente jornalística, sem criar ou ser apresentada como um programa focado no Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica. Nenhuma associação comercial / promocional será permitida na cobertura do Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica. Principalmente, a transmissão do Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica não poderá (i) ser patrocinado ou de qualquer for criar uma associação que crie a impressão de que o Non -RHBs e/ou qualquer entidade sem autorização e/ou seus produtos são conectados ou associados ao Revezamento da Tocha Olímpica, ao Jogos Olímpicos, ao COI e/ou ao Movimento Olímpico e (ii) implique, sugira ou represente os Non -RHBs como sendo detentores oficiais dos direitos de transmissão e/ou parceiros do Revezamento da Tocha olímpica, dos Jogos Olímpicos, do COI e/ou do Movimento Olímpico. Cerimônias de Abertura e Encerramento: A parte do revezamento que ocorrerá durante as cerimônias de abertura e encerramento dos Jogos faz parte dos direitos exclusivos concedidos aos RHBs e qualquer transmissão pelos Non-RHBs deve ser realizada em observância às Novas Leis de Acesso do COI. Terms of Use Rights Holding Broadcasters (RHBs): RHBs may broadcast the Olympic torch relay in Brazil, on a nonexclusive basis, in accordance with the terms of their respective media rights agreement with the IOC. Non-Rights Holding Broadcasters (Non-RHBs): Non-RHBs may broadcast the Olympic torch relay in Brazil (with the exclusion of the opening and closing ceremonies), on a non-exclusive basis, for a maximum of 36 hours after the event. Any such broadcast must be positioned as news only and not to create, or be positioned as, Olympic torch relay focused programming. No commercial/promotional association is permitted with the coverage of the Olympic torch relay. In particular, broadcast of the Olympic torch relay may not (i) be sponsored or otherwise be associated in any way to give the

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