Just typing these words is bringing small beads of sweat from my fingertips and thereby threatening to destroy completely my pathetically vulnerable laptop (laptop available from all Apple stores). I just watched the Brownlees warming up, ie running into the sea and then out again. They look pretty happy, although I can also reveal this is the first time either has been in this bit of sea, having trained elsewhere for fear of infection. Gordon Benson the other GB competitor here is also milling about the sand having a good look at the course. Rio really is the perfect place to run, swim and cycle about, three things the locals do all the time up and down this strip.

Source: The Guardian August 18, 2016 13:30 UTC