Though Brazil is best known for its outstanding soccer players, it has produced amazing athletes in other sports as well, like volleyball, Formula 1 racing, and track and field.<\/p>\n
For today’s interactive feature, the question is: who is your favorite Brazilian athlete?<\/strong><\/p>\n Though there are many soccer players to chose from, my favorite athlete of the moment is swimmer C\u00e9sar Cielo Filho<\/a>, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Olympics and has excelled at other international events. He’s only 21, and trains in the United States. His emotional win in Beijing–Brazil’s first gold medal ever in swimming–was one of my favorite moments of the last Olympics.<\/p>\n What about you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Though Brazil is best known for its outstanding soccer players, it has produced amazing athletes in other sports as well, like volleyball, Formula 1 racing, and track and field. For today’s interactive feature, the question is: who is your favorite Brazilian athlete? Though there are many soccer players to chose from, my favorite athlete of…<\/p>\n