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Usain Bolt dances the samba with Rio's youth

2014-08-16 47 Dailymotion

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

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