RIO DE JANEIRO ¨C Rio de Janeiro¡¯s hosting of the 2016 Olympics has divided public opinion in Brazil, where political and economic crises have put the games under scrutiny like never before.
But after a seven-year buildup in which everything that could possibly go wrong did, the Olympics have finally arrived in Brazil¡¯s second-biggest city.
According to organizers, around 80 percent of the Rio Games¡¯ 6.1 million tickets had been sold as of Aug. 1, and The Japan Times caught up with visitors to the main Barra Olympic Park to gauge the mood.
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