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Sportsworld: Sportsworld's Return to Rio

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25/12/2016 GMT

Sportsworld's Return to Rio

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Has there been a boost to sport, tourism, housing and infrastructure since the Olympics?

Was all that was promised to the residents of Rio as a result of hosting the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games delivered. Four months on Sportsworld returns to Rio.

Better infrastructure, less crime, more housing, a boost to sport and tourism and equality for people with disabilities. All promised to the residents of Rio as a result of hosting the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic games. Four months on Sportsworld returns to Rio to ask whether these will ever be fulfilled. Lee James travels around the city to meet the Paralympic gold medallist Daniel Dias and the Olympic gold medallist Rafaela Silva.

Image: Rio skyline, Credit: Getty Images

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