Athletes drop Olympic dreams to help Brazil flood victims

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Less than three months out from the Olympic Games in Paris, some Brazilian athletes are giving up their dreams to help victims of the severe floods. Rower Piedro Tuchtenhagen, who was due to compete in the qualifying phase for the Games, said he and Evaldo Becker decided to "focus our energies here in Rio Grande do Sul, our state, to help our families and friends."

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