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Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do Sul are giving up their dreams to compete and staying at home to help with the rescue of victims of the severe floods.Rowers Evaldo Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen, due to compete in the qualifying phase for the Olympic Games in the lightweight double sculls category, decided to drop their sporting quest and join volunteers saving stranded neighbors, finding them shelter and distributing aid.Their training was disrupted by the floods that inundated the streets of state capital Porto Alegre after the river Guaiba burst its bank. So they began helping to distribute donations and rescue families and their pets.<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/5/8/brazil-s-flooded-south-struggles-to-access-basic-goods-117">READ: Brazil&#x27;s flooded south struggles to access basic goods</a></div>&quot;Evaldo and I talked a lot and decided to give up the pre-Olympics and focus our energies here in Rio Grande do Sul, our state, to help our families and friends,&quot; said Piedro Tuchtenhagen to Reuters.They are not the only athletes offering their help to distressed Brazilians.Swimmer Viviane Jungblut, who already qualified for the open water race, also dropped out and said on social media she would put her efforts into the rescue and recovery operations.World and Olympic surfing champion Italo Ferreira, who is from São Paulo, went to Rio Grande do Sul to volunteer in the rescue efforts. The coach of the Brazil Olympic men&#x27;s judo team, Antonio Carlos Kiko Pereira, also joined in rescue work.The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 113 as rescue operations continued and authorities began to see the cost of recovering from the devastation in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.At least 146 people are still missing and more than 337,000 have been displaced.<div>(Production: Leonardo Benassatto, Lais Morais, Gloria Lopez)</div>

Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do Sul are giving up their dreams to compete and staying at home to help with the rescue of victims of the severe floods.

Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do Sul are giving up their dreams to compete and staying at home to help with the rescue of victims of the severe floods.

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Brazilian athletes drop their Olympic dreams to help flood victims

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Published May 11, 2024 06:19 PM PHT

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