Gripho #1

A reporter announces that while the world debates boycotting the Olympics, Brazil is in training, and the magazine presents the nation’s top athletes event by event: a triple jumper clearing city hall, governorship and presidency; a shot-putter throwing a “miracle” that lands on the crowd; a horseman riding the mare “Abertura” who cannot clear the highest obstacles; a distance race among party jerseys; a relay passing ministry batons; a weightlifter buckling under strikes; and a fencer lunging at “the people” with a petrol-price rise.