Rio 2016: Brazil's first gold from the City of God favela

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       "The place for a monkey is in a cage. You are not an Olympian." That was one of the text messages gold medallist Rafaela Silva received four years ago after being disqualified in the early stages of the London 2012 Olympics for an irregular manoeuvre.
Then, she considered giving up judo saying: "The messages said I was an embarrassment to my family, so they really hurt."

But four years later Silva came back to bring Brazil its first gold medal of the Rio games in the...