FILE PHOTO: A surfer performs in a wave on Copacabana beach, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 5, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Despite stay-at-home orders aiming to protect people from the new coronavirus, many of Rio de Janeiro's famous beaches have been buzzing with surfers seeking to catch the season's first big swell.
That has thrown surfers such as Guilherme Faria headlong into a public debate about the legal limits on outdoor sports - in his case, a question that will be soon be decided by a judge.
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