Brazil judo champ stirs hope in slum where she grew up

2016 Rio Olympics - Judo - Women - 57 kg - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 09/08/2016. Rafaela Silva holds her gold medal during a press conference. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The gold, they shouted, was for all of them.

Residents of Rio's City of God slum, where judoka Rafaela Silva was born and raised before winning Brazil’s first gold medal at these Games, spoke of their pride and hope that her triumph would help break the stigma that sticks to shantytown residents.