We’re a few weeks away from the Rio Olympics, and while the city is preparing — and I use that word lightly, given what a mess it’s been so far — for the Games to begin, the torch relay is still chugging through Brazil. On Thursday, as the torch was going through the city of Joinville, a spectator tried to put out the flame with a fire extinguisher. The man was then apprehended by security, while the runner made their way to a new person to hand the flame. No humans or flames were harmed.
This is not the first time someone in Brazil’s tried to take out the torch. In June, a man with a bucket of water threw it at a runner in Maracaju, which, he told police, was done on a dare.
Usually, attempts to take out or mock the flame are done as a form of protest — aside from that Maracaju man — and it’s currently unknown whether the Joinville incident was the man protesting the Games, but given the state of things in Rio, it wouldn’t be surprising.
This article was written by Mark Hinog from SB Nation and was legally licensed through the NewsCred publisher network.
