PED.RIO, with its public interface, garnered media coverage on the local television news and attracted the participation of champion and novice athletes. Fernanda Keller, six-time champion of the Brazilian Triathlon and swimmer Mariana Brochado, participant in Athens’ 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze medalist in the 2003 Pan American Games accompanied three young athletes from the Oi sponsored institute in Niterói.
