Article by Olga Khazan to The Atlantic talks about the brazillian search into indegenous tribes to find an archer to compete on the Olympics of 2016. Brazil has the ultimate goal of the Olympics to win as many gold medals as possible, to fo that the country "needs lots of talent, the resources to train that talent, and the desire to spend those resources." Khazan says a scout of the brazilian olympic team has been travelling froim tribe to tribe looking for "natural-born archers ages 14 to 19 to train for the upcoming games" and she has found 80 teenagers to train for the team. The article also mentions the outcomes that it might bring to the teenager-atholetes life after such a competiton and it might be a "sign that the country’s once-marginalized indigenous groups are rising in stature." The article is concluded with a mention of a reasearch by the New York Times about girls that had the potential to model in the indegenous tribes.
This essay by Khan is very brief and straight to the point. She is able to clearly and accurately give information about the research and debates truthful arguments such as the outcome of the athletes on the Olympics. However she goes off track on the last 2 paragraphs of the artcile mentioning other studies made on Brazil regarding the Olympics and its recruits for athletes, the tone was formal and appropriate which made it easy to understand the author point and easy to flow.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/10/brazil-looks-to-its-indigenous-tribes-for-new-olympic-archers/280560/
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