THAYER REACHES BRAZIL

Tall and tan and young and lovely 
The girl from Ipanema goes walking 
And when she passes, each one she passes 
Goes "A-a-a-h"

That's how Frank Sinatra's version of the song goes (go ahead, give it a listen).

Our own Thayer Redman was on Ipanema Beach today. Copacabana, too. Yep, he made it to Rio, where tomorrow he will be in Olympic Stadium watching Mike Hartfield attempt to qualify for Saturday's long jump finals.

There are more of his pictures embedded in a video that's on the MPSPride Facebook page. Otherwise, we don't have a lot to share. Thayer sent a few cryptic notes by text: "Long flight long day but worth it" and "very safe lots of police and soldiers" and "very festive."

Exciting stuff!