Brazilians ask 'where are the Olympic medals?'
Brazil spent more than 10 billion dollars preparing for the Olympics and the Rio Games are now in the final week, so many Brazilians are asking where are the medals?
The country's sports officials are trying to keep hopes up even though Brazil had just one gold medal, two silvers and two bronzes on Sunday.
In the build-up to the Olympics, Brazilian officials from the sports minister on down made it known they were gunning for the top 10 in the table for overall medals won.
The sports director for the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Marcus Vinicius Freire, urged patience Saturday.
"Everyone has said that this has been the best (athletic) preparation in history" by a Brazilian team for the Olympics, Freire told journalists.
"We are pursuing an aggressive but feasible goal of being in the top 10. We're not going to analyze it prematurely.
"We're going to wait for the 21st (of August, the close of the Games) and see how it went, sport by sport," he said.
"We still have the goal of reaching the top 10."
Anxious Brazilians are hoping strong performances in team sports such as men's and women's football, volleyball, handball and water polo can boost their pride.
The United States led medal table on Sunday with 24 golds, 18 silvers and 18 bronzes.
China, Britain, and Germany are the other top gold medal winners.
Three of Brazil's medals have come from judo -- though it was hoping for even more. The fourth was a silver in the men's 10-meter air pistol.
Boxer Robson Conceicao is also set for either gold or silver after making it to the men's lightweight finals.
Brazil named its largest ever team for South America's first Olympics -- 465 athletes, shattering the previous record of 277 it sent to the Beijing Games in 2008.
It finished 16th in the overall medal table at the London Games in 2012.