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Shoeshine man's Olympian gift

By Agence France-Presse in Madrid | China Daily | Updated: 2015-02-18 08:07

Donor gives up prized Twitter accounts to Brazil to publicize Rio Games

A humble Spanish shoeshiner on Monday surrendered the rights to a valuable Twitter account to publicize 2016's Rio Olympics for free, and he wants to do the same with the handle@japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Javier Castano, 50, handed over the password for the Twitter name @ riodejaneiro to Rio de Janeiro City Hall.

Shoeshine man's Olympian gift

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