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RIO DE JANEIRO， July 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will field 462 athletes at next month's Rio Olympics， its largest ever Games squad， local officials said on Monday.
The number could increase， pending wildcard entries for athletics and changes to the tennis draw， the Brazilian Olympic Committee said.
The squad includes 253 men and 209 women， in addition to 344 coaches， medical staff and team officials.
Previously the largest Brazilian squad at an Olympic Games was 277 at the Beijing 2008 Games. At the London 2012 Games， Brazil took 259 athletes.
Track and field will have the largest number of Brazilian competitors with 67， followed by football (36) and swimming (33).
Members of the host nation's squad will begin arriving at the athletes' village this Sunday (June 24).
Women's hockey is the only event in which Brazil will not field a team， due to the country's failure to meet minimum criteria for the sport.
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Zhang Li, general manager of Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Center, said that more than 70 million fresh flowers were sold during the 15 days before the festival. Of those, 93 percent were roses.
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Mao Haipeng, assistant to the president of Dounan Flower Group, said the price of flowers has increased by more than 20 percent recently.
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Kunming Dounan Flower Market, in Yunnan province, is the largest fresh flower market in Asia. Its flowers have been exported to 46 countries and regions, and about 70 percent of the flowers in the country's 80 large and medium-sized cities come from the market.
Jiang Man Cheap Jason Zucker Hoodie , owner of Banbai Flower Art Studio, said the shop has sold more flowers on Qixi Festival than on Western Valentine's Day, Feb 14, for five years.
"Young Chinese couples also like preserved fresh flowers Cheap Joel Eriksson Ek Hoodie ," she said. "Both the preserved fresh flowers and red roses have sold out."
"Sales of preserved fresh flowers doubled from last year," said Jin Minhui, general manager of Mr Jin Flower Company. "The market for preserved fresh flowers has been flourishing since 2013. Sales in Yunnan province are expected to reach 150 million yuan ($22.6 million).
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"While Valentine's Day falls in cold February, Qixi Festival usually falls in August. Many Chinese couples wear beautiful clothes, arrange outdoor activities and buy flowers for their loved ones on a comfortable summer night."
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