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Fla presents new uniforms

Launch celebrates the beginning of the almost six-year partnership with Olympikus.

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At a grand celebration in Gávea on Wednesday, Flamengo unveiled its new uniforms, which will be supplied by Olympikus, a company that has partnered with the club until the end of 2014. The ceremony was hosted by singer Gabriel O Pensador and attended by soccer players Adriano, Petkovic, Ibson, Bruno, and Marcelo Lomba, and basketball players Duda and Marcelinho. Flamengo's acting president, Delair Dumbrosck, said the nearly six-year contract with Olympikus represents a new era for the club. "I'd like to thank Vulcabras (owner of the Olympikus brand) for this vision. Today we're ushering in a new era. We'll have the best-selling products in the country. In one month, more than 200 shirts have already been sold, which shows how important this partnership is. It's a union that will lead to the construction of a 1.300-square-meter store in Gávea and many other initiatives. The opening is scheduled for November of this year." The ceremony also announced the results of an online poll that would determine Adriano's number. The Emperor paraded wearing the number 9 jersey, which he will wear in the Brazilian Championship and the Copa Sudamericana. A line of products for fans was also unveiled. A casual line, totaling more than 45 products.\ \ - "Olympikus has already arrived with Flamengo throughout the country, in every state. It was 19 months of very hard work on both sides. And a new era begins for Flamengo," said Tullio Formicola Filho, sports marketing director of the Vulcabras/azaleia Group.\ \ Olympikus will pay approximately R$21 million per season to the red-black. During the contract period, the new sponsor is expected to invest approximately R$170 million in the red-black.\