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US goalkeeper Hope Solo was taunted with chants of "Zika! Zika!" as the US women's football team played in its Olympic debut in Brazil on Wednesday. Solo, who had previously posted photos of herself on Twitter wearing a hat with mosquito netting, dismissed the chants as fans "having fun". A number of athletes cancelled their participation in the Games for fear of contracting the mosquito-borne virus. Brazil says the arrival of winter has greatly reduced the threat.