 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Pamitambo yeOlympic yeZhizha ya2016 muRio de Janeiro, Silva akakwikwidza semunhu mumwe chete wenyika yekumusha kwenyika inogamuchira Brazil mukusvetuka kwepamusoro kwevarume. Achitungamirira kumitambo yake yekutanga, Silva akasvetuka kureba kwemamita 2.29 kuti awane zvose zviri zviviri zvakanakisisa zvake uye IAAF yeOlympic yekupinda muCampinas. Munguva yechikamu chekugadzirira, Silva akasarudza kupfuudza 2.17 pakuedza kwake kwekutanga, asi aisakwanisa kukunda chipingamupinyi chemamita 2.20 nekupotsa katatu, achigumisa mushandirapamwe wake nekukurumidza mukubatana kwechitanhatu pamwe nevamwe vashanu vakakwira pakakwirira panzvimbo makumi matatu neshanu. 