2025 JOSE FINKEL TROPHY
- Tuesday, October 28th – Saturday, November 1st
- São Paulo, Brazil
- LCM (50m)
- Day 1 Recap
- Meet Central
- Live Results
Day two of the 2025 Jose Finkel Trophy unfolded last night from São Paulo, Brazil with 17-year-old Agostina Hein of Argentina grabbing another victory to follow-up her 400m free gold from day one.
Hein raced in the women’s 200m IM, stopping the clock at a time of 2:13.01.
That got her to the wall over three seconds ahead of her competitors, with Agatha Amaral snagging silver in 2:16.31 followed closely by Gabrielle Assis Da Silva who bagged the bronze in 2:16.50.
As for Hein, the teenager finished 7th in this event at this year’s World Junior Championships. There in Otopeni, Romania, the Argentine put up a time of 2:14.54, so she wiped that out with a much quicker 2:13.01 here. In fact, her performance at this meet was within striking distance of her best-ever outing of 2:12.12, the national record she posted en route to victory at the Junior Pan American Championships.
The men’s edition of the 200m IM was void of any competitor dipping under the 2:00 barrier, as Leonardo Santos topped the podium in 2:00.59.
Gabriel Machuco touched in 2:01.14 as the runner-up and Caio Pumputis, yesterday’s 200m breast winner, captured bronze in 2:01.75.
A pair of 17-year-olds got on the board in the men’s and women’s 50m breaststroke events to introduce themselves at this competition.
Kaua Carvalho produced a gold medal-worthy result of 27.79 to earn bold, a hair ahead of Guilherme Camossato who settled for silver just .11 behind in 27.90.
Fernando Santos placed 3rd in 28.02.
Carvalho’s performance was just outside his lifetime best of 27.71 from this year’s Spanish Summer Championships. That result rendered him Brazil’s 10th-best performer of all time.
The women’s edition of the 50m breast saw Manuela Sega, also 17, punch a result of 31.35 to get the job done.
That held off Assis Da Silver who notched 31.79 followed by Mercedes Salazar who rounded out the podium in 31.97.
Sega’s time last night represented a big-time personal best, erasing her former PB of 31.82 established as a 15-year-old two years ago. Sega now ranks as the 7th-fastest Brazilian women’s 50m breaststroke performer in history.
Additional Notes
- The men’s 200m back saw Samuel Lopes notch the sole time of the field under the 2:00 barrier, logging 1:59.57 as the gold medalist.
- Malena Santillan topped the women’s 200m back podium, hitting 2:12.51 to take the event by nearly 3 seconds ahead of the pack.
