Brazil Adds Dizotti, Lorscheitter, Souza and Spajari to Olympic Roster

2021 Brazilian Olympic Trials

Day 4 of the 2021 Brazilian Olympic Trials witnessed a new Brazilian National Record and added 4 new names to Brazil’s Olympic roster.

Only a week after her 21st birthday, Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti crushed the previous Brazilian National Record in the 1500 free by .41 to claim her spot on the Olympic roster with a time of 16:22.07. She is the first woman to qualify for Brazil’s 2021 Olympic roster at this meet in an individual, pool event.

It’s important to note that the previous Brazilian National record holder, Viviane Jungblut, was unable to compete at this meet after she tested positive for coronavirus. She will race the event at a Time Trial on June 12 in an attempt to qualify.

Second-place finisher Ana Marcela Cunha, who has qualified for the 10K Open Water race, also cracked the Olympic Qualifying standard, by about 7 seconds, but she said told reporters tonight that she will not swim the event in Tokyo. This means that third-place finisher Betina Lorscheitter who was 4 seconds under the Qualifying cut is tentatively added to Brazil’s Olympic roster, pending the results of Jungblut’s Time Trial.

There were two qualifiers in the men’s 100 freestyle: 20-year-old Andre Luiz Souza (48.15) and 23-year-old Pedro Spajari (48.31). Both swimmers beat the Olympic qualifying standard of 48.57 substantially.

Souza’s performance tonight ranks him 9th in the world this season while Spajari’s time ranks him 15th:

2020-2021 LCM Men 100 Free

2Kyle
Chalmers
AUS47.0807/29
3Kliment
Kolesnikov
RUS47.1107/27
4David
Popovici
ROU47.3007/08
5Alessandro
Miressi
ITA47.4505/19
6Maxime
Grousset
FRA47.5207/25
7Sunwoo
Hwang
KOR47.5607/27
8Andrei
Minakov
RUS47.5710/30
9Thomas
Ceccon
ITA47.7107/27
10Zach
Apple
USA47.7206/17
11Nandor
Nemeth
HUN47.8107/27
12Vladislav
Grinev
RUS47.8504/07
13Duncan
Scott
GBR47.8704/16
14Andrej
Barna
SRB47.9407/26
15Brent
Hayden
CAN47.9907/25
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Breno Correia and Marcelo Chierighini took 3rd (48.74) and 4th (48.83), respectively, and will likely be offered spots to compete on the 4×100 freestyle relay. Brazil took 5th place in this event at the 2016 Rio Olympics, a relay that Chierighini competed on.

Brazilian Olympic Roster After Day 4

  1. Guilherme Costa: 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle
  2. Felipe Lima: 100 breaststroke
  3. Fernando Scheffer: 200 freestyle
  4. Breno Correia: 200 freestyle
  5. Guilherme dias Masse: 100 backstroke
  6. Guilherme Guido: 100 backstroke
  7. Leonardo De Deus: 200 butterfly
  8. Beatriz Pimentel Dizotti: 1500 freestyle
  9. Betina Lorscheitter: 1500 freestyle*
  10. Andre Luiz Souza: 100 freestyle
  11. Pedro Spajari: 100 freestyle

 

FINA “A” Standards:

MEN’S CUT EVENT WOMEN’S CUT
22.01 50 freestyle 24.77
48.57 100 m freestyle 54.38
1:47.02 200 m freestyle 1:57.28
3:46.78 400 m freestyle 4:07.90
7:54.31 800 m freestyle 8:33.36
15:00.99 1500 m freestyle 16:32.04
53.85 100 m backstroke 1:00.25
1:57.50 200 m backstroke 2:10.39
59.93 100 m breaststroke 1:07.07
2:10.35 200 m breaststroke 2:25.52
51.96 100 m butterfly 57.92
1:56.48 200 m butterfly 2:08.43
1:59.67 200 m individual medley 2:12.56
4:15.84 400 m individual medley 4:38.53

 

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Annika Johnson

Annika came into the sport competitively at age eight, following in the footsteps of her twin sister and older brother. The sibling rivalry was further fueled when all three began focusing on distance freestyle, forcing the family to buy two lap counters. Annika is a three-time Futures finalist in the 200 …

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