Cielo Will Skip Golden Tour Stop to Compete in Brazil

Brazilian star Cesar Cielo has decided to forgo the next Golden Tour stop in Marseille to compete in Brazil.

Cielo will race both the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly at a competition hosted by the Minas Tennis Club. The rest of the Brazilian national team will be taking part in the part of the Golden Tour which will be held in Marseille this weekend. When it was announced that the Brazilian team would attend the event Cielo’s name was on that list.

The Brazilian meet will be held at the Federacao Aquatic Mineira and involve 175 athletes from two different teams.

Cielo, who represents Minas, finished the 2014 season ranked second in the world in both the 50 freestyle and 50 butterfly.

The full start list for the event can be found here.

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coachabc
9 years ago

as if testing matters in Brazil

joeMomma
Reply to  coachabc
9 years ago

And Russia, and China, and Korea.

Rafael
9 years ago

Next month we have Maria lenk he need tô swim it for Kazan and he Will be tested there

bobo gigi
9 years ago

Not very nice for the meet in Marseille.

Talking about that 3rd stage of the FFN Golden Tour in Marseille, I give you some news and links now because I will be absent from swimswam until next Sunday.

There will be a huge field of big names in Marseille.

International biggest names:
Mireia Belmonte
Jazmin Carlin
Natalie Coughlin
Melanie Costa Schmid
Inge Dekker
Katinka Hosszu
Jemma Lowe
Rikke Moeller Pedersen
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen
Elizabeth Simmonds
Sarah Sjöström
Sharon Van Rouwendaal
Evelyn Verraszto
Nathan Adrian
Viktor Bromer
Konrad Czerniak
Steffen Deibler
Christian Diener
Luca Dotto
Anthony Ervin
Felipe… Read more »

Billabong
9 years ago

Changing the schedule at very short notice, can only raise suspicion about his reluctance to be tested. Given that he already has a prior offence to his name, he should not be surprised that people find it odd that he wants to swim at a local tennis club meet rather than an international European event. He did that same thing last year when he skipped the Pan-Pac’s. It looks like he will do anything to avoid being tested positive before the Rio games. Very sad state of affairs.

joeMomma
Reply to  Billabong
9 years ago

if i could give you 1000 up votes i would

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