Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Brazilian Sprint Star Bruno Fratus Out Of Pan Pacs

Brazilian speedster Bruno Fratus has been removed from the nation’s roster for Pan Pacs and replaced with Iago Moussalem.

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SwimSwam International Olympians Draft, Part 2

Which swimmers do we expect to dominate in Tokyo? How do we value up and coming swimmer’s chances? Do we expect aging stars to win more medals or fall off?

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Predicting Tokyo: SwimSwam International Olympians Draft, Part 1

Which swimmers do we expect to dominate in Tokyo? How do we value up and coming swimmer’s chances? Do we expect aging stars to win more medals or fall off?

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Bonnet Sweeps Freestyle, Fratus With Another Sub-22 In Chartres

Charlotte Bonnet is keeping her stellar season streak going with a 50m-100m-200m trifecta in Chartres.

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Santiago Grassi Breaks Argentina Record in 100 Fly at Bulldog GS

Grassi broke his own National Record in the 100 fly during a Sunday time trial at the Gabrielsen Natatorium.

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Marcelo Acosta Wins Five Events At CCCAN Championships In Aruba

Marcelo Acosta won five events at the 2018 CCCAN Swimming Championships.

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WATCH: Day 1, 1500 Free Race Videos from PSS Columbus

Kristel Kobrich (above) won the women’s 1500 free on Thursday.

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Anton Ipsen Swims 2nd-Best 1500 of Career to Win in Columbus (Day 1)

Anton Ipsen, the 2018 NCAA Champion in the 1650 yard free, swam a season-best time on night 1 of the 2018 Pro Swim Series in Columbus.

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Guilherme Costa Breaks Own South American Record In 800 Free

Guilherme Costa broke his own South American Record in the men’s 800 freestyle in Rome.

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Brazil Announces Short Course Worlds Qualifying Times

Brazil’s swimming federation has announced its selection criteria for the 2018 Short Course World Championships, with qualifying times based on the third-place qualifiers from the 2016 World Championships meet.

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Bermuda National Junior Teamer Jesse Washington Commits to SMU

Bermuda’s Jesse Washington will swim for the SMU Mustangs in the fall.

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Lochte Back On Trial For Rio Gas Station Debacle

A Rio de Janeiro court has accepted a complaint from the state prosecutor’s office putting Ryan Lochte back on trial for falsely reporting a crime. Lochte was originally cleared of wrongdoing in July of 2017, but the prosecutor’s office was able to overturn that ruling and reopen the case, according to Brazil’s Globo.com.

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Cordes, Katis, Chierighini Headline Diverse Contingent to Join Sergio Lopez at Virginia Tech

Brazilian Marcelo Chierighini will make the international move and join Kevin Cordes, Chuck Katis, and a diverse group of other Auburn post-grads in Blacksburg.

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Wilimovsky Takes Two Wins At Historic Flowers Sea Swim

Jordan Wilimovsky won the 1-mile and 10k races at this year’s Flowers Sea Swim, an open water event held in Cayman Islands. But the 2015 world champion wasn’t the only big name among the almost 800 swimmers competing at the event.

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World Top 5 Times Set on Day 1 at Mare Nostrum – Monaco

Kathleen Baker (above), Ippei Watanabe, Rikako Ikee, and Andrey Govorov all moved into the world’s top 5 this season on Saturday evening.

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