Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

2015 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the fourth day of the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 5 Prelims Preview

Mitch Larkin will look to continue his success at these championships in the 200 back after winning the 100m earlier at these championships

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Fun Facts Through 4 Days of the 2015 World Championships

Laszlo Cseh has now won a medal at a record 7 different world championships

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Finals Preview

Adam Peaty will look to back up his world record in the semi-final with his second gold medal of the championships in the 50 breast

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Brazil’s Cesar Cielo Drops 50 Free, Leaves Kazan

In an unexpected turn of events, sources have told SwimSwam this morning that Brazilian speedster Cesar Cielo has left Kazan….

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Live Recap

Katinka Hosszu has already had a phenomenal Championships so far, and she will compete in one of her signature races, the 200 fly, this morning.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 4 Prelims Preview

Swimmers in Kazan are getting ready for day 3 of the 2015 FINA World Championships, with 4 individual events lined…

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day Three Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the third day of the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Alia Atkinson Becomes First Jamaican Swimmer To Medal At LC Worlds

With her bronze medal performance in the 100m breaststroke Tuesday night at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Alia Atkinson became the first Jamaican swimmer to medal at a long course World Championships.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap

On day 3 prelims of the 2015 World Championships in Kazan, Cameron Van Der Burgh opened the session with a new World Record.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 3 Finals Preview

Katie Ledecky will have a tough double tonight with the final of the 1500m and the 200m semi

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day Two Finals Live Recap

Follow along for live updates from the second day of the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia.

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Alia Atkinson Breaks 100m Breaststroke Jamaican Record

Jamaican superstar Alia Atkinson set a new Jamaican national record of 1:06.21 in order to take the third seed after the 100m breaststroke semifinals monday night.

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2015 FINA World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap

USA’s Katie Ledecky was better than ever this morning in the 1500 free. She looked smooth throughout a historic prelims swim to set a new world record.

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Cesar Cielo dealing with shoulder injury, apologizes to teammates for missing relay

World record-holder Cesar Cielo had a rough opening day of the 2015 FINA World Championships, dealing with an inflamed shoulder tendon that kept him off of Brazil’s 4×100 free relay.

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