Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Joao De Lucca Credits Success To Sacrificing Junk Food And Partying

For full coverage of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games including photos, live recaps, record posts, and more, visit our Toronto 2015 Pan American Games event channel here.

  2 Comments

Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: Day Three Prelims Live Recap

Day three will kick off with the women’s 400m IM, an event where American Caitlin Leverenz is the favourite.

  45 Comments

Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace Scratches 100 Fly Pan Am Final

Bahamian swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace scratched the 100m butterfly final after taking the sixth seed in prelims this morning.

  Comment First!

Brazil’s Thiago Pereira Becomes All-Time Pan Ams Swimming Medal Champ

Brazil lit up the pool last night during the second finals session of the 2015 Pan American Games, highlighted by…

  1 Comment

Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: Day Two Finals Live Recap

Day two finals of the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games have the potential for plenty of excitement and a whole lot of upsets.

  192 Comments

Venezuelan, Brazilian, and Argentinian Records All Broken in Pan Am Men’s 200 Free

Joao de Lucca brought back the foot clap for his gold and South American Record on Wednesday in Toronto.

  1 Comment

Manuella Lyrio Breaks South American Record in 200 Free

Manuella Lyrio broke her second South American Record of the meet at the 2015 Pan American Games.

  Comment First!

Peru Scratches Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay From Day Two Pan Am Finals

The Peruvian team that finished seventh this morning in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay has scratched themselves from tonight’s finals.

  Comment First!

Brazilian Women Demolish South American Record in 400 Free Relay

The Brazilian women have taken their 400 free relay to historic new heights and gone well under the old South American Record.

  1 Comment

Toronto 2015 Pan American Games: Day One Finals Live Recap

Tonight, Coughlin will need to better to her best time of 53.39 if she wants to crack the top five in the world this year. Her toughest competitor will be Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace of the Bahamas.

  156 Comments

IPC Plays Shortened Version of Winners National Anthems

The winners of events at the IPC Swimming World Championships will only have the opportunity to hear a 45 second version of their national anthems…

  2 Comments

Photo Vault: Pan Am Games Day One Prelims – Natalie Coughlin Record

All photos are courtesy of Chris Tanouye. To see more of his work visit www.ChrisTanouye.com.

  Comment First!

Federico Grabich Snags New 100m Freestyle Argentinian Record

The 2015 Pan American Games began with just insanely fast 100m freestyle swims in prelims this morning.  In addition to…

  3 Comments

UANA endorses Julio Maglione to serve third term as FINA president

The Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas (known as UANA) has officially endorsed current FINA president Julio Maglione to serve a third term.

  2 Comments

Vanderpool-Wallace Named Bahamian Icon

Red-hot sprinter Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace earned her country’s 2015 Bahamian Sports Icon Award.

  1 Comment