Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Alia Atkinson’s Success Came From Focusing on One Day at a Time

On the weekend speaking at a corporate event Alia Atkinson declared “I am on top, and I am a black Jamaican swimmer!”

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University of Tampa’s Jordan Augier Named St. Lucia’s Male Swimmer of the Year

Jordan Augier, a junior at the University of Tampa, has repeated as the St. Lucia Male Swimmer of the Year…

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Brazilian Olympian Dies at the Age of 80

Two time Brazilian Olympian Haroldo Lara de Melo passed away on Sunday…

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Forecasting the road to next year’s Rio Olympic Games

Now that the 2016 Rio Olympics are officially “next year,” let’s take a look back at the previous Olympic cycle to see just how much is likely to change between now and Rio.

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Barbados Open Water Festival Featured Video

World Champion and Olympian Alex Meyer won the open water event. See results here.

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Brazilian Olympians Fabiola Molina and Diogo Yabe Welcome Their First Child

Brazilian legend Fabiola Molina has given birth to her first child.

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2014 Swammy Awards: South American Male Swimmer of the Year

Brazilian Felipe Franca da Silva won five gold at the World Short Course Championships in Doha…

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2014 Swammy Awards: South American Female Swimmer of the Year Etiene Medeiros

Etiene Medeiros surprised many winning the 50 backstroke and breaking the world record at the World Short Course Championships in Doha…

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18 Brazilian Athletes Post Qualifying Standards for Kazan

In the first of Brazil’s two qualifying meets 18 athletes swam times under the standards needed to attend the World Championships in Kazan…

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Bruno Fratus Impresses Again in Sprints in Senior Champs Morning Session

Brazilian sprinter Bruno Fratus (above) was a 21.45 in the 50 free at the Brazilian Senior Champs on Saturday morning. Cesar Cielo scratched the race.

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Medeiros Posts World’s Top Time in the 50 Backstroke

Etiene Medeiros won the women’s 50 backstroke at the Brazilian National Championships in a time of 27.37…

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Bruno Fratus Swims Lifetime Best in 100 Free; DeDeus Breaks Brazilian Record

Bruno Fratus lifted a little further the hopes of the Brazilian 400 free relay going toward the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

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Andreina Pinto Wins Venezuela’s Golden Generation Award

Venezuela’s 23-year-old Andreina Pinto has been honored with her country’s Golden Generation Olympic Heroine Award for 2014.  The award, one for…

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Two More Brazilians Headed to Kazan After Day 2 of Nationals

Joanna Maranhao, who led the women’s 400m IM field in her finals time of 4:41.00 comfortably cleared the Worlds cut of 4:43.46 at Brazilian Nationals.

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Five Meet Records Broken on the First Day of Brazilian Championships

Cesar Cielo set one of the five competition records set on the first day of the Brazilian Championships…

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