Brazilian Olympian Dies at the Age of 80
Two time Brazilian Olympian Haroldo Lara de Melo passed away on Sunday…
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.
Barbados Open Water Festival Featured Video
World Champion and Olympian Alex Meyer won the open water event. See results here.
Brazilian Olympians Fabiola Molina and Diogo Yabe Welcome Their First Child
Brazilian legend Fabiola Molina has given birth to her first child.
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
2014 Swammy Awards: Female Central American and Caribbean Swimmer of the Year
Editor’s note: for this particular geographical definition, we’re cutting South America off beneath Panama, and are counting the Caribbean as…
Deandre Small Puts Big Item On Swimming Resume
Small qualified for and competed in the 2014 FINA Short-Course World Championships in Doha, Qatar.