Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Brazil’s Fernanda Delgado heading to Britain to train with Ruta Meilutyte

Brazilian sprinter Fernanda Delgado is joining the parade of Brazilian’s heading every which direction this season, as she’ll move to Great Britain to train at the Plymouth School with coach Jon Rudd

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HardCore Swim of the Week: Etiene Medeiros’ triple-record run highlights a rebound short course season for Brazil

In 2012, Brazil won just two total medals at Short Course World Championships. In 2014, Etiene Medeiros could match that total all by herself.

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One more win for Heemskerk powers Fiat/Minas to Jose Finkel team trophy

Femke Heemskerk and Cesar Cielo each won one more event each on the final day of competition to power Fiat/Minas to the team title at Brazil’s Jose Finkel Trophy.

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Brazil’s Nicholas Santos to Train for 2016 Olympics in Auburn with Brett Hawke

Nicholas Santos will head to the U.S. to train for the 2016 Olympics.

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Netherlands national record for Heemskerk, relay run-down for Cielo on Jose Finkel day 5

Femke Heemskerk broke the Netherlands’ national 200 IM record, then came back to power her 4×100 free relay to victory on night 5 in Brazil.

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More gold for Etiene Medeiros on night 4 of Jose Finkel Trophy, Franca wins 100 breast handily

Etiene Medeiros won her third event of the meet and made her fourth Worlds cut with a new South American record in the 50 back.

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Finkel day 4 prelims: Felipe Franca breaks South American record, qualifies for Worlds in two events at once

Felipe Franca of Corinthians had himself a great 100 breaststroke on Thursday morning, breaking a continental record while qualifying for Worlds in two events with his one race.

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Cielo wins 50, two South American relay records drop on day 3 of Jose Finkel Trophy

Cesar Cielo won the 50 on day 3, though a bad turn left him slower than his preliminary time.

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Cesar Cielo with world-leading 20.68 in 50 free prelims of Jose Finkel

Cesar Cielo put up a lightning-quick relay split on day 1 of the Jose Finkel trophy, and at prelims of day 3, he followed it up with the world’s fastest 50 free of 2014.

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Thiago Simon, Julia Sebastian set South American breaststroke records on day 2 of Jose Finkel Trophy

South American records went down in both 200 breaststrokes on the second day of the Jose Finkel Trophy in Brazil.

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One day after qualifying for Worlds, Thiago Pereira out of Jose Finkel Trophy with groin injury

Thiago Pereira will take two weeks off to rest and recover from a nagging groin injury, plus finalize his coach and training plans for the two years leading up to the 2016 Olympics in his home country.

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Cielo blasts giant relay split, Heemskerk wins twice on opening night of Brazil’s Jose Finkel Trophy

Cesar Cielo put up a huge 20.57 split on the 4×50 free relay, one of the highlights of the Jose Finkel Trophy’s first night.

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Etiene Medeiros breaks South American record with 57.53 in 100 back at Jose Finkel trophy

Brazil’s selection meet for this winter’s Short Course World Championships, called the Jose Finkel Trophy, is underway in Guaratingueta, and the first breach of the record books has already happened.

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2014 Jr Pan Pacific Championships: Day 4 Finals Real-Time Recaps

We’ve got live event recaps from the last night of the 2014 Jr. Pan Pacs…

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2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships – Japan sweeps top seeds in both 200 breaststrokes at day 4 prelims

We’ve got live event recaps from the last prelims session of the 2014 Jr. Pan Pacs.

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