Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Brazilian Swimmer Felipe Lima Drops Out of SC Worlds

Brazilian Breaststroker Felipe Lima announced that he has dropped out of the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships, citing personal reasons.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Men’s IM Events

The men’s 100m, 200m and 400m IM events at these Short Course World Championships will be a battle to the wall with some of the world’s best-ever in the mix.

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2021 SC Worlds Picks & Previews: Mens’ 50, 100, and 200 Freestyles

American Michael Andrew hasn’t raced since the Tokyo Olympic Games, but has a massive 6 individual event schedule lined up for the World Short Course Championships.

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Balduccini Hits Another Brazilian Junior Record To Close Out Championships

The 2021 Brazilian Senior & Junior Championships wrapped up, but not before a handful of swimmers stole the spotlight once again at the competition.

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Entry Lists Published For 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships

Get a first look at the entry lists for the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships coming up less than one week out from today.

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Balduccini Claims Brazilian Junior Record In 100 Free

The Brazilian juniors stole the show at these Championships, 100m freestyle winners from the younger set would have beat out the seniors in Rio.

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Jungblut Busts Out 800 Free Brazilian Record

While competing on day 1 of the 2021 Brazilian Senior & Junior Championships, Viviane Jungblut registered a new national record in the women’s 800m free.

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Brazil Dominates Inaugural Junior Pan American Games

Brazil took the overall top spot in the swimming medal table at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games which just concluded from Colombia.

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Cayman Islands Name Four Swimmers to SC Worlds Team

James Allison, Liam Henry, Lauren Hew (above) and Alison Jackson will lead the Cayman team into the short course World Championships in Abu Dhabi next month.

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High-Level International Meets For December 2021

Australia’s Kyle Chalmers will be bouncing from the ISL to Abu Dhabi as 1 of 2 swimmers from his nation competing at the Short Course World Championships.

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36-Year-Old Kristel Kobrich Qualifies For 10th World Championships

While competing at the Provincial Tournament in Córdoba, Argentina, 36-year-old Kristel Kobrich of Chile qualified for her 10th FINA World Championships.

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Brazilian Teenager Caribé Swims 22.3 in 50 Free at S. American Youth Champs

Brazilian teenager Guilherme Caribé is next-up in the long line of great Brazilian male sprinters, having broken a championship record this weekend at the South American Youth Championships

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Olympic Silver Medalist Rachele Bruni Leaves Italy To Train In Brazil

Bruni is moving on from coach Fabrizio Antonelli and will train in Brazil under Kiko Klaser at Grêmio Náutico União in Porto Alegre.

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No Canada, US at Inaugural Junior Pan American Games (Psych Sheets)

Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands will send swimmers to the Jr. Pan American Games, but the mainland US and Canada will both be absent from the inaugural event.

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Olympic Gold Medalist Lydia Jacoby Wins 2 Titles in Final Alaska State Meet

A pair of Tokyo 2020 Olympians, Lydia Jacoby (above) and Jillian Crooks, won two individual events each at the Alaska High School State Championship meet.

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