Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Guilherme Costa Clocks 800 Free South American Rec To Wind Down Jose Finkel

Ending the Jose Finkel Trophy on a high note, Guilherme Costa produced the fastest 800 freestyle time of his career to notch a new continental record.

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2020 Olympic Medalist Bruno Fratus Unpacks His Sprint Swimming History

Olympic medalist Bruno Fratus has dropped a 21 second 50m free performance over 90-times in his career. He alone owns that astounding metric…

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Scheffer Scores SCM 200 Free Personal Best At Jose Finkel

The 200m freestyle bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Fernando Scheffer, is keeping things moving in the short course pool in Brazil.

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16-Yr-Old Balduccini Takes Women’s 100 Free Title At Jose Finkel

16-year-old Stephanie Balduccini got to the wall first in the women’s 100m freestyle on day 3 of the 2021 Jose Finkel Trophy.

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Brazil’s Swimming Finalists From Olympics Will Automatically Qualify for ’22 WC

The CBDA has confirmed that all finalists from the 2020 Olympic Games will automatically qualify to represent the country at the 2022 World Championships. 

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Brazilian Paralympic Team Allowed To Begin Training In Japan After Quarantine

After they were originally going to be quarantined for 14 days due to a pair of positive cases, Brazilian para swimmers are now training in Hamamatsu.

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Fantoni Rips Lifetime Best 200 Back To Qualify For Short Course Worlds

Check out the quick short course swims coming out of Brazil on day 2 of the 2021 Jose Finkel Trophy, a World SC Championships qualifier.

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Scheffer Nears Personal Best 400 Free To Kick Off Jose Finkel

Straight off the Olympic Games, bronze medalist Fernando Scheffer made a statement in the men’s 400m free in his native Brazil tonight.

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Olympic Bronze Medalist Fernando Scheffer Headed To Jose Finkel Trophy

Elite Brazilian swimmers are in action this week in their native country, vying for spots on the World Short Course Championships roster.

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Cesar Cielo Analyses Olympic Schedules of Sprinters Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon

Cielo shares what he saw from the sprint sensations and why he thinks there was something left on the table for next year.

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Olympic Results Digest: All The Medalists & Records Set In The Pool In Tokyo

Everything you need for a quick refresher on what went down over eight days of swimming in Tokyo’s Olympic Aquatics Centre.

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Emma McKeon Leads All #Tokyo2020 Olympic Swimming Individual Medalists

Emma McKeon leads all Tokyo 2020 Olympic swimming medalists with 7 medals, 4 gold and 3 bronze. Caeleb Dressel had the most golds with five.

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SwimSwam’s Top 10 Races of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

For the last day of the 2020 Olympic Games, we brought you our Top 10 swims from Tokyo, Top 5 for men and Top 5 for women

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Tokyo 2020, SA Day 8: Fratus Becomes Oldest Swimmer to Win First Olympic Medal

Bruno Fratus’ wait is over, as one of the great men’s sprinters of this era earned his first Olympic medal during the final session of the Tokyo Olympics.

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Tokyo 2020, South America Recap Day 7: Fratus Posts 90th Career Sub-22 LCM 50FR

32-year-old Brazilian sprint veteran Bruno Fratus hit a milestone tonight in the semifinals of the men’s 50 free.

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