Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

Brazilian Olympic Trials Now Pushed To June

As a testament to how quickly things are changing due to the evolving COVID-19 situation worldwide, another Olympic Trials competition has been moved.

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Your Guide To All Of The International Olympic Swimming Trial Meet Changes

There hasn’t been an hour gone by without a meet or event being cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus. Get the big-picture view of it all here.

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Brazil Still Planning to Hold Olympic Swimming Trials, But Without Spectators

In spite of the CBDA trying to downplay the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, the Brazilian Olympic Committee has pulled spectators from April’s Olympic Trials.

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Olympic-Qualifier South American C’ships Cancelled Due To Coronavirus

The CADDA has announced that the South American Swimming Championships slated for later this month have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

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ISL Finals Point Scorer Felipe Lima Moves From LA Current To Energy Standard

Meet the newest member of the International Swimming League (ISL) Team Energy Standard, Felipe Lima of Brazil. He makes the move from LA Current.

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Mexico City Anti-Doping Lab Closes, Leaving Just 5 in W. Hemipshere

With the closure of the doping control laboratory in Mexico City, there are now only 5 WADA-accredited doping control laboratories in the Western Hemisphere.

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February Racing In Review: Men’s World Rankings Shake-Ups

Refresh yourself on the big international swims from February as we take a look at how the men’s world rankings were affected.

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Breno Correia Hits Lifetime Best 1:46.6 200 Free at Pinheiros Time Trial

Correia’s previous best was a 1:47.26, which was done at the 2019 Worlds prelims where he was just a couple of tenths from making the semifinals. 

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Mexico’s National Synchronized Swimming Head Coach Accused Of Abuse, Corruption

Mexican head coach Adriana Loftus would have reportedly hired her husband as the sole responsible adult for the athletes’ mental health.

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High-Level International Meets For March 2020

Hang onto your swim caps, as March is just the beginning of the hectic Olympic-qualifying schedule that is already upon us with Tokyo just over 150 days away.

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Mexican Swimming Federation Allegedly Buries Tokyo Selection Criteria

Less than six months away from next summer’s Games, Mexico’s Swimming Federation has been accused of concealing their selection criteria for Tokyo.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Swimming Relay Qualification Status

Led by Anna Hopkin (above), the British women may have the 4th-best 400 free relay at the Olympics – if they choose to swim it.

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CAS Finds Brazil’s Gabriel Santos Without Fault, Revokes 1-Year Suspension

Brazilian sprinter Gabriel Santos has been cleared after testing positive for the anabolic steroid Clostebol in May 2019.

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Heavy Lies The Crown Part 2: Men With OLY Qualifying Times

Lithuanian swimming ace Danas Rapsys appears multiple times on the men’s world rankings, taking into account only those performances that qualify for Tokyo.

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Kansas City Chiefs Win First Super Bowl in 50 Years: a Swimming Retrospective

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won their first Super Bowl in 50 years. We use that as a measuring stick to mark the passage of time in our own sport of…

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