Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

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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Brazil, Lithuania Disqualified In Men’s Medley Relay; Canada Moves Into Final

Brazilian breaststroker Felipe Lima jumped early in the men’s 400 medley relay prelims, costing the team a spot in the final.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap

After anchoring Australia to a world record in the 400 free relay, Cate Campbell will contest her first individual race on Day 5 in the women’s 100 free.

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Tokyo 2020, South America Recap Day 4: Costa Shatters S.A. Record in Men’s 800

Brazilian 22-year-old Guilherme Costa had his best swim of the meet so far in the men’s 800 free prelims.

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Julimar Avila Becomes 1st Honduras, Universality Swimmer to Advance at Olympics

Julimar Avila made history on Tuesday evening in Japan when she became the first swimmer in her country’s history to advance at the Olympics.

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Tokyo 2020, South America Day 3: Scheffer Grabs S.A.’s First Medal of the Games

Swimming out of lane 8 no less, Scheffer clocked a 1:44.66 to win the Bronze medal in the men’s 200 free.

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After Competing at 5 Olympic Games, Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson Hints at Retirement

Alia Atkinson told The Jamaica Observer that she is contemplating wrapping up her swimming career at the end of the year.

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