Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

2021 Brazilian Trials – Day 2 Finals Live Recap

2016 Olympian Guilherme Guido is racing one of his National Record-holding events tonight, the 100 backstroke. Big Ten champion Gabriel Fantoni is ranked 2nd.

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2x NCAA D2 All-American Raphael Paiva Transfers from Carson-Newman to TCU

Brazilian freestyler Raphael Paiva, who was an A-finalist in the 100 free and 200 free at 2021 NCAA D2 Championships, is transferring to TCU for 2021-22.

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Brazilian Trials Day 2 Prelims: Conceicao Posts Lifetime Best 100 Breast

Jhennifer Conceicao broke her own Brazilian National Record from 2019 by .29 during prelims, topping the finals heat sheets with a time of 1:07.35.

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Costa and Lima Earn First Two Spots On 2021 Brazilian Olympic Squad

36-year old Felipe Lima has qualified to swim at his 3rd Olympic Games after hitting the FINA “A” standard in the 100 breaststroke on Monday.

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2021 Brazilian Trials – Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Brazilian swimmers will get their first shot tonight at Olympic qualification as Trials gets underway at the Maria Lenk Swimming Pool.

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Guilherme Costa Breaks Brazilian, South American Records in 400 Free

Guilherme Costa (above) cracked his own Brazilian and South American Records in the men’s 400 meter freestyle on Monday.

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Brazilian Trials Day 1 Prelims: 5 Men Get Within A Second Of 100 Breast Cut

Felipe Lima will lead the field into the finals of the 100 breast, having produced the only swim faster than a minute during the prelims.

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6 Out of 103 Swimmers Skip Brazilian Olympic Trials Amid COVID Pandemic

Brazilian Record holder in the women’s 1500 free Vivianne Jungblut (above) is one of 5 who will miss this week’s trials with positive COVID tests.

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Stacked Men’s 100 Freestyle Field Highlights Brazil Olympic Trials Heat Sheets

Spot on the Tokyo 2020 squad will be up for grabs this week at Brazil’s sole Olympic qualifier which will run from April 19 – 24.

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All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 19th

Brazil’s Olympic Trials meet is nearly upon us as we take a look at this week’s big competitions having Tokyo complications.

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Bruno Fratus on Trying to Taper After Finding Out OLY Qualifier 2 Weeks Prior

Fratus explained in the post-race interview that the Brazilian Federation only recently made the decision to use Mission Viejo as his selection meet

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Keanan Dols Gets Closer to Olympics with Jamaican Record in 200 IM

The swim opens up to the possibility for Dols to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Olympics but still a few seconds on the auto-cut standard of 1:59.67.

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Bruno Fratus Eyes Olympic Qualification With 21.73 50 Free In Mission Viejo

Bruno Fratus has gotten under the FINA A cut with a 21.73 50 freestyle, bringing him one step closer to Olympic qualification.

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Brazilian Federation Designates PSS Mission Viejo as Selection Meet for Fratus

Bruno Fratus has been given permission by the Brazilian Federation to use the 2021 Pro Swim Series Mission Viejo as his Olympic Selection Meet.

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Brandonn Almeida on the Importance of Finding Happiness in Your Swimming

Almeida takes us through the bulk of his career, including his experience at a home Olympics in 2016 and competing in the NCAA at South Carolina

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