Prince Harry visits Minas Tenis, meets Cesar Cielo on swing through Brazil

England’s Prince Harry has been in Brazil this week taking in the World Cup, but he took an opportunity earlier today to tour the Minas Tenis swimming facility.

Minas Tenis will be the training home for Great Britain’s Olympic swimming squad in the leadup to the 2016 Rio Games. While there, the prince handed out medals at a children’s swimming competition. He was joined by Brazilian sprinting star Cesar Cielo, the world record holder in both the 50 and 100 freestyles.

Globo’s Ego news site has a photo gallery of Harry’s visit, which you can see by following this link.

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James
10 years ago

Good thing Ryan Lochte wasn’t there…The dynamic duo would have had to have a rematch of their infamous Vegas race.

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