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Dos Santos – Cielo 1-2 in 50 Fly Not Enough to Hold off Minas Tenis at Jose Finkel

Nicholas dos Santos upended Cesar Cielo in the 50 fly, but thanks to a Championship Record from Inge Dekker of Minas Tenis, (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Cesar Misses Final at Sette Colli; 2:08’s Battle in 200 Breast

(Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Kromo Breaks Meet Record at Sette Colli

Ranomi cracked a Meet Record on Friday in Rome (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Sprint News 5/3/12: Brazilian Olympians; Sutton Family Gets More Good News

Chloe isn’t the only elite athlete in the family. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Belmonte Breaks National Record to End Maria Lenk

Pereira and Orzechowski fought for a big-time Olympic roster spot. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Cielo, Ottesen Blast Textile-Bests

With the wind at their backs, back-to-back textile bests went down on Thursday at the 2012 Maria Lenk Trophy. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)

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Pan Am Games Embarrass Themselves Again Amid "CapGate" Drama

So first, the Pan Am Games tried to cut swimmers who had earned automatic qualifying times. If that wasn’t bad…

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Brazil Announces Full 2011 Pan American Games Roster

As their Winter National Championship, the Jose Finkel Trophy, gets underway, Brazil has announced their squad for the 2011 Pan…

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Brazilian Jose Finkel Trophy Preview: Brazilian Olympic Standards Announced; Dekker/Belmonte/Bal Make Appearances; PRO16 Adds Two More

Brazil’s National Championship meets receive amongst the most fanfare of any in the world, and with that we head into…

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Cielo Passes on 50 Free, Wins 100 Fly Instead on Final Day of Brazilian Trials

It appears as though Brazilian sprinter Cesar Cielo is really taking the butterfly races (and his overall strength and conditioning)…

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Henrique Rodrigues Posts 4th-Ranked Time in 200 IM in Brazil

With Cesar Cielo taking the session off, Henrique Rodrigues stepped up and stole the show at the 3rd-day of the…

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Cielo Wins Men's 50 Fly on Day 2 of Brazilian "Trials"

Cesar Cielo was back in the water on day 2 in the ill-named Brazilian “World Championship Trials” with a second…

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Cielo Posts 48.66 On First Day of Brazilian Trials

Special thanks to our Brazlian correspondents Caio Leal and D’Artagnan Dias. Caio writes a great Portugese-Language swimming blog at http://simplesmenteesporte.wordpress.com/….

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