Nicholas Santos

Bonnet and Dowgiert Set Records on Day 2 of World Military Games

Charlotte Bonnet of France and Anna Dowgiert of Poland both set new championship records on the second day of competition…

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Franca, Santos Lead Brazil To Win At 2015 Raia Rapida Sprint Showdown

Felipe Franca and Nicholas Santos (pictured) each won their respective strokes as Brazil dominated the 2015 Raia Rapida sprint meet in front of a home crowd.

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Preview: Raia Rapida Set To Blast Off In Rio On Sunday

Brazil’s Raia Rapida sprint format meet is slated to take place Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, with sprinters from Brazil, the U.S., South Africa and Italy entered.

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Medeiros, Pereira, Fratus Highlight Start Lists for 2015 Finkel Trophy

Bruno Fratus is just one of the Brazilian stars set to compete at the Jose Finkel Trophy, which starts on August 17th.

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2015 World Championships Preview: Men’s 50 Butterfly

Chad Le Clos will look to continue his recent 50m fly dominance at the world championships.

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Sjostrom Records Another World’s Top Time in Marseille

Swedish star Sarah Sjostrom took the women’s 50 butterfly in a time of 25.41…

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2014 Swammy Awards: South American Male Swimmer of the Year

Brazilian Felipe Franca da Silva won five gold at the World Short Course Championships in Doha…

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18 Brazilian Athletes Post Qualifying Standards for Kazan

In the first of Brazil’s two qualifying meets 18 athletes swam times under the standards needed to attend the World Championships in Kazan…

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Five Meet Records Broken on the First Day of Brazilian Championships

Cesar Cielo set one of the five competition records set on the first day of the Brazilian Championships…

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Cielo Not Entered to Swim the Individual 100 Freestyle at Brazilian Nationals

After winning the World Short Course Championships Cesar Cielo is not entered in the individual 100 freestyle at the Brazilian National Championships…

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What’s Next for Brazil After Winning the 2014 World Short Course Championships Medals Table?

Since the inception of the FINA Short Course World Championships in 1993 there have only been two countries other than…

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Pair of South American Sprint Records Go Down on Saturday at World Short Course Championships

Nicholas Santos’ silver medal in the 50 fly was one of two individual South American sprint records set on Saturday in Doha.

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RACE VIDEO: Watch Brazil Break the Medley Relay World Record

Race Video is courtesy of Universal Sports Network, a SwimSwam partner.

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Brazil breaks men’s 4×50 medley relay World Record as 6 teams shatter old mark

After Russia reset the men’s 4×50 medley relay World Record in prelims, no less than 6 teams crushed the mark in finals, led by world champs and new record-holders Brazil.

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Pinheiros Relay Teams Break South American Records

The Pinheiros took the team title at the Julio de Lamare Trophy while Brandonn Almeida from the Corinthians was one of the meet’s standouts…

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