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Olympian and NCAA champion Nick Albiero announced his retirement from competitive swimming on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The Brazilian national team member, former U.S. national team member and former Louisville Cardinal made the announcement on social media. "it is with overwhelming gratitude and a full hear...

More than most of his peers, Brandonn Almeida was hoping 2020 would bring stability. In what had become an all-too-familiar theme, the Brazilian changed coaches last fall, culminating a stretch of 18 months where he changed coaches four times. That stretch included a season at the University of Sout...

After Stellar 2019, Marcelo Chierighini Content to Wait, Improve for Tokyo Games On paper, the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics could not have come at a worse time for Marcelo Chierighini, you might think. The Brazilian sprinter will turn 30 in January. He’s coming off the biggest win of his caree...

Americas Recap Americans like Regan Smith and Allison Schmitt might have dominated the headlines at last weekend’s TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville, Tennessee. But there were plenty of other headlines generated from a sizeable international contingent at the event. Here’s a look at the highligh...

Marcus Mattioli is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer, who participated in the 1980 (Moscow) Summer Olympic Games for his native country Brazil. There, he won the bronze medal in the men’s 4×200m freestyle relay event, alongside Jorge Fernandes, Cyro Delgado, and Djan Madruga, with a time of 7:29.30....

Just one month after breaking the record for the most sub-22-second 50 Freestyles, Brazilian World and Pan Pacific Championship medalist Bruno Fratus announced his withdrawal from the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. Fratus posted the news, explaining his journey, on his social media account...

Brazil's Nicholas Santos, the 50 butterfly World Record holder in short course meters and current world-leader in the long course event, has been invited to compete at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea this July. Originally, Santos was left off his country's roster despite hi...

Following many LSCs in the United States, the Brazilian Confederation of Aquatic Sports (CBDA) has banned high-performance tech suits for youth swimmers. The latest on the American tech-suit bans can be found here, in an interview with Stu Isaac, who is serving as a consultant for USA Swimming as it...

Kaio Almeida, a four-time Olympian and Short-Course World Champion, announced his retirement from swimming this week. The Brazilian will turn 36 this month. He had returned from retirement after the 2012 Olympics and a brief political career, earning a spot on the Brazilian team at the Rio Olympics,...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. Two more nations selected their Olympic teams while Swimming Canada has postponed its Trials to June 19 - 23, around the same time as the United States and Australia. Read the five biggest stories of the week in The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. The We...

Jhennifer Conceicao Trims Her 100 Breast Record to Start Trofeu Brasil Jhennifer Conceicao trimmed a hundredth of a second off her Brazilian record in the women’s 100 breaststroke to start the Trofeu Brasil Championships in Rio this week. The meet will run from Monday through Saturday and serve as a...

The Brazilian team of Luiz Altamir Melo, Fernando Scheffer, Leonardo Coelho Santos and Brent Correia set a new World Record time in the 4 x 200 free relay at the 2018 Short Course Worlds. Their 6:46.81 broke Russia's World record from 2010 and was led by Scheffer and Correia with their 1:40.99 and 1...