{"id":432735,"date":"2020-05-21T12:50:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T19:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=432735"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:47:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:47:37","slug":"bruno-fratus-returns-to-training-just-to-be-back-in-the-pool-its-already-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bruno-fratus-returns-to-training-just-to-be-back-in-the-pool-its-already-something\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fratus Returns to Training: “Just To Be Back in the Pool, It’s Already Something”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruno Fratus found a glimpse of normalcy this week when he was permitted to return to his training pool in Coral Springs, Florida.<\/em><\/p>\n

Earlier this week, the state of Florida saw some hope when the state entered Phase One of post-coronavirus life. Restaurants were opening up at 50% capacity, beaches were starting to open up, and recreation centers were allowing patrons to use their facilities. In Coral Springs, the aquatic center was open up to the public for lap swim with strict limitations. Each party is limited to only an hour of swimming and no more than 20 people can be in the pool at a time. Reservations to swim must be made by appointment, and spots filled up quick, since it is one of the few pools in the area to open up.<\/p>\n

For Brazilian Olympic finalist and World Championships medalist\u00a0Bruno Fratus<\/strong>, he was able to finally get back in his main training pool in Coral Springs on Monday, even if for a limited amount of time.<\/p>\n

“They’re re-sanitizing the whole place every hour for 30 minutes,” Fratus told\u00a0Swimming World<\/em>. “There’s a lot of limitations regarding the space you can use and the time you can be in that space so it’s not like we are back in full power and full training. There’s still a lot we need to adapt at least for the next two weeks.”<\/p>\n

But even with limitations in place, it was much better than swimming in a backyard pool.<\/p>\n

“Just to be able to be back in the pool, it is already something,” Bruno Fratus said. “The level of specificity of a swimmer is something that I don’t know if you’re going to find in any other sport so it is really important that we have this contact with water in an actual swimming pool. Backyard pools can only do so much so if you can get in an actual swimming pool that is very helpful.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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