{"id":470765,"date":"2021-04-23T16:55:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=470765"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:55:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T23:55:34","slug":"caio-pumputis-costa-makes-third-event-at-brazilian-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/caio-pumputis-costa-makes-third-event-at-brazilian-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Caio Pumputis & Vini Lanza Hit 200 IM FINA A Standard; Costa Makes Third Event at Brazilian Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Caio Pumputis\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Vini Lanza\u00a0<\/strong>each reached the FINA A standard in the 200 IM on Friday at the Brazilian Nationals in Rio de Janeiro as Pumputis, who swims at Georgia Tech, won at 1:58.53 which is 13th in the world. Lanza, who swims in the US at Indiana, was second at 1:59.58 as both of them got under the 1:59.67 A standard.<\/p>\n

Pumputis won the 200 breast but missed the A standard earlier in the meet, while Lanza missed the final of the 200 butterfly during the competition, so this race was a redemption for both of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn’t have a very good 200m breaststroke, but I was able to find the strength to take advantage of this opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Games.\u00a0<\/span>It is a dream come true.\u00a0<\/span>I know I have a lot to improve and I am sure that in Tokyo I will be better,\u201d said Caio Pumputis.<\/span><\/p>\n

Guilherme Costa\u00a0<\/strong>qualified for his third event with a 14:59.21 in the 1500 freestyle as he was under the 15:00.99 cut. Costa already won the national titles<\/a> in the 400 and 800 freestyle as this will be his third event for Tokyo in his first trip to the Olympic Games. Costa put himself ninth in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Larissa Oliveira\u00a0<\/strong>just missed the 100 freestyle A cut with a 54.39 as the FINA A standard was a 54.38. This is Oliveira’s second title of the week after winning the 200 free but she has not been under the FINA A standard yet.\u00a0Ana Vieira\u00a0<\/strong>(54.89),\u00a0Stephanie Balduccini\u00a0<\/strong>(55.06) and\u00a0Etiene Medeiros\u00a0<\/strong>(55.24) rounded out the top four as a potential 4×100 free relay could be in the works for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Leonardo de Deus<\/strong>, who is already on the team in the 200 fly, won the 200 back at 1:58.74, off the 1:57.50 standard as Indiana’s\u00a0Gabriel Fantoni\u00a0<\/strong>(2:02.34) was second.\u00a0Gabrielle da Silva\u00a0<\/strong>won the 200 breast at 2:29.65 as a 2:25.52 was what was needed for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

Men’s Qualifiers:<\/strong><\/p>\n