{"id":470815,"date":"2021-04-24T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T00:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=470815"},"modified":"2021-04-25T08:07:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T15:07:27","slug":"bruno-fratus-picks-up-tokyo-qualification-gonche-santos-make-individual-spots-at-brazilian-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/bruno-fratus-picks-up-tokyo-qualification-gonche-santos-make-individual-spots-at-brazilian-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruno Fratus Picks Up Tokyo Qualification, Gonche & Santos Make Individual Spots at Brazilian Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruno Fratus\u00a0<\/strong>had to do a week of waiting to see if his 50 free in Mission Viejo<\/a> was good enough to make Brazil’s Olympic team. And on Saturday night in Rio, Fratus, who was back at his home in south Florida, had his time hold up for Olympic qualification as\u00a0Pedro Spajari’s\u00a0<\/strong>winning time of 22.04 was not quicker than Fratus’ 21.80.<\/p>\n

Fratus is officially off to his third Olympics<\/a> at age 31.<\/p>\n

“It is much more difficult to see from a distance than to be in the pool, where you can control things. Since I did my tryouts in California, I was confident, but I was not comfortable. It was two weeks controlling anxiety, but it worked. I’m back to training and now I’m focusing on Japan,” explained Bruno Fratus.<\/p>\n

Spajari was not under the 22.01 FINA A standard while\u00a0Victor Alcara\u00a0<\/strong>was second (22.07) and\u00a0Nicholas Santos\u00a0<\/strong>(22.21) was third. Spajari was under the 100 free A standard earlier in the meet so he is already on the plane to Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Matheus Gonche\u00a0<\/strong>won the 100 butterfly with a FINA A standard at 51.94, just under the 51.96 standard. This will be Gonche’s first Olympic Games as he finished ahead of Tennessee swimmer\u00a0Kayky Mota\u00a0<\/strong>(52.11) and Indiana’s Vini Lanza\u00a0<\/strong>(52.36), who is on the team for the 200 IM.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was out of contact with the pool for five months last year.\u00a0Then, we managed to get back and the work fit very well.\u00a0During the week, I was feeling that I was fine and I knew that if my ticket was good, the return would give the index.\u00a0I am very happy and I want to thank everyone who participated in this achievement,\u201d said Matheus Gonche.<\/p>\n

Gabriel Santos\u00a0<\/strong>also time trialed a 100 freestyle to try and get the second spot after the disqualification<\/a> of Thursday’s winner\u00a0Andre Souza<\/strong>. Santos swam a 48.49 and guaranteed an individual spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like pressure.\u00a0I can not deny.\u00a0I did a bad test on Thursday and ended up not qualifying.\u00a0Everything that happened happened and I had that opportunity.\u00a0It was supposed to happen and I’m qualified for the Olympic Games,\u201d said Gabriel Santos.<\/p>\n

Two time trials will be held this Sunday. The first will be the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay and then the mixed 4x100m medley relay. The two seek vacancies in Tokyo via FINA recap.<\/p>\n

Lorrane Ferreira\u00a0<\/strong>won the women’s 50 free at 24.84, just ahead of\u00a0Etiene Medeiros\u00a0<\/strong>(24.90), who made the final in Rio in this event. Neither swimmer made the FINA A standard that was a 24.77 although a 4×100 free relay could be in the cards for the Brazilian women tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Fernanda Goeij\u00a0<\/strong>also won the 200 back at 2:13.13 as the A standard was a 2:10.39, while\u00a0Gabrielle Goncalves\u00a0<\/strong>won the 800 free at 8:39.49, off the A standard of 8:33.36. She was ahead of open water world champ Ana Marcela Cunha\u00a0<\/strong>(8:41.64).<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Qualifiers:<\/strong><\/p>\n