2021 BRAZILIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Monday, April 19th – Saturday, April 24th
- Prelims at 9:30 am local; Finals at 6:30 pm local
- Long Course Meters (50 meters), prelims/finals
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- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
With two days of racing down at the 2021 Brazilian Olympic Trials, Brazil’s Olympic squad has grown from two to six swimmers.
Fernando Scheffer and Breno Correia mirrored their 1-2 finish at the 2019 Pan American Championships in the 200 free, earning spots on Brazil’s Olympic roster. Scheffer’s time of 1:46.28 ranks him 16th in the world this season.
Correia’s chopped half-a-second off his previous lifetime best from the 2019 World Championships to earn 2nd. Both swimmers were well under the Olympic qualifying time of 1:47.02. Correia’s time of 1:46.72 ranks him 19th in the world this season:
2020-2021 LCM Men 200 Free
Dean
1:44.22
| 2 | Duncan Scott | GBR | 1:44.26 | 07/27 |
| 3 | Hwang Sunwoo | KOR | 1:44.62 | 07/25 |
| 4 | Katsuo Matsumoto | JPN | 1:44.65 | 04/05 |
| 5 | Fernando Scheffer | BRA | 1:44.66 | 07/27 |
| 6 | David Popovici | ROU | 1:44.68 | 07/27 |
| 7 | Kieran Smith | USA | 1:44.74 | 07/28 |
| 8 | Martin Malyutin | RUS | 1:44.79 | 05/21 |
| 9 | Alexander Graham | AUS | 1:45.22 | 06/13 |
| 10 | Danas Rapsys | LTU | 1:45.32 | 07/25 |
| 11 | Kyle Chalmers | AUS | 1:45.48 | 06/13 |
| 12 | Ivan Girev | RUS | 1:45.49 | 04/05 |
| 13 | Elijah Winnington | AUS | 1:45.55 | 06/13 |
| 14 | Townley Haas | USA | 1:45.66 | 06/15 |
| 15 | Thomas Neill | AUS | 1:45.70 | 06/13 |
| 15 | Felix Auboeck | AUT | 1:45.70 | 04/09 |
| 17 | Kristof Milak | HUN | 1:45.74 | 05/21 |
| 18 | Stefano Ballo | ITA | 1:45.77 | 07/28 |
| 18 | Antonio Djakovic | SUI | 1:45.77 | 07/28 |
The 100 backstroke prelims foreshadowed National Record-holder and 2016 Olympian Guilherme Guido would run away with the win, but it was 4th seed Guilherme Dias Masse who overpowered him at the end. In true photo-finish style, Dias Masse wore down Guido’s .33 second lead to .01.
Not only was it physically a close race, but they also had a tight race with the clock as well. Dias Masse beat the Olympic qualifying time of 53.85 by .01, meaning that Guido tied it to the hundredth of a second. This still qualifies him for the Olympic roster.
Dias Masse is now ranked 17th in the world this season and Guido is 18th:
2020-2021 LCM Men 100 Back
Rylov
51.98
| 2 | Kliment Kolesnikov | RUS | 52.00 | 07/27 |
| 3 | Ryan Murphy | USA | 52.19 | 07/27 |
| 4 | Thomas Ceccon | ITA | 52.30 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Xu Jiayu | CHN | 52.35 | 03/07 |
| 6 | Hunter Armstrong | USA | 52.48 | 06/14 |
| 7 | Mitch Larkin | AUS | 52.75 | 12/13 |
| 8 | Shaine Casas | USA | 52.76 | 06/14 |
| 9 | Yohann Ndoye Brouard | FRA | 52.77 | 07/30 |
| 9 | Apostolos Christou | GRE | 52.77 | 05/19 |
| 11 | Hugo Gonzalez | ESP | 52.78 | 07/27 |
| 12 | Justin Ress | USA | 52.86 | 06/14 |
| 12 | Mewen Tomac | FRA | 52.86 | 05/19 |
| 14 | Bryce Mefford | USA | 52.87 | 06/14 |
| 15 | Robert Glinta | ROU | 52.88 | 05/20 |
| 16 | Grigory Tarasevich | RUS | 52.93 | 04/05 |
| 17 | Ryosuke Irie | JPN | 52.99 | 07/25 |
| 18 | Matt Grevers | USA | 53.18 | 06/14 |
There are still 4 more days of competition left for swimmers to secure a spot on Brazil’s Olympic roster. Racing continues tomorrow morning at 9:30 am local time (8:30 am EDT) with the women’s 200 IM, men’s 200 butterfly, and women’s 200 freestyle.
Brazilian Olympic Roster After Day 2
- Guilherme Costa: 400 freestyle
- Felipe Lima: 100 breaststroke
- Fernando Scheffer: 200 freestyle
- Breno Correia: 200 freestyle
- Guilherme dias Masse: 100 backstroke
- Guilherme Guido: 100 backstroke
FINA “A” Standards:
| MEN’S CUT | EVENT | WOMEN’S CUT |
| 22.01 | 50 freestyle | 24.77 |
| 48.57 | 100 m freestyle | 54.38 |
| 1:47.02 | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.28 |
| 3:46.78 | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.90 |
| 7:54.31 | 800 m freestyle | 8:33.36 |
| 15:00.99 | 1500 m freestyle | 16:32.04 |
| 53.85 | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.25 |
| 1:57.50 | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.39 |
| 59.93 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.07 |
| 2:10.35 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.52 |
| 51.96 | 100 m butterfly | 57.92 |
| 1:56.48 | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.43 |
| 1:59.67 | 200 m individual medley | 2:12.56 |
| 4:15.84 | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.53 |
Funny how Brazilians celebrate Olympics qualification while US gets disappointed if they miss out the podium. I’m Brazilian btw so before any Brazilian judges this comment I just wanted to clarify that I was able to experience this when I decided to move to the US before 2012 trials. I guess it’s a mix of talent with opportunity that the US has but Brazil lacks. If only Brazilians had top College Sports facilities (other than independent clubs that offer money to young athletes to quit school and become pros) and a serious college league such as the NCAA I think we would be in a different level. Or if they still don’t make it to the top at least the… Read more »
As a brazillian that used to swim and had to stop to enter in a good university, I completely agree with you.
I think he is 16th in the 200 free. The four Brits are missing from your list from last week….
where russian guys 100m back?
Remember when the Brazilian men broke the WR in the 800scm relay? That was wild.
Yeah I ‘member.