2023 ABSOLUTE BRAZILIAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, May 30th – Saturday, June 3rd
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Day four of the 2023 Brazilian Swimming Championships brought additional World Championships qualifiers on both the men’s and women’s sides. However, the session wasn’t without its own drama outside the pool.
At the onset of the night’s events, there was a small fire that ultimately impacted the timing systems. This caused a delay in the start of the session.
This was already after the podium altercation and drone mishap we already reported.
In the pool, however, the men’s 100m free saw two men dip under the World Aquatics ‘A’ cut needed for Fukuoka, with both Guilherme Santos Caribe and Marcelo Chierighini making the grade.
Caribe got to the wall first in a mark of 48.11 while Chierighini was only .03 behind in a result of 48.14 for silver. The duo cleared the threshold of 48.51 needed to qualify for the World Championships in this event.
Of note, 32-year-old Chierighini was actually quicker in the morning heats. The one-time Auburn standout punched a prelim time of 47.86 to take the top seed. That now ranks him 8th in the world this season while Santos now checks in as the 14th-quickest performer.
2022-2023 LCM Men 100 Free
Chalmers
47.15
| 2 | Pan Zhanle | CHN | 47.22 | 05/01 |
| 3 | Jack Alexy | USA | 47.31 | 07/27 |
| 4 | Maxime Grousset | FRA | 47.42 | 07/27 |
| 5 | Matthew Richards | GBR | 47.45 | 07/27 |
| 6 | Alessandro Miressi | ITA | 47.54 | 07/23 |
| 7 | David Popovici | ROU | 47.61 | 04/08 |
| 8 | Nandor Nemeth | HUN | 47.62 | 07/26 |
| 9 | Ryan Held | USA | 47.63 | 06/27 |
| 10 | Jordan Crooks | CAY | 47.71 | 07/26 |
| 11 | Flynn Southam | AUS | 47.77 | 06/16 |
| 12 | Ivan Girev | RUS | 47.78 | 07/30 |
| 12 | Sunwoo Hwang | KOR | 47.78 | 10/12 |
| 14 | Guilherme Caribe Santos | BRA | 47.82 | 12/09 |
| 15 | Jack Catwright | AUS | 47.84 | 07/23 |
Chierighini’s result here is a season-best, although his resume boasts a best-ever time of 47.68 from 2019 to rank as Brazil’s #2 performer in history.
As for Caribe, his season-best rests at the 47.82 notched last December.
On the women’s side, Gabrielle Silva got it done for gold in the 200m breast this evening, registering a winning result of 2:25.31. The 24-year-old represented the sole competitor of the field to get under the 2:25.91 threshold needed to qualify for this summer’s World championships.
Silva’s time actually established a new national record in this event, easily overtaking her own previous PB of 2:26.38 notched at the aforementioned Pro Swim Series Westmont last month.
Viviane Jungblut followed suit in the women’s 800m free, logging a gold medal-worthy result of 8:32.83 tonight. That cleared the 8:37.90 minimum needed for Fukuoka.
Jungblut is the reigning Brazilian national record holder i this 800m free with a lifetime best result of 8:29.30 logged at the Brazilian Open last December.
The runner-up Gabrielle Roncatto also cleared the cut, capturing silver in 8:35.38. This marks Roncatto’s 2nd event for Fukuoka qualification after she already nabbed a consideration spot in the 400m free.
Gabrielle (Assis de) Silva was born in 1999, so she’s 24 not 34 year-old
And we had issues yesterday
Electronic board went out, same for live timing systems.
They postponed the beginning by about 20 minutes
Also, top 3 in 800 cleared the cut, roncatto 8:35:38 and dizotti 8:36:16
Retta, chiereghini went 47,86 at prelims
Gui (Guilherme) Caribe, swimmer at Tennessee University and born in 2003, went 47.82 last December at Brazilian Summer Champs and is 6th in the 2022-2023 ranking. Now Gulherme Santos (Caribe) born in 2003 has swum 48.11 (14th in the ranking) and in the article there is that his PB is the 48.52 swum last month in Westmont. So, Gui Caribe and Guilherme Santos (Caribe) are different swimmers? I don’t think so, but if it was true, where is Gui Caribe?
It is indeed the same man
Any fights last night?
Marcelo Chierighini still swimming 47s from a flat start at age 32 is incredible. Met him once, seems like a great guy!
Top 4 for the 4×100 free relay were:
1. Guilherme Santos – 48.11
2. Marcelo Chierighini – 48.14 (Also went 47.86 in heats)
3. Victor Alcara – 48.56
4. Felipe Souza – 48.70
All finalists under 49. Pedro Spajari only fifth in 48.80, Breno Correia only seventh in 48.84.
Chee Brazil got depth this year
Really impressive. Probably a bit off gold this year, but they could well end up on the podium and there is plenty to build on next year – Good to see lots of 4×1 contenders building towards Paris.
My ideal would be a situation reminiscent of 2017 worlds where we see Brazil men have a standout swim in the final (which seems possible with this combo of youth and experience) and challenge for gold with USA, Italy, and Britain all in the mix. Idk if AUS will have the depth to be there too, but a Chalmers anchor can always make things interesting
Hope they bring enough alternates to have backups/options at the meet.
Also to note Correia split 47.92 on his clubs relay unless he makes the team in another way it doesnt mean too much. But Brazil is in contention with Italy, Australia, and GBR for a medal.