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Brazil, Latin America & Caribbean

2022 Commonwealth Games: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

The 2022 Commonwealth Games kicks off with a star-studded lineup of 10 events on Friday featuring big names like Ariarne Titmus and Summer McIntosh. 

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2022 Commonwealth Games, Day 1 Prelims Preview: Titmus Highlights Opening Session

Ten events are on tap for the first swimming session of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Friday, including Ariarne Titmus in the women’s 200 free heats.

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41 Venues Selected to Host 2023 Pan/Para-Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile

The organizing committee for the 2023 Pan American and Para Pan American Games has officially announced the 41 venues that will be used for the games.

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Teenager Guilherme Caribé Swims Brazil’s #2 100 Free Time of 2022 in a Time Trial

Guilherme Caribé, a University of Tennessee commit, is now the 2nd-best Brazilian 100 freestyler in 2022 after a 48.42 in a time trial this week.

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Winter U.S. Open Qualifier Zarek Wilson (2023) Verbally Commits to Alabama

Zarek Wilson, a Winter U.S. Open qualifier in the 100 free and Summer Juniors qualifier in the 50, has verbally committed to Alabama.

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Brazilian Winter Junior Champs Canceled After High Number of Athletes Turn Up Ill

The meet was canceled on Thursday after 97 of the 540 participants were reported to have symptoms that included fever, vomiting and nausea.

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The Results Are In: Find Out Who Won SwimSwam’s 2022 World Champs Fantasy Draft

Find out whether Braden, Retta, Coleman, or Ben scored the most points in the fantasy draft (spoiler alert: it wasn’t Ben).

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2022 Swammy Awards: World Championships — Women’s Edition

in this article, SwimSwam recognizes the best overall, breakout, relay, and junior female swimmers from this year’s world championship meet.

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Two-Time El Salvadoran Olympian Marcelo Acosta Announces Retirement

Two-time Olympian Marcelo Acosta, one of the greatest swimmers in El Salvadoran history, announced his retirement from swimming earlier this month.

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Ranking The Top 15 Women Of The 2022 FINA World Championships

In this article, we rank who we thought were the top 15 women that competed at the 2022 FINA World Championships last week.

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Ranking The Top 15 Men Of The 2022 World Championships

In the wake of 8 days of fast racing, check out our rankings of the top 15 from the 2022 World Championships in Budapest.

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Costa Sets 5th Continental Record in 6 Swims at Worlds (S. America Day 8 Recap)

Guilherme Costa broke his fifth South American record in six swims at the 2022 Worlds by lowering his own mark to 14:48.53 in the men’s 1500 free.

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2022 World Championships: Day 8 Finals Live Recap

Tune in for the 16th and final session of swimming at the 2022 World Championships featuring the men’s 50 back, women’s 400 IM, and more!

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Brazil Breaks Another Continental Relay Record (Day 7 S. America Recap)

Before this week’s World Championships, no South American woman had broken the 54-second mark in the 100 freestyle. Now the continent can claim a pair.

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American Ryan Lochte One of Several Olympians to Complete Flowers Sea Swim

Several Olympians, including 12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte competed in the Flowers Sea Swim in Grand Cayman on June 11.

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