The Brazilian Paralympic swimming team will be in 11 finals world wayIn Manchester, England on Friday 4.
The championship started on Monday 31st of this month, and 538 competitors from 67 countries gathered until Sunday 6th of this month, at the Manchester Water Sports Center. Brazil is represented by 29 swimmers from 10 states (CE, MG, PA, PE, PR, RJ, RN, RS, SC and SP). 15 women and 14 men. With 28 podiums throughout the tournament (ten gold, eight silver and ten bronze), the country is third in the medal table and ahead of hosts Great Britain (ten gold, five silver and seven bronze). China leads the ranking with 14 gold, 14 silver and eight bronze medals, followed by Italy (14 gold, seven silver and eight gold).
The first Brazilian to fall into the pool on Friday and qualify for the final was Leila Suzigan, from Minas Gerais, who swam the 100m breaststroke SB5 (Physical and Movement Restrictions) in 1min 59sec 75min, seventh in the heats. The British captain was Grace Harvey (1 minute 45 seconds 14 minutes). Immediately after, Camille Rodriguez, of Fluminense, ran the 400m freestyle S9 (Physical and Kinetic Restrictions) in 5min 15sec 57min, the twelfth mark among all competitors in the event, and was eliminated from the final.
Cecilia Araújo, the current world champion in the 50m S8 class (Physical and Movement Restrictions), qualifies for the UK final in 30s 63s, the best of the heats. Among the men, Sao Paulo’s Gabriel Cristiano completed the distance in 27s 57s, the third mark in the qualifying rounds, and will fight for a place on the podium. The first place was the Greek Demosthenes Mikhalintzakis (27 seconds 00).
Luciline Souza from Parra and Carol Santiago from Pernambuco, as well as Douglas Matera from Rio de Janeiro will compete in the final of the 100m Freestyle S12 (Visual Impairment). In the women’s competition, Luciline achieved the best time in the qualifying round (1:02:77) and Carol III (1:03:12). In the men’s category, Douglas advanced with a score of 56 seconds 98 and the seventh mark. The best was Raman Sali from Azerbaijan (53 sec 60).
And in the 100m freestyle S11 (blind), Matheus Rein, from Santa Catarina, will be another Brazilian competing for medals in Manchester. He finished seventh after finishing the race with a time of 1min02s27. China’s Dongdong Hua advanced (58, 53).
Brazil will have two representatives in the Women’s 50m Freestyle S1-S3 (Physical Restrictions). Susanna Schnarndorf of Rio Grande do Sul finished third in the qualifying rounds (54 seconds and 56), while Maiara Barreto of Sao Paulo finished sixth (1m 5m 59).
In the men’s event, Gabriel Araujo of Minas Gerais and Bruno Becker of Paraná were the only ones in the S2 class, ie with greater physical limitations than their S3 opponents – the higher the class number, the lower the commitment. Gabriel took the sixth mark (51 sec 30) and broke the competition and Americas record in his category. Bruno scored for the thirteenth time (1min04s85) and did not qualify.
The men’s 50m freestyle S6 final (physical and movement limitations) will also feature two Brazilians in contention. Fluminense’s Daniel Mendes and Santa Catarina’s Talison Glock will battle it out for the medals. They advanced with scores of 29s81, 30s53, second and fourth, respectively. Italian Antonio Fantine passed away as leader (29s 00).
The final seeding for Brazil this morning was with the 4x100m medley relay team – 34 points, made up of Mariana Jestera (S9), Ruan Souza (S9), Felipe Rodriguez (S10) and Leila Suzigan (S6). They set the seventh qualifying time (4:47s39). Spain led the race with a lap of 4 minutes 37 seconds and 65 minutes.
The two Brazilians, who swam the 200m medley S14 (intellectual handicap), did not advance to the final. The champion of the last edition of the event, in Madeira Island, Portugal, Gabriel Bandera of São Paulo, finished 10th in the Manchester qualifier (2:22:36), ahead of Joao Pedro Brutos (2:29:57).
Find out the Brazil Finals schedule for Friday 4 (Brasilia time):
100m breaststroke – SB5 – 1:35pm
Lily Sozigan
50m Freestyle S4 – 14:07 – Live Final
Patricia Santos and Lydia Cruz
Women’s 50m freestyle Q8 – 2:17 p.m
Cecilia Araujo
Men’s 50m Freestyle S8 – 2:21pm
Gabriel Cristiano
Women’s 100-meter freestyle S12 – 2:47 p.m
Carol Santiago and Luciline Souza
Men’s 100m Freestyle S12 – 2:51pm
Douglas Matera
100m Freestyle S11 – 3:25pm
Matthews Rein
50m Freestyle C3 – 3:45 pm
Maiara Barreto and Susanna Schnarndorff
50m Freestyle (S1-S3) – 15:50
Gabriel Araujo
50m Freestyle S6 – 15:59
Talison Gluck and Daniel Mendes
– Mixed relay race 4 x 100m – 34 points – 4:32 pm
Caixa Lotteries program for high-level athletes
Athletes Bruno Becker, Daniel Mendes, Douglas Matera, Gabriel Araujo, Gabriel Bandeira, Joao Pedro Brutos, Luciline Souza, Mariana Jestera, Patricia Pereira, Felipe Rodrigues, Samuel de Oliveira and Talison Gluck are members of the Loterías Caixa high-level athletes programme, Loterias. Caixa’s individual sponsorship program benefiting 91 athletes.
Sao Paulo team
Athletes Cecilia Araújo, Gabriel Cristiano, Luciline Souza, Felipe Rodrigues and Talison Glock are members of Team São Paulo, a partnership between CPB and the Secretary of State for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of São Paulo, which benefits 106 athletes from 14 sports.
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