Marina Valadão is the new coach of the Brazilian Junior Artistic Swimming Team
Rubro-negra is called up to be part of the Brazilian technical command for the first time
By Romulo Paranhos - inThe excellent work carried out in the youth categories of the red-and-black artistic swimming team is gaining increasing notoriety and recognition. In 2019, Marina Valadão, coach of the Mais Querido Youth and Junior teams, was called up for the first time as coach of the Brazilian Junior National Team. Since the beginning of the week, she has been leading the national team's training sessions, preparing the team for the numerous competitions that will come up throughout the 2019 season.
"I'm very happy to have reached a position like this, which for many coaches is a career goal. I'm also very satisfied with the work done with the red-and-black coaching staff, because without everyone's commitment and dedication, I wouldn't have achieved this goal," said the manager of the Most Beloved.
Marina will have five Flamengo swimmers who were pre-selected for the Junior National Team: Jullia Catharino, Rebecca Rodrigues, Jaddy Milla Portela, Maria Luiza Fonseca, and Manuella de Menezes. Under the coach's guidance, the girls from Gávea are participating in a training period with the other selected athletes and are preparing for the second phase of the National Selection, scheduled for January 26th at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Barra da Tijuca. In this final and decisive stage, some cuts will be made to determine which artistic swimmers will represent Brazil in competitions throughout the year.
Marina Valadão's first commitment as head of the Brazilian National Team is the South American Artistic Swimming Championship, which will be held between April 2nd and 6th in Chile.
The artistic swimming teams of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo rely on resources from their sponsors – Banco Bonsucesso, Furnas, Estácio, LafargeHolcim/Cimento Mauá, EY – via the Federal Incentive Law/Ministry of Sports (IR), in addition to support from the Brazilian Confederation of Clubs (CBC) resulting from the decentralization of resources originating from the Pelé Law.