The red-and-black Michelle Frota, South American champion and bronze medalist at the Rio-2007 Pan-American Games, will be the only official representative of Clube de Regatas do Flamengo at the US Open Synchronized Swimming, in Ohio, United States.

The competition is considered one of the most important and important on the North American calendar. Michelle will be competing in the technical solo event this Friday (July 18th) and the free solo event on Saturday.

For Roberta Périllier, coach of the CRF and the Brazilian national team, the red-and-black team's chances are good. "The US Open is a tough competition, with the best athletes from each team and each group competing. But Michelle is doing very well and can give us a good result. She could surprise us."