The Brazilian National Team's red-and-blacks return to training with an eye on the 2019 Artistic Swimming season
Athletes from Mais Querido in the Youth, Junior and Senior categories begin preparation this Wednesday (09)
By Romulo Paranhos - inThey're back in the pool! The Flamengo artistic swimmers, who were pre-selected for the Brazilian National Team in the Youth, Junior, and Senior categories, returned to the Gávea water park this Wednesday (09) to begin training. With an eye on the 2019 international competitions, the Flamengo girls are training hard in search of a season with many titles and medals, both for Flamengo and for Brazil.
The Senior team's first challenge will be the French Open tournament, scheduled for late February. Meanwhile, the Youth and Junior teams will face the South American Championships for their respective categories, held in Chile from April 2nd to 6th. This year's season will feature a new coaching position for the Junior squad. Marina Valadão, the coach of Mais Querido, has been called up for the first time to be the assistant coach of the Brazilian National Team. It's worth noting that, in the senior category, Roberta Perillier, the coach of Rubro-Negro, also manages the national team.
Marina will join her squad with five Flamengo players who were pre-selected to join the Junior National Team: Jullia Catharino, Rebecca Rodrigues, Jaddy Milla Passos, Maria Luiza Fonseca, and Manuella de Menezes. In the Senior category, the Mais Querido artistic swimmers who are part of this pre-selection are: Gabriela Regly, Giovana Stephan, Jullia Catharino, Laura Miccuci, Lorena Molinos, Maria Clara Lobo, Maria Eduarda Miccuci, Rebecca Rodrigues, and athlete Renan Alcântara. On the Junior team, Ana Clara Almeida is the Flamengo player who will enter the pool in search of medals for Brazil.
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.