The 24th Tancredo Neves Swimming Trophy, part of the Brazilian Junior Winter Championships, will be held from June 1st to 3rd at the Júlio De Lamare pool at the Maracanã Sports Complex. Approximately 323 athletes from 64 clubs will compete in one of the most important championships on the national calendar.
Flamengo is one of the competition's most successful teams, along with Pinheiros and Minas Tênis Clube. Each has won five Brazilian championships in the category. Next come Fluminense (three times), Vasco da Gama (twice), Gama Filho, Botafogo, and the current champion, Unisanta, with one title each.
The Brazilian Junior Championship, which is aimed at athletes in the junior 1 (born in 1990) and junior 2 (born in 1988 and 1989) categories, will be held in four stages with direct finals.
The schedule of the stages is as follows: 1st stage - Friday, 1/06, at 17 pm / 2nd stage - Saturday, 2/06, at 10 am / 3rd stage - Saturday, 2/06, at 17 pm / 4th stage - Sunday, 3/06, at 10 am.
Stage 1: 100m freestyle / 200m breaststroke / 200m medley / 1500m freestyle (men only) Stage 2: 50m freestyle / 200m backstroke / 100m butterfly / 800m freestyle (women only) / 4x100m freestyle Stage 3: 400m medley / 200m freestyle / 100m breaststroke / 4x50m freestyle Stage 4: 400m freestyle / 100m backstroke / 200m butterfly / 4x100m medley
Under the command of coaches Marco Lamah and Jorge Lourenço, the CRFlamengo team promises to be a talking point.
Check out some of the names and events that will be representing the CRF in the Junior Brazilian Championship:
Women:\ Renata Cabral – 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle\ Carolina Nogueira – 100m freestyle and 200m freestyle\ Noemi Alcântara – 200m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke\
Men: Thiago Parravicini – 200m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke Henrique Ferrari – 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly Bruno Amaral – 1.500m freestyle, 200m freestyle and 400m freestyle Bernard Colosimo – 100m freestyle and 50m freestyle Rafael Salles – 50m freestyle Luis Carlos Silva – 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke Felipe dos Santos – 200m medley, 100m backstroke and 400m medley