Brazil's top two swimmers, Olympic medalists Cesar
Cielo and Thiago Pereira, are heading in different directions amid denials that
the Pro 2016 squad formed by the world sprint champion is about to fold.
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Cesar Cielo |
Thiago, Olympic silver medalist behind
Ryan Lochte (USA) over 400m medley at London 2012, has left Pro 2016, the team
formed by Cielo to prepare Brazilians for the Rio 2016 Games at home, and is
being coached by Felipe Dominguez at the Academia Reebok.