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.
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| Thiago Pereira |
Dominguez has been an assistant to head
coach Albertinho, mentor to Cielo, who said Pro 2016 would not fold and was at
the start of a new cycle.
When asked by the Brazilian media about
Cielo's take on Pro 2016, Albertinho is reported to have said: "If he, the
boss, is saying so, that's how it will be".
Cielo is now to be coached by Scott
Goodrich, at 26 the same age as the sprinter. Goodrich looks set to head up a
relaunched Pro 2016 programme in Florianópolis.
By Craig Lord
Source: www.swimnews.com
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