Three of the four nations competing in Raia Rapida,
Brazil’s televised summer sprint format meet, have set their official rosters.
The
United States, Italy and South Africa will join host Brazil at the meet, and
only South Africa has yet to set its lineup.
Raia
Rapida, which means “fast lane” in Portuguese, is a sprint meet tailor made for
TV, an exciting event Brazil hosts each year for live and television
audiences.
Each
nation enters four swimmers, one in each stroke. The only events swum are the
50 fly, 50 back, 50 breast and 50 free, plus a 200 medley relay at the meet’s
conclusion.
Each
event is swum in a three-round, knockout format. All four nations enter a
swimmer in the first round, and the fourth-place finisher is eliminated. After
a short break, the three remaining swimmers compete again, with the last
finisher booted. Finally, the two remaining athletes go head-to-head for the
event title.
Here are the announced rosters for each nation, per
Globo.com:
USA:
David
Plummer
Mike
Alexandrov
Giles
Smith
Anthony
Ervin
Italy:
Mirco
di Tora
Fabio
Scozzoli
Luca
Dotto
Michele
Santucci
Brazil:
Daniel
Orzechowski
Felipe
Franca
Nicolas
Santos
Matheus
Santana
For the
U.S., Plummer, Alexandrov and Ervin competed in the event last year. Italy is entirely new to the event, replacing Australia, who
competed last year. Brazil
returns Santos, Franca and Santana from their team, which won the event last
year and set a continental record in the 200 medley relay.
The
meet will take place Sunday, September 13th in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meet website is here.
Jared Anderson | August 27th, 2015 | Africa, Brazil,
Latin America & Caribbean, Europe, Featured, International, News
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