DOHA – Brazil went 1-2 in the men’s 100 freestyle semis with Cesar Cielo leading the way at the FINA World Short Course Championships. Cielo turned in an easy speed time of 46.21 for the top seed, ...

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Brazilian swimmer César Cielo's Olympic and world records in the 50m freestyle survived the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Cielo bagged a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Games, and set a 21.30 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, February 15. BRAZILIAN blogger Alexander Pussieldi has reported today that the country's best sprinter, Cesar Cielo, is returning to the United States to work with Auburn ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Cesar Cielo, Brazil's most successful and best-known swimmer, has failed to automatically qualify for an individual event at this year's RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Cesar Cielo, Brazil's ...

Cesar Cielo, Brazil’s most well-known active Olympic champion, failed to qualify for the Rio Games at his nation’s Olympic Trials. Cielo, 29, finished third overall in the 50m freestyle at Brazil’s ...

Cesar Cielo, left, of Brazil greets his teammate Italo Duarte after their men's 50m freestyle, at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio Olympics Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 20, 2016.

FEDERAL WAY — Only three men in history have swum a 50-yard freestyle sprint in less than 19 seconds. At the King County Aquatic Center Thursday, Auburn University’s Cesar Cielo did it four times in a ...

SHANGHAI -- Olympic and world champion Cesar Cielo was cleared to compete at the world championships Thursday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a decision by the Brazilian swimming ...

KAZAN, RUSSIA - AUGUST 03: Cesar Cielo of Brazil prepares to compete in the Men’s 50m Butterfly final on day ten of the 16th FINA World Championships at the Kazan Arena on August 3, 2015 in Kazan, ...