Women's Quartet Sets Master Swimming World Record

Green and yellow team hit 8min42s32 in the 4x200 free relay

Published on 03/12/2021 - 20:27 By Juliano Justo - Repórter da TV Brasil e da Rádio Nacional - São Paulo

The quartet Flávia Turini (30 years old), Jovana Nakagaki (28 years old), Ana Carolina Morelli (31 years old) and Mariana Nakagaki (33 years old) broke the world record for master swimming in the women's 4x200 freestyle relay, 120+ category ( referring to the sum of all ages of the team members), this Friday (3).

The athletes finished the race in 8min42s32. The achievement came during the XII South American Master Short Swimming Championship (25 meters), at the headquarters of Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama. The green and yellow team dropped in eight seconds the old mark, achieved in 2018 by Great Britain (8min50s47).

“All were swimming well at the competition, so our expectation for a record was high. Even without having trained for a long time, our team was totally in tune. So, when we saw the panel, it was a huge joy”, says Carol Morelli. The South American Master Championship continues to be played until Sunday (5) in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.

Text translated using artificial intelligence.

Edition: Fábio Lisboa

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