AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Marcelo Chierighini swam the final leg for Brazil’s 4×100 medley relay on Saturday night, helping the home country to a sixth-place finish in the final swimming event of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Cheirighini anchored in 48.50 seconds, swimming a 100m freestyle for the seventh time during these games. He had previously swam the individual 100 freestyle, finishing…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Marcelo Chierighini was sixth at the turn and finished eighth in the finals of the men’s 100m freestyle at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday night. Chierighini touched in 48.41 in what was his fifth 100m free of the Olympics. Swimming in lane 8 on Wednesday night, he got to the turn in 22.98 seconds. Kyle Chalmers of…
AUBURN, Ala. (auburntigers.com) – Marcelo Chierighini will swim for a medal in Rio on Wednesday night. Chierighini, who swam at Auburn from 2010-14 and is swimming for his native Brazil, qualified for the men’s 100m freestyle finals at the Rio Olympics with a 48.23 semifinal time on Tuesday night. Swimming in the second of two heats, he led at the 50m…
