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 Olympics. The 29-year-old could still ...

In this edition of Throwback Thursday, we look back at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, when Brazilian Cesar Cielo confirmed his status as the world’s fastest man in water. It was a night that also ...

Cesar Cielo, now the former world-record holder in the 100-meter freestyle, took to his Twitter account on Saturday to congratulate Romania’s David Popovici on breaking his global standard. At the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

How does the fastest man in swimming get ready for races? By smacking his chest so hard and so often that he's left with bright red marks on his pecs. Brazil's Cesar Cielo holds the world record in ...