Erik Cardoso and Caio Bonfim kicked off the Brazilian Championships by breaking South American records on the first day of action in São Paulo on Thursday (31).
At the start of a busy national championships weekend, Cardoso clocked 9.93 (1.5m/s) to take 0.03 off the area 100m record and win the national title ahead of Felipe Bardi (10.06), who jointly held the previous South American record with Colombia’s Ronal Longa. Vitor dos Santos finished third (10.14).
Cardoso had become the first Brazilian athlete to break 10 seconds for 100m when he ran 9.97 in 2023 and the 25-year-old improved his PB by 0.04 to add his name to the record book again.
Olympic 20km race walk silver medallist Bonfim moved to fourth on the world all-time list for the 20,000m race walk with his South American record of 1:18:37.9. Viviane Lyra, who teamed up with Bonfim in the marathon race walk mixed relay at the Paris Olympics, also clocked a world lead of 1:30:52.7 to win the women’s title.
Ana Carolina Azevedo narrowly won the women’s 100m title, clinching the crown ahead of Gabriela Mourão as both athletes clocked 11.14 (1.1m/s).
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