Campo Grande (MS) - O atleta sul-mato-grossense Lucas Kanieski conquistou na manhã do dia sete de maio, a medalha de prata na provas dos 1500 metros livre no Campeonato Brasileiro Absoluto de Natação "Troféu Maria Lenk", realizado no Rio de Janeiro-RJ.

O atleta de MS treina em Campo Grande, com o técnico Gehilson.
O vencedor da prova foi Juan Pereyra, que bateu o recorde da competição, com o tempo de 15"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'28"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"88, que porém fica ainda distante do índice olímpico, que é de 15"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"16.

Kanieski nadou a prova em 15"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'31"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"87, seguido de Luiz Rogério Arapiraca, com 15"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'34"58. O atleta de MS tem se destacado nacionalmente nesta prova que há tempos não possui um atleta brasileiro na elite da natação.

O último atleta brasileiro com destaque mundial foi Luiz Lima, que bateu o recorde brasileiro em 1998, com o tempo de 15"17"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"55.  Já o recorde mundial desta prova pertence ao australiano Gran Hacket, com o surpreendente tempo de 14"34"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"56.