Hugo González de Oliveira won silver in the 100-meter backstroke at the Doha Swimming World Championships. He won the 200m championship with a finish that invites us to think big in the Paris Games next summer: 28.98 seconds in the last length.

The mark that won him the championship, 1m 55.30s, was his best time ever but it does not exceed 161 in the absolute ranking of the best times in the discipline. “The results are only a time,” said the swimmer this Saturday, “But to do that time you have to be mentally well”