the same week, managers Gláucio Cruz (director of Olympic sports) and Alexandre Brito (vice-president of Olympic sports) left their respective positions. This finally resulted in the announcement on 30 July 2020,of the end of the basketball project, through a post by coach Léo Figueiró on social media. With this, the club gave up its participation in the NBB and Champions League Americas. However, in November 2020, part-owner Carlos Salomão was appointed Botafogo's basketball director and recreated the team to compete in the Brazilian Club Championship, a competition equivalent to the second division of national basketball, which gives access to the NBB. But the black-and-whites failed to return to the country's top tournament after being eliminated in the semi-finals by União Corinthians, which would become the champion. Swimming 1890s to 1900s: The federation emerges Botafogo is one of the most traditional swimming clubs in Brazil. In Rio de Janeiro, the sport emerged around the 1850s, when organized competitions began to attract public interest and the regular practice of this type of exercise became synonymous with "civility". On 31 July 1897, alongside Icarahy, Gragoatá, and Flamengo, Botafogo was one of the founding clubs of the Metropolitan Swimming Federation, today called the Aquatic Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FARJ). 1960s and 1970s: Golden Age In 1967, Botafogo was champion for the first time in the Brazil Swimming Trophy. In the same year, the club's swimmer José Sylvio Fiolo won the gold medal in the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events and the bronze medal in the 4 x 100-meter medley relay at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. In 1968, Fiolo broke the world record for the 100-meter breaststroke. In the 1970s, the black-and-whites competed with rival Fluminense, the highlight of Rio de Janeiro and national swimming. Between 1971 and 1974, Botafogo became a four-time champion of the Brazilian Swimming Trophy, and from 1972 to 1975, it was also the four-time champion of the José Finkel Trophy. Years 2000 and 2010: Statewide prominence At the beginning of the 21st century, Botafogo won titles at the state level in several categories and was a two-time Rioadult champion in 2005 and 2006. In 2010, it ranked 5th in the Brazilian Club Ranking and won the State Efficiency Trophy for the sixth time. The following year, Botafogo athlete Larissa Simões won the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke at the South American Youth Championships.