There's no swimming without pain. That's how Ricardo Prado defines the sport that turned him into an idol in the 80's. World champion at 17 years-old, Silver medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles when he was 19 years-old, for four years he worked hard to be the best in the world. Far away from home and all alone, enduring a quasi-military discipline and split among swimming and the day-to-day life of an American college, the young athlete had many moments of doubt. For Ricardo Prado, it wasn't easy to follow the line.