Category: Competition
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Jaring Timmerman, age 104, sets 2 world swimming records
See CBC and WPTV A 104-year-old Winnipeg man swam his way into the record books, finishing two races and becoming the world’s oldest masters swimmer. Pan Am Pool was packed with family members, friends and swimming fans who cheered on Jaring Timmerman as he completed the 50-metre backstroke and 50-metre freestyle races at a masters…
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Korean officials found guilty of forging documents for the Gwangju 2019 World Aquatics Championships bid
Read Reuters Two South Korean government officials were handed suspended six-month prison sentences on Friday after they were found guilty of forging documents for southern city Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Last September, bidding committee director Kim Yoon-seok and a female official identified by the surname Han were indicted for…
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FINA and Arena reinforce partnership: agreement covers the period 2014-2019
See press release on fina.org FINA and Arena have signed a partnership for the period 2014-2019, by which the global swimwear brand will be the Official FINA Partner for the following competitions: FINA World Championships and FINA World Masters Championships in 2015 (Kazan, RUS), 2017 (Guadalajara, MEX) and 2019 (Gwangju, KOR); FINA World Swimming Championships…
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English swimming told to boost numbers or lose funding
Read BBC, Sport England and the Amateur Swimming Association Sport England has given a funding boost to six sports but has warned that they must make improvements before receiving further investment. […] Swimming: Not enough evidence of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) changing behaviour towards swimming. Sport England has given a further one-year investment of…
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Brits and Great Danes to test their form at the Flanders Cup 2014
British Swimming writes here that a 46-strong GBR Swimming team including Michael Jamieson and Fran Halsall will head to the Flanders Speedo Cup in Antwerp this weekend, as continuation of their preparation phase for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Berlin this summer. They will be joined by ‘an identified group…
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Swimming Christmas CUP 2013 Video recap
“Swimming Christmas CUP (SCC) has become an institution in the swimming world, since it is organised for 21 years now by NEP swimming team. The SCC is a three day event, with hundreds participants and over 35 teams from all over Greece and Cyprus.”
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Nairobi Swimming Association 2014 season kicks off
“The Nairobi Swimming Association kicked off the 2014 season with the triple gala at the Peponi school, ahead of a season packed with several international competitions. The association also used the meet as a practice session to identify swimmers who will make up the national team set to travel to South Africa for the african…
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Ruta Meilutyte answers questions on Live Video Chat tonight
See waterinstict.com Olympic 100m Breaststroke Queen, Ruta Meilutyte will be joining us for a Live Video Chat, here at waterinstinct.com, on Monday 20th January 2014. If you have a question that you would like to ask her, then please submit on waterinstict.com Post by Arena Water Instinct.
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Therese Alshammar on the road to Rio
Behold this wonderful video by Swedish national TV svt.se, featuring the queen of Swedish swimming Therese Alshammar, her son Fred, and her coach/partner Johan Wallberg. Via simma.nu/se In Swedish – My attempt to translate follows below the video It is now 8 months since Therese Alshammar had her son Fred, and she has the all…