Category: Organization
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Swim Dem Crew win British Ethnic Diversity Sports Award
Let’s face it, swimming does have a reputation for being a sport that for whatever reason seems to attract more white people than people from ethnic minorities. Which is a great shame. You’ve only got to go to a gala and most of the officials and most of the competitors are white even those galas…
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Mexican Swimming federation lashes out at governing body FINA
The Mexican Swimming Federation has hit out at the sports world governing body FINA after being handed a multi-million dollar fine. The fine is a result of last year’s decision by Mexico to pull out of hosting the 2017 world championships in Guadalajara. FINA has also suspended all Mexican swimmers from competition. President of the…
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Local varsity swimmer’s first time in the pool was September
Sahal Hussein, from Somalia, is a sophomore at Lafayette High School
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Hosszu vs Hungary conflict causes national coach to resign and withdraw resignation
75-year-old László Kiss will continue coaching Hungary’s national swimming team after having initially tendered his resignation in the midst of a highly publicised brawl between the country’s swimming federation and Katinka Hosszú, the world’s number-one female swimmer. Mr. Kiss changed his mind after receiving the backing of 110 colleagues – including five-times Olympic champion Krisztina…
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Katinka Hosszu tears up contract with federation, plans to train solo
After failing to reach an agreement with the Hungarian Swimming Federation, Hungarian competitive swimmer Katinka Hosszú today tore up her contract with the federation and announced at a press conference that she would train privately on her own, according to reports. The contract Hosszú tore apart today valued at approximately HUF 12 million, was offered…
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Michael Phelps plans to coach at Arizona State once he’s done swimming
Michael Phelps has had his fair share of success in the pool. Eighteen Olympic gold medals. Twenty-two overall. Thirty-nine world records. And having already committed to retiring, presumably for good this time, following this summer’s Rio Olympics, it appears he is already thinking about what he will do beyond the pool — or at least…
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Swimming is England’s favourite sport, but numbers are falling
ASA writes The latest Sport England Active People Survey figures show that over 2.5 million adults continue to enjoy swimming each week. The statistics also show that over the last six months there has been a five per cent growth in open water swimming, and over 250,000 adults have improved their swimming ability through teaching…
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iReport 22: Plymouth HS has a swim team but no pool
Swimming is a competitive sport, and considering Plymouth High School doesn’t have a swimming pool — some of you may not know the Pilgrim’s have a team.
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Gwangju can’t afford to host aquatics event
Gwangju’s ability to host the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships is looking shaky after the central government said it will not cover any costs. The Gwangju Metropolitan Government is in a real fix since the budget for the competition has jumped from the original estimate of 114.9 billion won ($99.6 million) to 185 billion won.…