Category: Organization
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Herning 2013 en route to a new record of participation for European SC with 42 nations
Read Politiken (in Danish) After a late registration from Azerbaijan, the number of registered participating countries for the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships is now 42, which if all show up will mean that Herning 2013 will break the record of 41, held by the Istanbul 2009 Europeans. Albania, Andorra, Armenia, FYR Macedonia, Gibraltar,…
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Swim for Relief – AmeriCares & Diana Nyad
Swim for Relief – AmeriCares & Diana Nyad from Alexandra Ostasiewicz on Vimeo.
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Swimming Safety
“Drew Wellness Center celebrates the 10,000th child to learn the swimming fundamentals at the center in the past 10 years.”
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Lauren Boyle talks to swimmers from Hilton Brown Swimming
Lauren Boyle takes time to talk to swimmers at the Hilton Brown Swimming Swim Meet. Here is a link to the photo album from that meet, back in September Post by Hilton Brown Swimming.
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Danish broadcaster TV2 to go ‘all in’ on Herning 2013 Europeans
Simma.nu/dk has an interesting notice from Danish broadcaster TV2’s sport host and commentator Michael Stærke, that TV2 will go ‘all in’ on the LEN 2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning in December, broadcasting everything including prelims, finals and pre- and post-session shows. TV2 will be mustering what they see as their strongest team, with…
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FINA warns Doha and Dubai World Cup organizers to respect all National Federations
See the full press release here on fina.org 3. Finally, FINA gave a warning to the Organisers of the two FINA Swimming World Cup meets and recalled them that the FINA rules must be equally applied by all FINA National Federations. Post by FINA.
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Jeanette Ottesen World Record and European Champion in ‘Dryland Swimming’
With no water yet in the Herning 2013 venue, the organizers recently jumped the gun and arranged a ‘dryland swimming’ fun event, as seen in the video below. Too bad there are no subtitles, the commentators are awesome, describing her shock when realizing that there are also male competitors in the final, and going over…
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Doha 2013 World Cup stop accused of erasing Israeli flag
Read for instance Israel Today and SwimmingWorld Israeli swimmers participating in the FINA Swimming World Cup in Doha, Qatar this week were publicly presented as nation-less competitors both by the announcer and in the live television broadcast. When the Israelis were announced, they were labeled as coming from the nation of “ISR.” A similar snubbing…
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Gerhard Zandberg confirms retirement following Swimming South Africa controversy
Read for instance EyeWitnessNews, mysport24 and sport24 Former World Swimming Champion Gerhard Zandberg has confirmed that he has retired from the sport, following the Swimming South Africa controversy after him ‘breaking team rules’ at the Barcelona 2013 World Championships. Zandberg had asked to swap rooms to avoid catching a cold that his roommate Cameron van…