Category: Organization
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Australia’s swim team culture no longer toxic, says Alicia Coutts
Read Canberra Times Alicia Coutts says the Australian swimming team’s much-maligned culture was “so much better” at last year’s world championships in Barcelona and she’s confident it will stand up to its next major test – the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in July. The 26-year-old was one of the few shining lights from the…
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Dubai makes handrails mandatory for balconies and swimming pools in new buildings
Read Emirates 24/7 The Buildings Department of Dubai Municipality has issued new circular for all consulting and contracting companies in the emirate of Dubai making the protection rails for balconies and swimming pools mandatory in new buildings. […] “Safety of the people is the first priority of the civic body. We don’t want to hear…
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Swim coach says backyard pool ban would defeat the purpose
Read The Gympie Times A Sunshine Coast veteran swim coach has poured cold water on suggestions to ban backyard pools. This week an Australian mummy blogger caused outrage when she suggested swimming pools in Australian homes should be banned because they presented an unacceptable risk to children. Jo Abi wrote in her iVillage column that if…
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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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St. Petersburg Master Swimmers train in the cold temperatures
See ABC Action News Why wait until summer to swim? The St. Petersburg Master Swimmers made daily laps in a pool with water around 81-degrees; while the air temperature hovered around 47-degrees. The group of about 50 people jump into the pool around 5:30 each morning and swim until 7:00. “We’re crazy! We know it,”…
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U.S. Olympic Training Center Installs Endless Pools Elite Model
Read PR Web The Endless Pool Elite is the latest high tech addition to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, the flagship training center of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The facility’s aquatic center, used for instruction and development of Team USA’s world-class swimmers, triathletes and paralympians, now boasts the most advanced counter-current swimming…
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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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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.” Swimming Christmas CUP 2013 Video recapWatch this video on YouTube