Category: Organization
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FinaTV live stream from Berlin 2013 World Cup
FINA announces that the finals of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Berlin (GER) on August 10-11 will be streamed live and free of charge here on FinaTV The competition times for the event are as follows: Saturday, 10 August: Start Time: 13:00 to 16:00 GMT Main TX Day 1 session 1 (PGM start…
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Former swim coach and club/LEN/FINA administrator Flavio Bomio sentenced 11 years in prison
According to Blick.ch, former coach and ex-president of swimming club Bellinzona has been sentenced to a prison term of eleven years, for over ten years to have sexually abused at least 15 boys between 12 and 16 years of age. The abuses ranged from touching the genital area when showering to anal sex, the coach…
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South Korean prosecutors raid Gwangju Mayor Kang Un-tae’s office over forgery scandal
Read Inside the Games August 8 – South Korean prosecutors today raided the offices of Gwangju Mayor, Kang Un-tae, over allegations that he forged the signatures of both former Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik and former Culture Minister Choe Kwang-sik in the city’s bid document to host the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships.
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British Swimming chiefs Spice and Furniss promise to make changes after Worlds
See BBC British Swimming’s national performance director Chris Spice and head coach Bill Furniss insist they can make the changes required to win medals. The team claimed just one medal at the recent World Championships in Barcelona – a 50m freestyle bronze for Francesca Halsall. It was GB’s lowest medals tally since the 1998 Worlds in…
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Stephen Fry begs British PM and the IOC to take a stand against Russia’s anti gay discrimination
Read the open letter in whole here on stephenfry.com An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential. Stage them elsewhere in Utah, Lillyhammer, anywhere you like. At all costs Putin cannot be seen to have the approval of the civilised world. […] I am begging you to resist…
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FinaTV and zwemsport.tv live stream from Eindhoven 2013 World Cup
FINA announces that the events of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 – Eindhoven (NED) on August 7-8 will be streamed live and free of charge here on FINAtv. Streaming of morning heats will also be available here on zwemsport.tv’s YouTube channel. Start lists and results can be seen here on omegatiming.com. The competition times for the…
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Star Reporter Takes Swim To Survive Test
Windsor Star reporter, Emma Loop, takes the Swim to Survive test at Lanspeary Park in Windsor, Ont., Saturday, August 3, 2013.