Category: Organization
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Australian Swim Team – Barcelona Training Session
Fine-tuning preparations for the 2013 FINA World Championships at CAR in Barcelona…
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Susan Taylor’s family ‘upset’ by £300,000 donation hoax
Read Belfast Telegraph The family of tragic cross-Channel swimmer Susan Taylor have said they are “disappointed and upset” after a six-figure donation for the fundraiser’s charity efforts turned out to be a hoax. Mrs Taylor, 34, collapsed just one mile from the French coast as she swam under the guidance of the Channel Swimming Association,…
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Mayor of Gwangju 2019 FINA World Champs bid city accused of forgery
Read Chicago Tribune and Eurosport The mayor of South Korean city Gwangju, which is hoping to host the 2019 world swimming championships, will face criminal charges after he allegedly forged signatures of key officials in a bid document, a government official said on Friday. Kang Un-tae has been accused of forging the signatures of former…
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Singapore to host the FINA 2015 World Junior Championships, Budapest in 2017
Read The Straits Times via Asia One Singapore will host the World Junior Swimming Championships in 2015, after being awarded the hosting rights by Fina, the sport’s international governing body. Fina president Julio Maglione made the announcement at a meeting held ahead of the World Championships, which begins today in Barcelona. The biennial event for…
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Gwangju (KOR) to host FINA World Championships in 2019, Budapest (HUN) in 2021
Read official press release on FINA.org The cities of Gwangju (KOR) in 2019 and Budapest (HUN) in 2021 will be the hosts of the FINA World Championships, after the decision of the FINA Bureau today in Barcelona. The presentation of the candidates started with the City of Gwangju, led by its Mayor Kang Un-Tae and…
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Swim Across America
“Chris DeRose is live out at Lake Michigan talking to David McClellan, of Swim Across America, to talk about their two events this weekend to help raise funds for early stage cancer research.”
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Susan Taylor Channel swim fund receives anonymous £300,000 donation
Read BBC An anonymous donor has pledged £300,000 to the charities Susan Taylor was fundraising for when she died swimming the English Channel. The money will be split between Rainbows Hospice, in Loughborough, and Diabetes UK. The total on Ms Taylor’s fundraising website stands at about £71,000 (right now Rainbows £60,815.96 and Diabetes UK £10,335.00)…