Category: Organization
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FINA ends doubts Barcelona will be able to host 2013 World Championships
Fears Barcelona would be unable to host next year’s FINA World Aquatics Championships because of the current economic crisis in Spain have eased after the world governing body held meetings with the country’s Sports Minister Miguel Cardenal. Read Inside the Games
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Meet the Gauchos: Swimming & Diving
UCSB swimming & diving captains Emma Hunt and Andrew Dossa break down their upcoming 2012-13 season.
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YMCA Learn to Swim Campaign
The YMCA has launched a national TV campaign in partnership with the SBS Foundation to urge Australians that it’s never too early or too late to learn to swim. The campaign highlights the fact that swimming is a skill for all ages, genders and ethnicities and is vital in order to enjoy and stay safe…
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James Hickman on the transition from elite swimmer to the working world
Former swimmer James Hickman gives the low down on the transition from an elite swimmer to the working world, as now Global Sports Marketing Manager at Speedo International Ltd. Sounds like elite swimming is no work at all, eh?
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FINA unveil radical new plan for Kazan 2015 World Championships
Kazan is set to host one of the largest sports events in history in 2015 when for the first time ever the FINA World Masters Championships will be held alongside the the main event. More than 12,000 competitors aged 25 and above are expected for the first time to join over 2,000 elite athletes taking…
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Michael Phelps conducts a swim lesson in Rio
Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, held a swimming workshop in the Clomplexo de Alemao slum of Rio de Janeiro today. He was visiting to Rio de Janeiro to promote the 2016 Olympic Games. See NBC News Also, he said at a press conference there that he would come out of retirement,…
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Three candidates for the 2019 and 2021 FINA World Championships
FINA announces today that the national federations of China, Japan and Korea have expressed their intention to be involved in the bid process for the organisation of the 2019 FINA World Championships, and eventually for the 2021 edition, the specific cities to be confirmed later. Before 2019 and 2021, the 15th FINA World Championships will…
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Nathan Adrian voting reminder: Be an Informed Voter!
Olympic Champion Nathan Adrian reminding voters to return their ballots early and not to wait until the last minute.
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Rick Curl arrested, turned himself in
Longtime Montgomery County swim coach Rick Curl turned himself in to police Thursday morning to face one count of child abuse, authorities said, based on allegations that he had an ongoing sexual relationship with a young swimmer in the 1980s. Read The Washington Post via SCAQ Blog