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Category: Safety

  • Videos from the 1st Open Water Safety Conference

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    U.S: Masters Swimming has posted videos here on Vimeo from the Protecting the Athletes: Open Water Swimming Safety Conference 19-20 March 2011 in San Francisco. This first video is Steve Munatones and Rob Butcher opening the conference. Protecting Athletes: Open Water Safety Conference – Introduction from usmastersswimming on Vimeo.

  • Should you wait a half hour after eating to go swimming?

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    Nice one that he didn’t have time to put his stethoscope down, before going on air :-) Should You Wait A Half Hour After Eating To Go… by LocalNews-GrabNetworks

  • FINA cancels Mexico OW race on health grounds

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    The FINA Executives have decided to cancel the Sumidero Canyon Event part of the FINA Open Water Swimming GP Series scheduled to be held on the 7 May 2011. The decision has been reached following the recommendation of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee on the Water Quality in order to ensure the Health and Safety…

  • USA Swimming partners with child protection firm

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    USA Swimming announced Tuesday a partnership with child protection firm Praesidium on an education program that will be mandatory to the 30,000 of 300,000 members who are not athletes, including coaches and officials. The program will also be offered free of charge to athletes and their parents. Via USA Today.

  • Fran Crippen drowned

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    FINA’s Open Water Swimming Technical Committee is to work with the International Triathlon Union and the International Olympic Sports Medicine Committee to fine tune the detail of recommendation made by two inquiries into the death of American swimming Fran Crippen in a 10 K marathon race in Fujairah, UAE last October. Read more here on…

  • Crippen’s coach: Cancel OW in Shanghai

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    FINA has admitted lack of safety measure in Fran Crippen’s death, shortly after coming under heavy fire from U.S. Open Water Review Commission Chair Dick Pound for lack of cooperation. They have release the Task Force Report with recommendations that there should be minimum and maximum limits for air temperature, air humidity, visibility, air quality,…

  • FINA updates open water rules

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    FINA has updated its Rules and Regulations for the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2011 – 2013, drawing in particular attention to point 5.1 of Participation / Entries & Competition Format: 5.1 Entries: Entries will be accepted only from National FINA Member Federations which must also enter a coach for each respective swimmer. The…