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  • The Sacramento Central YMCA hosted the fifth annual Swim with Santa event on Dec. 13, 2019.

  • A water polo coach and Sports Illustrated model who slept with “at least” five students at a prestigious boys’ college has been referred to police.

    An investigation found married teacher and former model Fiona Viotti slept with her students and sent them explicit photos and videos, which were circulated on social media and even made their way to PornHub.

    The 30-year-old resigned from the $15,000-a-year (R150,000) Bishops Diocesan School in Cape Town in October amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with an 18-year-old student.

    Ms Viotti, the niece of former Springboks coach Nick Mallett, reportedly sent threatening messages to the student via WhatsApp when he tried to break off the relationship.

    She resigned with “immediate effect” after the news became public, and the school brought in lawyers to conduct an investigation into the alleged “serious misconduct”.

    The school later announced that several more pupils may have been involved with the former teen water polo star, who was featured in South African Sports Illustrated in 2009 as one of its “Beauties of Sport”.

    Read news.com.au

     

  • Ever wondered what it would be like to swim in a swarm of jellyfish? Its pretty spicy, and heres a 360 video so that you don’t have to do it too! Grab your Oculus or other virtual reality headset and check out these stunning jellyfish in this 360 video, as a bonus they are surrounded by Egypts most beautiful coral.

  • Get ready for the FINA Champions Swim Series 2020!
    14th – 15th January 2020: Shenzhen
    18th – 19th January 2020: Beijing

    Since 2019, elite swimming stars have the opportunity to shine in a new successful FINA competition, the “FINA Champions Swim Series”, a circuit gathering the top-athletes of the Sport. With an original competition format including only finals of four swimmers, the Series already became a milestone in the FINA calendar.

  • Open-water swimming is all about adapting according to John Caughlin, who has experience of needing to adapt to significant change …

    https://youtu.be/MEKTdvkw-TY

  • Swim England celebrated its 150th anniversary with the whole community.

  • 2020 European Aquatics Championships, Budapest (11-24 May)

    The Hungarian Swimming Association held a year-ending gala, also a celebration of the 150 days to go mark till the European Aquatics Championships in May. LEN President Paolo Barelli was also present at the event and received the first specimen of the mascot, an otter called Alfred.

    The Hungarian swimming family celebrated the 150 days to go mark in style at Budapest before the 2020 European Aquatics Championships. The gala was also a year-ending party where the heroes of the 2019 season, Katinka Hosszu, Boglarka Kapas, Kristof Milak and Krisof Rasovszky were rewarded and some exciting details of the upcoming continental showcase were also revealed.

    LEN President Paolo Barelli took part in the grand event – with Operating Director Marco Birri being also present, having conducted a site visit in the previous days – and praised the locals’ efforts both in and outside the pool.

    “Hungary is one of the strongest nations in aquatics with outstanding traditions, huge successes in the pool and a fantastic partner of LEN in hosting our major events from time to time,” the LEN President said in his speech. Mr. Barelli recalled the recent shining of the Magyar stars at the World Championships and at the European Short-Course Swimming Championships adding, “we all know that the Hungarian Government offers firm support for the local sport and aquatics have a special place here but we all see that your swimmers constantly deliver brilliant results as a great return.”

    HSA President Sandor Wladar said that Hungary loves to set records, having four individual world champions this summer in Korea was a best-ever performance at a single edition. In 2020 the country will pass another historic milestone with the 6th European Aquatics Championships to be staged in Budapest next May since 1926 (and a third stand-alone European Water Polo Championships soon in January) – no other nation has such a hosting record in LEN’s history.

    The showcase will be held in the Duna Arena, site of a series of major events since its inauguration in 2017. The state-of-the-art complex will host the competitions in swimming (11-17 May), diving (18-24 May) and artistic swimming (20-24 May) while open water swimming (20-24 May) in the nearby Lupa Lake, a new venue for this discipline.

    The organizers revealed the mascot of the championships, an otter called Alfred (honoring Hungary’s first-ever swimming Olympic champion Alfred Hajos) – and head of the OC David Szanto presented the first specimen to President Paolo Barelli on stage as the highlight of the evening.

    Press release from LEN