Swimmer's Daily

  • Congratulations, Julio Maglione! The former Uruguayan swimmer has been decorated with an award for his outstanding lifetime achievement at the ANOC Awards!

  • Tom Daley experienced an unforgettable 2017, and he capped off a memorable year with the Diver of the Year award.

  • Ian Thorpe helps Australia to 4x100m freestyle victory in Sydney 2000 to inflict a first Olympic defeat on the United States since 1964.

  • Congratulations, Sarah Sjostrom! The Swedish swimmer has been named the best female athlete from Europa 2017 at the ANOC Awards!

  • Adam Peaty continued to go from strength to strength in 2017, as he became double World Champion following on from a Golden Olympic year. Alongside his Swimmer of the Year prize, he was honoured with British Swimming’s highest accolade: the Athlete of the Year award.

  • Congratulations, Chad Le Clos! The South African swimmer has been named the best male athlete from Africa 2017 at the ANOC Awards!

  • In its 44th edition the North Sea Swim Meet continues to deliver World class times. Even though the meet had to relocate 250 km this year, the magic from previous event were recreated in Aquarama, Kristiansand.

    Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas, with courtesy of North Sea Swim Meet

    Among a strong international field of swimmers, a new Norwegian star emerged, Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas, only 17 years old (born 2000) delivered several top international times and set 3 National Senior records, 200 butterfly; 1.53,02, 400IM 4.09,10, 200IM 1.55,52. He also set a new junior record on 200 breaststroke with 2.07,49! Tomoe will be a man to watch in the time to come. Despite Tomoes winning strike the prize for best performance of the meet went to German long-distance ace Florian Wellbrock for his 1500 winning time of 14.36,53. Also to be mentioned Ari-Pekka Liukkonen’s winning 50 freestyle on 21,31, the world’s second best time so far this season.

    Among the women, Norway’s own Susann Bjørnsen got the award for best female performance after her 29,96 on 50 Breaststroke, she also won the 50 freestyle on 24,37. Both races new National Senior records. Other top contenders in the women’s events where Farnziska Hentke and Fanny Lecluse.

    Best para performance went to Norway’s multiple Paralympian winner Sarah Louise Rung.

    See North Sea Swim Meet

  • Superb wins for Szolnok and Kirishi

    The Champions League and the Euro League winners added the Super Cup trophies to their respective treasuries in the finals held back-to-back in Budapest. The all-Hungarian men’s contest was decided in a penalty shootout and Szolnok prevailed against Ferencvaros. In the women’s final Kinef Kirishi (RUS) beat UVSE Budapest (HUN) 10-6 in a match the Russians kept under firm control.

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  • A recent economic impact study, conducted by the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance, revealed that the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) and the FINA World Aquatics Convention held last December in Windsor, Canada, generated over $32 million of “economic activity” for the city.

    The six-day swimming competition, held at the WFCU Centre, resulted in a surplus of $146,311, which a report from Deputy Treasurer Tony Ardovini’s recommends using “to fund aquatics equipment to help grow the sport of competitive swimming in the city”.

    A further funding surplus of $116,191, specifically related to Windsor’s $3-million investment in the event, is recommenced to be rolled into the city’s capital budget for 2018.

    These expenditures supported $13 million in wages and salaries in the province through the support of 191 jobs, of which 125 jobs and $8.1 million in wages and salaries were supported in Windsor. The Championships also widely supported tax revenues in Canada.

    Windsor’s Mayor Drew Dilkens was naturally satisfied with this outcome: “I think the results were very, very positive and I think the city should be looking at more opportunities when it makes sense. All those who were present had a chance to experience a world-class swimming event. It was a great event for Windsor!”

    The FINA President Dr Julio C. Maglione also commented this report: “Despite being the smallest city ever to host our FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), the event had a tremendous and positive impact on the local economy and on the overall exposure of the city and province of Ontario. FINA experienced a great time in Windsor and this outcome proves once more the advantages of hosting a major FINA event, in terms of social, economic, tourism, and sport development benefits”.

    The event attracted 864 swimmers from 153 National Federations, and reached a global audience of over 460 million TV viewers.

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