According to Princeton University, the season for the school’s men’s swimming and diving team has been suspended. The decision stems from alleged misogynistic and racist content that appeared on the team’s listserv.
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Next to the whole race action at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Windsor, we also had some backstage chatter in a very relaxed atmosphere with Chad Le Clos, Katinka Hosszu, Mitch Larkin, Taehwan Park and much more!
High in the mountains of southern Africa, 15 swimmers compete in one of the most extreme—and chilling—races on earth. With no wet suits or protection, they swim one kilometer in water that is cold enough to kill them. For these athletes, it’s not just a battle to the finish, every stroke is a battle to stay alive.
In exactly one year, the LEN European Short Course Championships will be staged in the brand new multi-purpose arena, Royal Arena in Copenhagen. The championships will be the first sporting event of the arena, which will serve as home ground for Olympic gold medal-winner Pernille Blume.
– It does not get any bigger than this. To have the opportunity to jump in the pool right here in Royal Arena at the European Championships, says Olympic champion Pernille Blume. Along with the Danish World Championship squad, she participated in Danish Swimming Federation’s kick off-event right in the middle of the arena, which during the coming years will host a range of concerts and sporting events.
The Danish Swimming Federation marked the countdown along with partners of the event, Sport Event Denmark, Wonderful Copenhagen, the City of Copenhagen, the Capital Region and the largest swimming club of Copenhagen.
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Tickets on sale at http://euroswim2017.com
We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the dangers of head trauma in sports, especially football, soccer and ice hockey.
But swimming?
You wouldn’t think so, but just ask avid swimmers Kate and Maria (who asked that their last names or other identifying details not be used to protect their privacy), both of whom suffered concussions recently at a Washington area pool, each apparently the result of inappropriate behavior by other swimmers. Maria’s injury was so serious that she missed nearly three weeks of work. “I’ve had headaches and I am sensitive to sound,” she says, and, even after several months, “I’m still not back to my usual routine.”
People who swim regularly know the protocol when doing laps. If you enter a lane that already has a swimmer in it, for example, you’re expected to alert that person that you are coming in. Typically, when two share a lane, each swimmer takes a single side and sticks to it. With three or more swimmers, you’re supposed to “circle swim,” which means that everyone stays to the right. If you must pass, you should do it carefully and not try to overtake someone who is approaching an end of the lane.
That’s how Kate got hurt. She was one of three swimmers circling. When she reached the wall, she turned “and suddenly felt a crashing blow to my head,” she says, colliding with the swimmer behind her. “I held my head and realized that the hit was hard,” she recalls. “I’m not sure which body part hit me. . . . Startled and a bit dazed, I stood up and asked, ‘What was that?’ “
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Pools for All is a FINA Project that offers standardized tools for the worldwide design, construction and operation of a complete range of sustainable aquatic facilities compliant with the regulations of its different aquatic disciplines.
The project suggests five categories of Aquatic Centres, able to host events, competitions and championships at different levels and age groups in accordance with FINA and National Federation requirements, while at the same time being capable of other purposes also.
A very interesting project, presented at the 2016 FINA World Aquatics Convention
See http://fina-poolsforall.com/ and PoolsForAll_Brochure.pdf
Michael Phelps was elected as the FINA Best Male Swimmer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
Adam Peaty was elected as the FINA Male Top Olympic Performer 2016 at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
Sharon van Rouwendaal was elected as the FINA Best Female Open Watrer Swimmer at the FINA/Alisports World Aquatics Gala.
