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  • As done for previous FINA World Championships, a qualifying procedure with “A” and “B” standard times will be implemented for Budapest 2017.

    1. FINA “A” & “B” SWIMMING QUALIFYING TIME STANDARDS

    Men’s Standard Women’s Standard
    A – 2 Entries B – 1 Entry A – 2 Entries B – 1 Entry
    00.22,47 00.23,26 50 m Freestyle 00.25,18 00.26,06
    00.48,93 00.50.64 100 m Freestyle 00.54,90 00.56,82
    01.47,73 01.51,50 200 m Freestyle 01.58,68 02.02,83
    03.48,15 03.56,14 400 m Freestyle 04.10,57 04.19,34
    07.54,31 08.10,91 800 m Freestyle 08.38,56 08.56,71
    15.12,79 15.44,74 1500 m Freestyle 16.32,04 17.06,76
    00.25,29 00.26,18 50 m Backstroke 00.28,52 00.29,52
    00.54,06 00.55,95 100 m Backstroke 01.00,61 01.02,73
    01.58,55 02.02,70 200 m Backstroke 02.11,53 02.16,13
    00.27,51 00.28,47 50 m Breaststroke 00.31,22 00.32,31
    01.00,35 01.02,46 100 m Breaststroke 01.07,58 01.09,95
    02.11,11 02.15,70 200 m Breaststroke 02.25,91 02.31,02
    00.23,67 00.24,50 50 m Butterfly 00.26,49 00.27,42
    00.52,29 00.54,12 100 m Butterfly 00.58,48 01.00,53
    01.57,28 02.01,38 200 m Butterfly 02.09,77 02.14,31
    02.00,22 02.04,43 200 m Ind. Medley 02.13,41 02.18,08
    04.17,90 04.26,93 400 m Ind. Medley 04.43,06 04.52,97
    1 Team 4 x 100 m Freestyle 1 Team
    1 Team 4 x 200 m Freestyle 1 Team
    1 Team 4 x 100 m Medley 1 Team
    4 x 100 m Freestyle Mixed – 1 Team
    4 x 100 m Medley Mixed – 1 Team

    If a National Federation enters only one (1) swimmer per event, all swimmers entered must meet the qualifying “B” standard time.

    If two (2) swimmers are entered in the same event, both of them must meet the qualifying “A” standard time.

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  • Dr. Marc Siegel explains how to respond to an emergency

  • Canadian Paralympic swimmer Benoit Huot delivers his final video lesson for the school year to congratulate all his classes on everything they accomplished. Benoit talks about his favourite Classroom Champions moments, and defines what success means to him.

    https://youtu.be/J-4dZVDEHaY

  • The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) admits agents “did not follow correct screening protocols” with Colorado’s six-time Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Amy Van Dyken-Rouen.

  • Jessica Lee, a Santa Rosa Junior College freshman who competed at Windsor High School, was named Big 8 Swimmer of the Year after finishing first in the 200 free, 500 free and mile free. She and her fellow Bear Cubs head to East Los Angeles College Tuesday for the state meet.

  • We gave U.S. Olympian Missy Franklin the stage to share her story – and she put the spotlight on her parents. Because every family is faced with unique challenges and triumphs, and the pressure is enough to make parents ask themselves, “Am I doing enough?”

    https://youtu.be/epTw_Q7lPpI

  • Born near the end of World War I to German immigrants who settled in Chicago’s Albany Park, Kiefer was the fifth of eight children. Consoling him after a swimming loss, his father Otto predicted swimming heroics. “Sonny Boy,” he said, “you’re going to be the greatest swimmer in the world.”

  • Water skiing wakeboarding and fishing were things Kelsey McClain lived for.

    “Pretty much anything to do with the outdoors, she loved,” said McClain’s mother, Jennifer McClain.

    But she also died by the outdoors.

    In August 2015, McClain celebrated her 24th birthday at Fisher’s Landing, a resort along the Colorado River. She felt fine when she got back home to El Cajon, California, but that changed a few days later.

    “With what she described as a pounding headache,” her mother said.

    Prescription painkillers hardly helped. McClain woke up the next morning unable to speak or move her head. Doctors admitted her, suspecting bacterial meningitis.

    “It was apparent to everyone this was progressing,” Jennifer said.

    Multiple antibiotics failed, and McClain’s condition worsened.

    “She had a full grand mal seizure,” Jennifer said.

    Eight days after she got back from celebrating her birthday, McClain was brain dead.

    See theindychannel.com

  • Banned swimmer Park Tae-hwan got on his knees and begged the Korean Olympic Committee to let him compete at the Rio Games.

    A 400-metre freestyle gold medallist at the 2008 Games in Beijing, Park was given an 18-month ban back in 2014 by swimming’s governing body FINA after testing positive for testosterone.

    That suspension expired in March, but under KOC rules Park must wait three years before he can be considered for selection again.

    Park competed in the national trials last week, winning the 100m, 200m, 400m and 1,500m freestyle events, but the KOC remains unmoved in its stance.

    “As a swimmer, I feel it is most important to speak through records and results in the pool,” said Park, who got down on his hands and knees during a media conference in Incheon on Monday.

    “I hope that I am given a chance so that I can deliver a good performance for the people and contribute to the nation.”

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