Swimmer's Daily

  • FINAlogoSee press release on fina.org

    FINA and Arena have signed a partnership for the period 2014-2019, by which the global swimwear brand will be the Official FINA Partner for the following competitions: FINA World Championships and FINA World Masters Championships in 2015 (Kazan, RUS), 2017 (Guadalajara, MEX) and 2019 (Gwangju, KOR); FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in 2014 (Doha, QAT), 2016 (Windsor, CAN) and 2018 (city to be decided); and FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in 2015 (Singapore, SIN), 2017 (Budapest, HUN) and 2019 (city to be decided).

    In addition, Arena will also be FINA’s exclusive supplier of swimwear, sportswear, swimming equipment, and training aids for all officers, staff and volunteers involved in these events.

    In recent years, Arena had been the title sponsor of the FINA Swimming World Cup annual series.

    “This is a very important step forward in our successful relationship with Arena. This prestigious brand is widely recognised by some of the best athletes of the world as giving optimal conditions for memorable performances”, considered the FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione. “Being associated with our major competitions – FINA World Championships, FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) and FINA World Masters Championships – gives Arena a privileged stage to display the quality and excellence of their products. It also brings significant benefit for our athletes and officials, raising the image, exposure and prestige of these events worldwide”.

  • Read The Palm Beach Post

    Jorge Caba’s physical recovery from injuries inflicted by a boat propeller to his thigh and pelvis Sunday is moving along, but he says recuperating mentally has been tough.

    As he considers his 12-year-old daughter who was on his boat with him that afternoon, he cries.

    “My daughter doesn’t want to go on the boat anymore,” Caba, 48, of suburban West Palm Beach said.

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  • sport-englandRead BBC, Sport England and the Amateur Swimming Association

    Sport England has given a funding boost to six sports but has warned that they must make improvements before receiving further investment. […]

    Swimming: Not enough evidence of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) changing behaviour towards swimming. Sport England has given a further one-year investment of £3.5m to help the ASA increase the number of people who swim regularly.

    Sport England Chief Executive, Jennie Price, says: “There are some tough messages here for national governing bodies. If they don’t grow participation we will reduce their funding, and we won’t make long term investments until we have confidence in their ability to deliver.

  • British Swimming writes here that a 46-strong GBR Swimming team including Michael Jamieson and Fran Halsall will head to the Flanders Speedo Cup in Antwerp this weekend, as continuation of their preparation phase for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the European Championships in Berlin this summer. They will be joined by ‘an identified group of talented, young swimmers looking to build on their experience on the international circuit’, head coach Bill Furniss stating that: The Flanders Speedo Cup is the first competition of the year and provides a great opportunity for our athletes to compete against some of the top swimmers in Europe.

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    This coincides with the Danish swimming federation sending their 12-man strong team of Great Danes to the same event, as a first real step to harden these specially selected young guns. Danish national coach Nick Juba commenting: “”I have no special expectations for this early season weekend meet, but I do want everyone to race hard in every single race they swim, whether it is a morning heat or an evening final. Antwerp will be the kicking-off point for the 2014 racing side of the Great Danes and obviously we will be looking at the events closely. Next Saturday and Sunday we have a testing weekend in Odense,” and “Our Great Danes must focus upon winning races or achieving the highest possible position and result in all of their races. There will be an emphasis upon race positions rather than early season times. I am optimistic that this group is already in decent shape. Six of them have been training in Pretoria – at the Danish Sun Camp – and they will be looking to race fast and strong in Flanders.”

    See the startlist here on zwemfed.be

  • “Olympic athlete, Melani Costa (SPAIN) shares her swim tips to help you reach your fitness goals. ”

  • Via SwimmingWorld

    “Natalie Coughlin—12-time Olympic Medalist, 20-time World Medalist and World Record Holder—brings you five of her favorite TRX exercises for an on-the-go workout that can be performed in a hotel room or anywhere. Use this video to help you stick to your 2014 fitness resolutions, even while traveling.”

    http://youtu.be/OrwalbtbipU

  • “Just a little bit of our fun in Puerto Rico this year for christmas training. Hope you enjoy it!”

    http://youtu.be/28NG0Ol56i8

  • scott-millerRead for instance The Age

    Olympic swimmer Scott Miller has avoided jail over two charges of possessing of methamphetamine, with a magistrate telling him that police would be watching him “like a hawk” while he served a suspended sentence.

    Miller, 38, a silver and bronze medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, was caught with the drug – commonly known as ice – twice within the space of two months last year.

    In June, police found 1.04 grams of the drug when they pulled Miller over in a hire car at Mascot in Sydney’s south.

    Olympic swimmer Scott Miller leaves the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney with his girlfriend after he was sentenced to two one-year suspended sentences for drug possession.

    He also had thousands of dollars in cash, which his legal team said was the proceeds of an escort agency he was running.

    One month later, while on bail, he was caught again, this time at Potts Point with 7.76 grams of ice, and more than $16,000 in cash, along with scales, a ledger and several mobile phones and SIM cards.

  • “Swimming Christmas CUP (SCC) has become an institution in the swimming world, since it is organised for 21 years now by NEP swimming team. The SCC is a three day event, with hundreds participants and over 35 teams from all over Greece and Cyprus.”