Alia Atkinson (JAM) grabs the first gold medal for Jamaica at the World Championships SC (WR equaled). She already was the only Jamaican swimmer (both genders) with a medal in the competition winning silver medals at the 50m Breaststroke (2012 and 2014) and 100m Breaststroke (2012).
3rd FWAC wants to provide a platform on which the global Aquatics family and business leaders can meet to network, share best practice, encourage engagement in Aquatic sports, and boost elite performance in all FINA disciplines.
The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), staged in Doha (QAT) from December 3-7, 2014 couldn’t have started in a better way: after the initial day, three World Records and six Championships records were already established, with some races having unpredictable outcomes.
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World Record Holder (50m Breaststroke), Adam Peaty shows us his arena. Thanks for the swim tip by the way Adam!
World 1500m Silver Medalist and European Record Holder, Lotte Friis shares her number one swim tip with us.
Winner of Men’s 4x100m Freestyle at the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships in Doha.
After winning the first final of the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), Chad Le Clos won the gold in 1:41.45.
In future FINA World Aquatics Conventions, FINA Executive Director, Cornel Marculescu, hopes to see an increasing connection between National Federations and the business world around Aquatics, especially with the advancements in technology.
I am not an athletic person. In highschool I loathed PE with a pure, righteous anger, and I still haven’t gotten over my ensuing hate for organized sports. Given my proud couch potato status, I was surprised by the ways in which Touch the Wall, a documentary about Olympic swimming champs Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce, still resonated with me.
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