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  • At the LEN Extraordinary Congress held in Frankfurt, Antonio da Silva was elected the new LEN President with a majority of 96%. For the first time, LEN will have a lady as its General Secretary, former artistic swimmer Andida Bouma, while Tomas Kucinskas is the new LEN Treasurer. At the end of the meeting, FINA President Husain al-Musallam joined from remote and welcomed the successful conclusion of the Congress and said it was time “to work together as one family.”

    Antonio da Silva of Portugal is the new LEN President after receiving the vast majority of the votes at the LEN Extraordinary Congress in Frankfurt. His candidacy enjoyed 96% support among the 47 federations present and three more attending the event online. The Congress voted 92 to 8 to dismiss the previous Bureau.

    The Congress then elected a new Bureau – for the first time in the history of European Aquatics, LEN has a female General Secretary, Andida Bouma of the Netherlands. Tomas Kucinskas of Lithuania is the new LEN Treasurer, while Kyriakos Giannopoulos (GRE), Christer Magnusson (SWE), Gilles Sezionale (FRA), Marco Troll (GER), and Josip Varvodic (CRO) are the new Vice-Presidents.

    In his first speech as President, Mr. Da Silva said “We had the courage to stand up and fight for a better future for all federations and all the aquatic disciplines. We stood up and fought for the principles of Unity, for openness, and transparency for the sacred principles of democracy. We spoke out and demanded that LEN worked with FINA for the good of the sport worldwide. We can no longer exist in isolation, together we are stronger.”

    The new LEN President underlined that the real hard work was still ahead. Among the first items on his new team’s agenda is the restructuring of the LEN Office and the Bureau and to shape and agree on a new Constitution and to review LEN’s competition structure and calendar.

    “There are no fewer than 8 goals for integrity, transparency, and governance, 7 regarding inclusion and access to our sport, 6 for collaboration between aquatic disciplines and 8 for sustainability so we have a lot to do,” Mr. Da Silva said who insisted his goal was to reach out for each National Federation as he wanted to achieve real unity in Europe.

    He also added, that after the new Constitution is approved – this is anticipated in May, at the next Congress –, his team plans to enlarge the LEN Bureau to include more members and there is a hope that two more European members can join the FINA Bureau in the near future.

    LEN Bureau elected on Feb 5, 2022 LEN Extraordinary Congress 2022 Frankfurt Germany Sheraton Hotel Flughafen 20220205 Photo Giorgio Scala / Deepbluemedia /Insidefoto

  • Back in December, we hosted members of our Performance and Flippers squadS at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre for a five-day camp. Our filming crew went to work to bring you some behind-the-scenes footage and answer the most popular questions we get about state squads.

  • Penguin Betty White practiced her swimming at the behind-the-scenes portion of the Laura P. Nichols Penguin Point exhibit at the Little Rock Zoo.

  • FINA has today announced that the 19th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, have been rescheduled to 14-30 July 2023, with the 20th FINA World Championships in Doha, Qatar, moved to 2024.

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  • There are three potentially hazardous physiological responses associated with going into cold water. The first is the cold shock response (CSR), which is the uncontrollable gasping, breathing, and increase in heart rate that occurs for about 90 seconds when you first go in. The second is cooling of the nerves and muscles close to the surface of the body, particularly in the arms and legs that, when cooled enough, incapacitate you and stop you exercising . The third is hypothermia as deep body temperature falls below 35°C, this normally takes at least 30 minutes to happen in an adult in cold water.

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  • An early start to a varsity career is normally a testament to talent. But instead, for Niagara Wheatfield junior Paul Wissel, it started to foster some self-doubt.

    “I was getting down on myself. I never thought I was going to be anywhere I am today,” Wissel said. “And it was my mom that kept motivating me to keep swimming and be better. She saw the talent I had.”

    See 7 WKBW

  • Authorities believe a carbon monoxide leak may be to blame.

  • An elderly man who drowned after falling into a swimming pool was one of three people who died while shoveling snow on Long Island, New York, during Saturday’s powerful blizzard.

    Officials said police pulled the unconscious man out of a pool in Cutchogue around 8:30 a.m. and began CPR. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

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  • One of the biggest breakout swimmers of 2021 was DAVID POPOVICI, but just how fast can he potentially go, and what is going to be his strongest event?

    https://youtu.be/RO-exBs-6QU