Olympic qualifying closes June 18th, FINA updates Open Water & Relay qualifiers

June 15, 2012

 

Olympic qualifying closes this weekend

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--The window to swim qualifying times for the 2012 Olympics closes on Monday (June 18), making this the last weekend for swimmer to swim-to either the Olympic Qualification ("A") or the Olympic Selection ("B") times. The qualification window began on March 1, 2011.

This is the last of FINA's Swimming qualifying window to close for the Games. Relay qualifying closed on June 1, 2012; June 1 was also the deadline to apply for Universality places for the Games. FINA has
already announced the relay qualifiers for the Olympics, and reports indicate that FINA has also already begun notifying National Olympic Committees of whether or not they have obtained Universality spots.

According to the Swimming qualification procedures for the Games, notification by FINA of OST-qualifying for the Games (i.e. swimmers with "B" times getting added to the Games) will begin on June 20, 2012.


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EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

14th Masters Worlds--Riccione (Italy)
  June 3-17
http://www.finamasters2012.org/
-Swimming finishes tomorrow (June 10-16); Open Water race is Saturday &
Sunday

Budapest Open 2012  (Hungary)
  Wednesday-Saturday (June 13-16)
http://www.musz.hu/musz/musz.news.page?nodeid=2153

Romania Summer Nationals 2012--Bucharest
  Wednesday-Sunday (June 13-17)
-Results linked from the main page of the Romanian federation (under
"Ultima Ora"):
http://www.swimming.ro/

Southeast Asia Championships 2012 (Singapore)
  Wednesday-Sunday (June 13-17)
http://www.seaswim.org/results_swim.html#.T9uG_Zjf5kp
-features swimmers from: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

USA Paralympics Trials--Bismark, ND
  Thursday-Saturday (June 14-16)
http://www.bismarckaquatics.com/hytek/results/evtindex.htm

Bahamas Nationals 2012--Nassau
  Thursday-Sunday (June 14-17)

49th Seven Hills Trophy--Rome (Italy)
  Thursday-Sunday (June 14-17)
http://www.dbresults.net/sitofin/risultati/nu/2012/Roma1406201201/indexframe.htm

Mexico Cup 2012--Veracruz
  Thursday-Sunday (June 14-17)
http://www.anem.mx/eventos/copamexico2012/

France Open Water Championships 2012--Pierrelatte
  Thursday-Tuesday (June 14-19)
-features 5K (Saturday), 5K against-the-clock (Sunday), 10K (Thursday),
and 25K (Tuesday)

Slovakia Summer Championships 2012--Bratislava
  Friday-Sunday (June 15-17)
http://www.swimmsvk.sk/live_res/20120615/

Netherlands Junior Championships 2012--Drachten
  Friday-Sunday (June 15-17)
http://livetiming.knzb.nl/njklb12/

Luxembourg Nationals 2012
  Saturday & Sunday (June 16+17)
http://result.flns.lu/index.html

Golden Bear 2012--Zagreb (Croatia)
  Saturday & Sunday (June 16+17)
http://www.hrvatski-plivacki-savez.hr/Live/LiveMedo2012.php

FINA Open Water Grand Prix 2012-04: 47th Capri-Napoli 36K
  Sunday, June 17
http://www.caprinapoli.com/web/?lang=en
-4th race of 8 of the series; 30 swimmers are entered (19 males; 11 females)


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BRIEFS

SPAIN--On Wednesday, the Royal Spanish Swimming Federation, Real
Federación Española de Natación (RFEN), announced a 19-swimmer team (10
boys, 9 girls) for the 2012 COMEN Cup, at the end of this month in
Torrevieja, Spain. Team announcement can be found on the RFEN website
[in Spanish] here:
http://www.rfen.es/publicacion/noticias.asp?n=8469
 

 

June 14, 2012

 

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BRIEFS

BROMSGROVE, UK--The British Swimming Coaches Association (BSCA) will
host its 2012 Conference, September 21-23 at St John's Hotel in
Solihull, England. Featured speakers include: Jacco Verhaeran
(Netherlands), Jan Olbrecht (Belgium) and Nathan Hilton (Great Britain).
BSCA will also hold their annual meeting during the conference, on
Saturday, September 22 at 8:00 a.m. Further information on the
conference, including online registration, can be found here:
http://www.calderconferences.co.uk/conferences/49thBSCA.php

NASSAU, BAHAMAS--The 2012 Bahamas Nationals began today and continue
through Sunday (June 14-17) in Nassau. A psych sheet for the meet can be
found online here:
http://www.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/UserFiles/HTMLEditor/Nationals%202012%20Psych%20sheets.pdf

BISMARK, USA--The 2012 USA Paralympic Trials began today and continue
through Saturday (June 14-16) in Bismark, North Dakota. The meet serves
as the selection meet for the USA team to the 2012 Paralympics. Results
from it can be found online here:
http://www.bismarckaquatics.com/hytek/results/evtindex.htm

ROME, ITALY--The 49th Seven Hill Trophy began today and continues
through Sunday (June 14-16) in Rome. The meet is the last opportunity to
qualify for Italy's 2012 Olympic team. Results from it can be found
online here:
http://www.dbresults.net/sitofin/risultati/nu/2012/Roma1406201201/indexframe.htm

EL SALVADOR--Reports from El Salvador indicate that the nation will have
2 swimmers at the 2012 Olympics: Pamela Benítez and Rafael Alfaro. The
El Salvador Olympic Committee reportedly received word recently that the
two had been granted Universality spots for the Games.
http://www.lapagina.com.sv/deportes/67315/2012/06/04/Pamela-Benitez-y-Rafael-Alfaro-se-apuntaron-a-Londres-2012

PUERTO RICO--The Puerto Rican Swimming Federation, Federación
Puertorriqueña de Natación (FPN), reports that Vanessa García and Raúl
Martínez have been invited to swim at the 2012 Olympics.
http://www.natacionpr.org/Invitacion%20Londres%202012.pdf
http://www.elnuevodia.com/dobleinvitacionenlanatacion-1274227.html

 

 

June 13, 2012

 

IOC posts candidates for Athletes Commission elections during 2012 Olympics

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
yesterday posted the 21 candidates who are running for 4 openings on the
IOC's Athletes Commission. Participating athletes at the 2012 Olympics
will vote on the candidates during the Games (July 16-August 8); results
will be announced on August 9. Among the 4 athletes whose terms are
finishing this summer is swimmer Rania Elwani.

Among the 21 candidates are 2 swimmers:
  -Milorad Cavic, Serbia (Swimming)
  -Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe (Swimming)

Further information on the election, including the candidates, can be
found on the IOC website here:
http://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-athletes-commission-election-at-london-2012-olympic-games/166534


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BRIEFS

SINGAPORE--The Swimming portion of the 2012 Southeast Asian Swimming
Championships began today and continues through Sunday (June 13-17) in
Singapore. The championships feature competition in Swimming, Diving,
Water Polo and Synchro; Water Polo and Diving are completed while
Synchro is this weekend. The event features entrants from: Brunei,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam. Results from the championships, and further information, are
available here:
http://www.seaswim.org/results_swim.html

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA--The 2012 Romania Nationals began today and continues
through Sunday (June 13-17) in Bucharest. Results from the meet are
posting to the main page of the Romanian Swimming and Modern Pentathlon
Federation, Federatiei Romane de Natatie si Pentatlon Modern (FRNPM):
http://www.swimming.ro/
(under "Ultima Ora")

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY--The 2012 Budapest Open began today and continues
through Saturday (June 13-16) in Budapest. Results from the meet are
posting online here:
http://www.musz.hu/musz/musz.news.page?nodeid=2153
 

 

JUNE 12th

 

FINA updates relay qualifiers for 2012 Olympics

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA today has updated the list of relay teams
qualified for the 2012 Olympics. The list now includes all 16 teams for
each event, and a 17th team (Brazil) for the men's 400 Medley Relay.
Qualified teams by nations are:
  -Australia (6): all relay events
  -Austria (1): men's 800 Free Relay
  -Belarus (1): women's 400 Free Relay
  -Belgium (2): men's 400 and 800 Free Relays
  -Brazil (2): men's 400 Free and Medley Relays
  -Canada (6): all relay events
  -China (6): all relay events
  -Denmark (3): men's 800 Free Relay, women's 400 Free and Medley Relays
  -France (5): all relays except the women's 400 Free Relay
  -Germany (6): all relay events
  -Great Britain (6): all relay events
  -Greece (1): women's 400 Free Relay
  -Hungary (6): all relay events
  -Iceland (1): women's 400 Medley Relay
  -Italy (6): all relay events
  -Japan (6): all relay events
  -Kazakhstan (1): men's 400 Medley Relay
  -Netherlands (3): men's 400 Medley Relay, women's 400 and 800 Free Relays
  -New Zealand (4): men's 800 Free Relay, men's 400 Medley Relay,
women's 400 and 800 Free Relays
  -Poland (2): men's 400 Medley Relay, women's 800 Free Relay
  -Russia (6): all relay events
  -Serbia (1): men's 400 Free Relay
  -Slovenia (1): women's 800 Free Relay
  -South Africa (3): all the men's relays
  -Spain (2): women's 800 Free Relay, women's 400 Medley Relay
  -Sweden (2): women's 400 Free and Medley Relays
  -Ukraine (1): women's 800 Free Relay
  -USA (6): all relay events
  -Venezuela (1): men's 400 Free Relay

Nations by continent:
  -Africa (1): South Africa
  -Americas (4): Brazil, Canada, USA and Venezuela
  -Asia (3): China, Japan and Kazakhstan
  -Europe (19): Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany,
Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland,
Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Ukraine.
  -Oceania (2): Australia and New Zealand


The list can be found on the FINA website here:
http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2793&Itemid=1265


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4 National records set at Bermuda Nationals

BERMUDA--Four short-course Bermuda Records were bettered at the 2012 Bermuda Nationals, held this past weekend (June 7-10) in Pembroke. Roy-Allan Burch, who reportedly is Bermuda's only currently-qualified Olympic swimmer, set 3 of the marks. The new 25m records were swum in:
  -men's 50 free: 22.51, Roy-Allan Burch
   (old= 22.81, Burch, 2011 Nationals)
  -men's 100 free: 50.25, Roy-Allan Burch
   (old= 50.62, Burch, 2011 Nationals)
  -men's 200 breaststroke: 2:19.96, Julian Fletcher
   (old= 2:21.60, Graham Smith, November 2001)
  -men's 50 fly: 24.98, Roy-Allan Burch
   (old= 25.62, tie: Stephen Fahy, June 1998 and Michael O'Connor, June 2007)

A report on the meet can be found on the website of the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association (BASA) here:
 

http://www.basa.bm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=129:ccs-national-championships-2012&catid=3:newsflash&Itemid=67

Full results from the meet are available here:
http://www.basa.bm/images/stories/results/2012/ccs%20national%20complete%20results.pdf
 

JUNE 11:  Olympic 10K field set, following qualifying races in Setubal

SETUBAL, PORTUGAL--The USA's Haley Anderson and Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli were the top female and male finishers this weekend in the Olympic 10K qualifying races in Setúbal. 15 women and 14 men qualified for the Olympics from the race; with the top-10 females and top-9 males qualifying (one swimmer per nation not already qualified), along with the next fastest continental finishers (again, from a nation already not qualified).
 

http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2909&Itemid=1304

Qualifiers from the women's race are (with times):
   1. Haley Anderson, USA (1:44:30.6)
   2. Eva Risztov, Hungary (1:44:32.0)
   -  [3rd and 4th were from Hungary and the USA]
   5. Yanqiao Fang, China (1:44:38.7)
   6. Zsofia Balazs, Canada (1:44:38.8)
   7. Ophelie Aspord, France  (1:44:42.3)
   8. Natalia Charlos, Poland (1:44:42.4)
   9. Anna Guseva, Russia  (1:44:43.0)
  10. Karla Sitic, Croatia  (1:44:45.5)
   -  [second Canadian]
  12. Wing Yung Natasha Terri Tang, Hong Kong  (1:45:00.6)
  13. Yumi Kida, Japan  (1:45:04.7)
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  Continental qualifiers:
   -Europe: Olga Beresnyeva, Ukraine (15th, 1:45:05.8)
   -Oceania:* Cara Baker, New Zealand (17th, 1:45:06.1)
   -Americas: Yanel Pinto, Venezuela (18th, 1:45:09.5)
   -Asia: Heidi Gan, Malaysia  (28th, 1:48:17.0)
   -Africa: Jessica Roux, South Africa (31st, 1:50:52.0)

These add to the top-10 finishers from the women's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
  -Cecilia Biagioli, Italy
  -Melissa Gorman, AUstralia
  -Martina Grimaldi, Italy
  -Marianna Lymperta, Greece
  -Angela Maurer, Germany
  -Poliana Okimoto, Brazil
  -Swann Oberson, Switzerland
  -Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain
  -Jana Pechanova, Czech Republic
  -Erika Villaecija, Spain

Qualifiers from the men's race in Setubal are (with times):
   1. Oussama Mellouli, Tunisia  (1:45:18.5)
   2. Richard Weinberger, Canada  (1:45:40.2)
   3. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria  (1:45:34.1)
   4. Valerio Cleri, Italy   (1:45:36.8)
   5. Troyden Pinsloo, South Africa  (1:45:40.8)
   6. Yasunari Hirai, Japan  (1:46:14.6)
   7. Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine  (1:46:15.4)
   8. Ivan Enderica Ocha, Ecuado  (1:46:17.2)
   9. Arseniy Lavrentyev, Portugal  (1:46:20.9)
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  Continental qualifiers:
   -Asia: Yuri Kudinov, Kazakhstan (10th, 1:46:22.8)
   -Americas: Erwin Maldonado, Venezuela  (11th, 1:46:29.2)
   -Europe: Csaba Gercsak, Hungary (14th, 1:46:30.7)
   -Oceania:* Kane Radford, New Zealand (27th, 1:47:02.7)
   -Africa: Mazen Aziz, Egypt  (36th, 1:49:38.5)

These add to the host country spot allocation (Great Britain has yet to decide who it will send; FINA has allocated the spot to Daniel Fogg) and the top-10 finishers from the men's 10K at the 2011 World Championships:
  -Sergey Bolshakov, Russia
  -Vladimir Dyatchin, Russia
  -Kiko Hervás, Spain
  -Ky Hurst, Australia
  -Thomas Lurz, Germany
  -Alex Meyer, USA
  -Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece
  -Brian Ryckeman, Belgium
  -Julien Sauvage, France
  -Andreas Waschburger, Germany


*THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS IS FOUND IN JUNE 11 WSCA NEWS: New Zealand swimmers Cara Baker and Kane Radford may be blocked by New Zealand's qualifying criteria from accepting their allocated spots to the Olympics. This may mean that the next eligible female (Linsy Heister, Netherlands) and Guam's Benjamin Schulte may end up at the 2012 Olympics in their places (note: there was no other Oceania nation entered for females at the race; so the continental allocation there presumably will go back to the general pool). The New Zealand Olympic standards required that their swimmers finish within the top-9 of the race in order to qualify to go to the Games.
 

http://www.swimmingnz.org.nz/uploads/files/2012_Olympics_Open_Water_10k_Selection_document.pdf

This strictness follows what happened in the pool for New Zealand, as reports indicate that Sophie Batchelor, whose 58.71 in the 100 fly set a New Zealand Record, but missed the Olympic "A" standard of 58.70 and
consequently she will not be at the 2012 Olympics, even if she gets picked-up in the “B” standards qualifying by FINA/the Olympics.

 

Updated June 18th at WSCA News:

 

FINA issues explanation of 17th team for Men's Medley Relay at 2012 Olympics

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA on Friday updated the list of the relays qualified for the 2012 Olympics, adding an explanation for the 17th team listed for the Men's 400 Medley Relay (instead of 16). The note explains that Brazil and Kazakhstan had the same time for 16th place. The list can be found on the FINA website here:
 

http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2793&Itemid=1265

In relation to the posting, the list appears to be in entry-time order for the Games, save for Brazil's times in the 400 Free and Medley relays, where it appears their times from 2011 Pan American Games have been overlooked.

The pick-up relays and their times, by event, are:

  -Men's 400 Free Relay (5):
   --Belgium (3:15.34),
   --Hungary (3:17.23),
   --China (3:17.56),
   --Venezuela (3:17.56), and
   --Serbia (3:21.93).
   Note: Sweden qualified at the 2011 Worlds for this relay (they were
11th), but declined the spot. Switzerland (3:20.00) also declined a spot.

  -Men's 800 Free Relay (4):
   --Hungary (7:13.60)
   --New Zealand (7:14.05)
   --Denmark (7:15.38)
   --Belgium (7:15.58)

  -Men's 400 Medley Relay (5):
   --Hungary (3:34.57)
   --New Zealand (3:35.09)
   --China (3:36.19)
   --Kazakhstan (3:36.99)
   --Brazil (3:34.58)


  -Women's 400 Free Relay (4):
   --Italy (3:38.84)
   --New Zealand (3:41.10)
   --Hungary (3:41.36)
   --Greece (3:42.09)

  -Women's 800 Free Relay (5):
   --Italy (7:52.80)
   --Slovenia (7:59.63)
   --Spain (8:00.69)
   --Poland (8:05.07)
   --Ukraine (8:06.42)

   Note: Sweden qualified at the 2011 Worlds (they finished 12th at 8:02.30) but is not listed. Sweden appears to be intending to swim this relay, as they added 3 of the 4 2011 relay swimmers (Michelle Coleman, Ida Marko-Varga and Gabriella Fagundez) to their Olympic team at the beginning of the month (the announcement of their adding says they are
"selected to swim relay".) The fourth swimmer is Sarah Sjöström (who qualified for the Olympics in individual events, as well).

http://iof3.idrottonline.se/SvenskaSimforbundet/Varagrenar/Simning/Landslaget/OSiLondon2012/NyanamntillOS-truppen/

  -Women's 400 Medley Relay (4):
   --Italy (4:01.92)
   --France (4:04.05)
   --Iceland (4:06.64)
   --Hungary (4:07.19)