Results from 2013 Chile Winter Nationals VALPARAISO, CHILE--The 2013 Chile Winter Nationals were June 26-29 in Valparaíso. Results from the meet can be found on the website of the Chilean Aquatics Sports Federation, Federación Chilena de Deportes Acuáticos (FECHIDA), [in Spanish] via here: http://www.fechida.cl/?page_id=1639

Gagné, Lalonde win titles at 2013 Speedo Junior Elite Nationals THUNDER BAY, Ont, - Philippe Gagné of Montreal won the gold medal on men’s three-metre Friday at the 2013 Speedo Junior Elite Nationals diving competition. The 15-year-old Gagné, the national senior champion on 10-metre last month, totaled 556.00 points for the title. Vincent Riendeau of Pointe-Claire, Que., provided a strong challenge taking the silver at 548.85 and Dylan Grisell of Etobicoke, Ont., was third at 496.80. ‘’I was able to comeback from a rough preliminaries,’’ said Gagné. ‘’My starts were...

Canada marks two-year countdown to Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Monday, 08 July 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 4 By Gary Anderson July 8 - Some of Canada's top Olympic and Paralympic athletes will join people from ten communities across the southern Ontario region on Wednesday (July 10) to mark the official two-year countdown to the start of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games in Toronto. Countdown celebrations, which include sports demonstrations, and cultural and music programmes, are taking place...

Huntington Beach, Calif. - July 11, 2013-- USA Water Polo Junior National Team Head Coaches James Lathrop (Men) and Dan Klatt (Women) have announced their rosters for the upcoming FINA Junior World Championships. The FINA Men's Junior World Championships will be held in Szombathely, Hungary on August 12-18. The FINA Women's Junior World Championship will follow, held in Volos, Greece on August 19-25. The USA Men will open competition with Spain on August 12 and will take on Slovakia and Russia to close out group play. The USA Women will...

TO: FINA Bureau members FROM: L. A. (Buddy) Baarcke ([email protected]) SUBJECT: Proposed FINA rule changes I ask you to reject these proposed swimming rule changes for breaststroke and backstroke: Rule No. SW 7.1: Allowing multiple butterfly kicks after the start of a breaststroke race would completely change breaststroke into a hybrid, mongrelized butterfly-breaststroke which would not be any better for our sport than the old pre-1953 frog-fly (butterfly arm stroke with a breaststroke kick). It would destroy breaststroke by blurring the distinction between the two strokes. FINA has already made...

Canadian men’s water polo team announced for World Championships Ottawa, July 11, 2013 – Water Polo Canada has confirmed its roster for the men’s tournament at the upcoming FINA World Championships to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 19 to August 4, 2013. The selected group includes Olympians Justin Boyd, Kevin Graham, Constantine Kudaba and Robin Randall (Beijing 2008). A large proportion of the team also played at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, where Canada’s men finished 10th. “Even though the group is young by international standards, the...

Barcelona 2013 App is now available with all event information The Here and Now function provides the user with the most relevant information, in real time, taking into consideration their position and the competitions that are happening at the time. Orange Spain, The City of Barcelona and the Organizing Committee of the 15th FINA World Championships have jointly developed the mobile application, BCN 2013, in order to follow the competitions and be able to enjoy them Barcelona, 10th July 2013 The 15th FINA World Championships Barcelona 2013 launches worldwide the...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has moved its office, and therefore it (and the Americas office of WSCA) has a new address. The move is into a different suite at the same address. The new address for ASCA (and WSCA) is: 5101 NW 21s Avenue, Suite 530 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 USA

Water Polo Canada leader chosen as new Swimming Canada CEO OTTAWA – One of Canada’s best-known and most accomplished leaders in aquatic sports is diving into a new challenge. After five strong years at the helm of Water Polo Canada, Ahmed El-Awadi will become the new CEO of Swimming Canada, the two organizations announced today. Swimming Canada’s Board of Directors has chosen El-Awadi to lead the organization after an extensive search process. No stranger to the water, the Beaconsfield, Que., resident was an Olympic water polo coach and has been...

ECUADOR--On June 21, the Ecuadorian Swimming Federation, Federación Ecuatoriana de Natación (FENA), announced that Xavier Enderica Salgado had been named FENA's new President. Enderica replaces Marcelo Carrión Torres as President; Carrión had been named federation president by Ecuador's government last fall. http://www.fena-ecuador.org/Paginas/Noticias.php?Codigo=590