Barcelona 2013 is now all set! Click here to view the photos. .. . . At a few recent qualifying events some of the world’s best swimmers have earned their trip to the 15th FINA World . Championships. The Barcelona 2013 Championships will feature the greatest international athletes from the up-and-coming stars like Missy Franklin and Katie Ledecky to veterans that have already participated at the first FINA World Championships in Barcelona ten years ago, such as Natalie Coughlin, Kosuke Kitajima and Katinka Hosszu. Everything is set for Barcelona 2013....

KAZAN, Russia, July 1. FISU, the governing body of international university sport, will launch Live Streaming programme at the upcoming 27th Summer Universiade in Kazan (July 6th to 17th) at www.livefisu.tv. The Universiades, Winter & Summer, are held every two years. Gathering student-athletes aged 17-28, Universiades are second only to the Olympic Games in terms of number of participating athletes and countries represented. In Kazan, more than 10,000 student-athletes from more than 160 countries will compete in 27 sports. Starting with the Opening Ceremony of the 27th Summer Universiade in...

Diving: Emily Heymans -- [email protected] Masters: David Morrill -- [email protected] Synchro: Luna del Mar Aguilu -- [email protected] Swimming: Mike Brown -- [email protected] Open Water: Kalyn Keller -- [email protected] Water Polo: Marina Canetti -- [email protected]

2013 CCCAN Championships Underway in Costa Rica SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA--The 2013 CCCAN Championships begins today and continues through Sunday (July 1-7) in San José. The championships feature competition in all 5 Aquatics disciplines; the Swimming portion is today through Friday (July 1-5). The championships features age group teams from members of the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Federation (CCCAN). A psych sheet for the Swimming portion can be found online here: http://cccan.info/2013/06/29/1874/

Mexican Divers on the Podium at FINA DIVING GRAND PRIX 2013 Tania Cagnotto (ITA), owner of two golds in Bolzano Lausanne (SUI), July 1, 2013 – The 2013 edition of the FINA Diving Grand Prix wrapped up on June 30 in Bolzano (ITA) with more than 60 elite divers from 12 countries taking part in the event. China took home half of the eight titles on offer. In the men’s field, Yang Jian took out the 10m platform with a total 534.00. The 10m platform synchro was won by Yang...

A few weeks before the FINA World Championships, 33 year old Thomas Lurz contemplated the events he would swim in Barcelona and pondered over the goals he would set for himself. Of the four events on the open water swimming program, Lurz must have had trouble making a decision. Instead h e entered all four of them; the 5K, 5K Team Event; 10K and 25K. His program would include a staggering total of 45 kilometers of racing in Moll de la Vista harbour.Xxx The three time Ollympian was certainly accomplished...

Canada Cup 2013-02: Montreal, QC Friday-Sunday (June 28-30) https://www.swimming.ca/EventArticle.aspx?eventid=615

5 THINGS WE LEARNED AT THE PHILLIPS 66 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS By Mike Gustafson// Special Correspondent for USA Swimming Now that the waves have settled, and the pool is once again silent, we reflect on the Phillips 66 National Championships of the new Olympiad. We saw new faces emerge and seize the opportunity 2013 brings. We witnessed former London heroes of yesteryear dominate once more. We watched as up-and-comers mixed and mingled with veterans, clawing, scratching, and churning for a roster spot on the World Championship Team. Now that the white...

2013 Bahamas National Results NASSAU, BAHAMAS--The 2013 Bahamas Nationals swam June 20-23 in Nassau. Results from the meet have been posted online here: http://www.bahamasswimmingfederation.com/_m1792/RBC-National-Championships

HOW SIGNIFICANT IS LONG COURSE COMPETITION TO ATHLETE SUCCESS? BY DAN MCCARTHY//HIGH PERFORMANCE CONSULTANT for USA SWIMMING Many programs across the United States have regularly placed athletes on the National Team and the National Junior Team despite having little or no access to long course training facilities for most of or all of the year. Unlimited access to long course training does not seem to be a significant hurdle to national-level success. However, is the number of events an athlete races long course important for success? In other words, do...