WADA Posts Third Draft of Revisions to World Anti-Doping Code Online MONTREAL, CANADA--The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on June 21 posted the third draft of revisions to the World Anti-Doping Code. The revisions are for the version of the Code that will go into effect in 2015. This is the final draft version for this round of revising. The draft now goes to the WADA Foundation Board, which will vote on adopting the revisions at its meeting in mid-November. http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/third-draft-of-2015-code-published/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=third-draft-of-2015-code-published

WADA has completed its 2012 Annual Report and published it on WADA’s Web site. It is available in a dynamic e-format and in PDF format for printing. In line with many large corporations and non-profit organizations around the world, WADA no longer produces a print version of the Annual Report in order to save costs and for environmental reasons. The Annual Report is a key component in WADA’s commitment to transparent and accountable governance as the global organization that leads the fight against doping in sport. http://www.wada-ama.org/en/Resources/Publications/Annual-Report/

Dear UANA Family: I trust you are doing very well on this special day; life is grand! On behalf of UANA and its President, Mr. Coaracy Nunes Filho, I want to wish you safe travels to the FINA World Championships in Barcelona next month and thank you for your excellent work on behalf of UANA. In addition, I am reminding you about our UANA reception in Barcelona. The reception will take place on July 25th 2013 from 8PM to10PM. It will be a patio reception at the Club Restaurant which...

MONTREAL, CANADA--The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) posted its 2012 Annual Report last Wednesday. It can be downloaded from the WADA website via here: http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/wada-publishes-2012-annual -report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wada- publishes-2012-annual-report

Buenos Aires Claims 2018 "Most Important" YOG 6/26/2013 Buenos Aires has bid for multiple summer Olympic Games. (Getty Images) (ATR) The CEO of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games bid says the third edition of the YOG will be the event’s “most important”—and the Argentinean capital is best poised to host it. Speaking to Around the Rings, Francisco Irarrazaval said the Games will be the first Summer Games that will take place almost entirely without the assistance of IOC President Jacques Rogge and Irrazaval said it will be critical...

"Why Not Medellin?" Asks Colombia Sports Minister 6/27/2013 (ATR) Andres Botero tells Around the Rings his home city of Medellin is ready to return the Youth Olympic Games to their appropriate size. Andres Botero at the 2013 SportAccord Convention. (ATR) “I think what the IOC wants is they want to scale them down to where they should be,” says the IOC member and Colombian sports minister. “We don’t want to have Youth Olympic Games the same size as Summer Games in the future.” Botero, himself a member of the IOC...

USA TODAY: Ryan Lochte is making some changes in leadup to Rio by Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY This week he's competing for spot on world championships team He'll continue to train with longtime coach Troy says Lochte will continue to swim multiple events INDIANAPOLIS -- After July's world championships in Barcelona, Ryan Lochte will pack up his Speedos and move from the college town he's called home for almost 12 years. "I just need a different atmosphere," Lochte said as he prepared for world championship trials which begin Tuesday. "I'm...

Five Story Lines to Watch For at USA Swimming Nationals By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent It’s finally here: The swim meet we’ve all been waiting for since the conclusion of the London Olympics. The next chapter. The beginning of a new Olympiad. The 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships and World Championship Trials. Like many new chapters, there are new characters. Take, for example, Becca Mann. Mann, at age 15, has already qualified for the World Championships in open water. She could qualify in more. Other swimmers like up-and-comers Ryan Murphy and Jack...

Clapping and Class By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent At the conclusion of Day One, Ryan Lochte stood before a gathering of reporters and said, "My meet starts tomorrow." He had just swam the finals of the 100m freestyle. He didn't win. He didn't get second. But he had a perspective that this was his "fun race" and that his true meet was actually beginning the next day. Boy, did he mean it. Many were wondering what exactly Ryan Lochte would do coming into these Phillips 66 National Championships. With so many extracurricular...

BONNE TERRE VICTORY IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SWIM MEET Bonne Terre Primary School captured the 11th Annual Primary School Swim Meet on Friday 21st June at the Rodney Heights Aquatic Center. Sponsored by CGM Gallagher Insurance Brokers and Cox & Company Ltd the meet was also the St Lucia Swimming Associations contribution to the St Lucia Olympic Committee week of activities Accumulating 378 points, Bonne Terre Preparatory edged out Dame Perlette Louisy Primary with 289 points and Montessori Center third with 266 points. Bonne Terre has won the title six times...