Ware sisters take fourth at diving World Series MOSCOW- Pamela Ware and Carol-Ann Ware of Beloeil, Que., finished fourth in the women’s synchro 10-metre event on Friday at the fourth stop on the FINA World Series diving circuit. Si Yajie and Li Huixia of China took the gold with 332.04 points, Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Mun Tee Leong of Malaysia were second at 329.40 and Yulia Koltunova and Natalia Goncharova of Russia third at 298.86. The Ware sisters were fourth at 292.14. Pamela Ware competes on individual three-metre on Saturday...

Second bronze for Canada at International Youth Diving Meet DRESDEN, Germany – Courtney Hattie and Emily Schmidt of Victoria won the bronze medal in the open women’s three-metre synchro event on Friday at the International Youth Diving Meet. It was Canada’s second bronze at the age group competition which features many of the top junior divers in the world. Caeli McKay of Calgary was third in the women’s 14-15 age group one-metre on Thursday. Christina Wassen and Elena Wassen of Germany took the three-metre synchro gold with 281.07 points, their...

Social project created in Complexo da Maré receives IOC award in Peru Fight for Peace is an example of the use of sport for the social development of low- income communities. Methodology created in Rio crosses borders Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 26 April, 2013: Founded in 2000 in Complexo da Maré and aimed at developing young people’s potential in low-income communities, Fight for Peace Social project was awarded this Wednesday, the 24th, the most import prize in its 13 years of existence. In the first day of the 15th International...

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Brazil Championships [Maria Lenk] 2013--Rio de Janeiro The first of two meets to qualifying for Brazil's team to the 2013 Worlds Monday-Saturday (April 22-27) http://cbdaweb.org.br/cbda/natacao/evento/19/2013/trofeu-maria-lenk/relatorios

51st Brazil Masters Championships 2013--Porto Alegre, RS Thursday-Sunday (April 25-28) https://www.abmn.org.br/eventos.php?id=239

Caeli McKay win bronze at International Youth Diving Meet DRESDEN, Germany – Caeli McKay of Calgary made an impressive international debut on Thursday earning the bronze medal in the women’s 14-15 age group one-metre springboard at the International Youth Diving Meet. Lene Kruger led Germany to a 1-2 finish with 333.25 points with Christina Wassen second at 329.45. McKay took the lead after the first round with high marks for her inward dive and remained in contention for top spot finishing at 326.25. “It was a bit scary,” said McKay,...

Guadeloupe Swimmers selected for French National Teams The French Swimming Federation has published the list of selected national team. After excellent performance, four swimmers were selected Guadeloupe Enzo Vial-Collet, Ganesh Pédurand Joris Bouchaut and Matthias Marsau. After the national championships, the list of selected team of France has been published. Guadeloupe is represented: - Enzo Vial-Collet participate in the World, 28 July to 4 August 2013 Championships in Barcelona (Spain). - Ganesh Pédurand participate in the Universiade from July 10 to 16 in Kazan (Russia) and Mediterranean Games from 21...

USA Swimming to Announce Site of 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming on Saturday Exclusive, LIVE webcast to announce selection set for 4 p.m. MDT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee, will announce the host city for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming via an exclusive, live webcast Saturday, April 27 at 4 p.m. MDT via usaswimming.org/trials. Three cities remain in contention as the potential site for the biggest swimming event in the country that will select the 2016...

Kali Wong leads junior solo at Canadian Open Championships QUEBEC CITY – Kali Wong of the Calgary Aquabelles showed a vast improvement over last season on Wednesday posting the top score in the junior solo preliminaries to open the Canadian Open synchronized swimming championships being held in Quebec City. Wong tabulated 80.383 points with Clare McGovern of Granite Synchro in Toronto second at 79.933 and Elizabeth Savard of Dollard Synchro in Montreal third at 79.084. The solo final is on Thursday. Last year, the 16-year-old Wong was 13th after the...