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Registration open for 2013 World Conference on Doping in Sport The anti-doping community is invited to attend the fourth World Conference on Doping in Sport to be held in Johannesburg November 12-15, where a revised version of the World Anti-Doping Code will be endorsed by WADA’s Foundation Board. Details at www.wada2013.org
SwimOutlet.com U.S. National Synchronized Swimming Championships Set For April 9-13 Nation's best synchro swimmers to compete at Greensboro Aquatic Center INDIANAPOLIS -- Many of the nation's top synchronized swimmers, including a 2012 Olympian and U.S. national team members, are set to compete at the 2013 SwimOutlet.com U.S. National Championships, April 9-13, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, N.C. The championships combine the U.S. Junior Championships (14-18-year-olds) and U.S. National Championships (15 and over) into a single event, where both junior and senior national champions will be crowned. The event...
2013 Swimming Canada World Championships Trials begins today VICTORIA, CANADA-- The 2013 Canada World Championships Trials begins today and continues through Saturday (April 3-6) in Victoria, British Columbia. The meet serves as the second of two meets to qualify for Canada's team to the 2013 Worlds, the other meet being the 2012 Olympics. The meet also is a qualifier for Canada's team to the 2013 World University Games. Results from it can be found online here: https://www.swimming.ca/EventArticle.aspx?eventid=685
15th Fina World Championships 2013 Barcelona Spain El Mundial de Natació. The 15th FINA World Swimming Championships will be held in Barcelona, Spain Event date: Saturday 19th July 2013 to Sunday 4. August 2013. Barcelona has been chosen to host the World Swimming Championships for two weeks in 2013. The FINA World Championships or "World Aquatics Championships" are the World Championships for the aquatic sports of diving, swimming, open water swimming, synchronized swimming and water polo. During this event Barcelona will welcome thousands of swimmers and spectators from around the...
.FINA posts invites and rule proposals for 2013 Congress LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Yesterday, FINA updated the information posted related to the 2013 General Congress and the technical congresses that will be held in July in Barcelona, Spain. These meetings are being held with the 2013 World Championships. Included in the postings are the invitations and agendas for the meetings, as well as the delegate registration forms for the meetings. Deadline to register delegates for the meetings is July 1, 2013. FINA's postings can be found on their website here: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3482&Itemid=1434 In additions...
Saskatoon hosts Senior Men’s Water Polo National Club Championships April 5-7 OTTAWA – Nearly a dozen Canadian national team members will take part in the Senior Men’s National Club Championships water polo tournament set for April 5-7 at the Shaw Centre in Saskatoon and hosted by Water Polo Saskatchewan. Three-time champions Calgary Torpedoes are the number-one seeds followed in order by Montreal’s Dollard Water Polo, Club de Water-Polo CAMO (also based in Montreal), Torpedoes Masters from Calgary and Team Saskatchewan. The event will present high-level competition, due in part to...
The Mexican island of Cozumel will be the centre of open water action this month with two challenging races set to take place in tropical, pristine waters, attracting many heavyweights of the international open water scene. On April 13, the world's top marathon swimmers will take the plunge at the fourth stop of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2013. A week later on April 20, a tough competitive field will also be on display during the 15km race held as part of leg no.4 of the FINA Open...
MONTREAL, CANADA--The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that later this year it will launch a mobile phone application for athlete to submit updates to their whereabouts details. The app is to be launched in the third quarter of this year, and will be available for iPhone or Android phones. WADA's app comes from application developed, and currently in use, by the Netherlands Doping Authority. http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/wada-to-offer-smartphone-app-for-athlete-whereabouts-reporting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wada-to-offer-smartphone-app-for-athlete-whereabouts-reporting
Dollard wins 2013 Senior Women’s National Club Championships QUEBEC CITY – Dollard Water Polo overcame 0-2 deficits in its two matches Sunday to win the gold medal at the 2013 Senior Women’s National Club Championships. Dollard defeated Ste-Foy Hydres 16-4 and Ottawa’s Capital Wave 15-9 to complete the round robin tournament with a perfect 4-0 mark. Capital Wave took second spot finishing at 2-2 while Ste-Foy was winless. ‘’This victory is really showing that our past success in the age group program is now translating into great results at the...
Water Polo Canada selects roster for FINA World League Women’s Preliminaries and Super Final Ottawa, March 31, 2013 – Water Polo Canada is announcing its roster for the World League Training Camp (May 17-22, 2013), the World League preliminary round (California, May 23-26, 2013) and the World League Super Final (Beijing, China, June 1-6, 2013). Canadian women have earned a silver medal at the Super Final, a premiere FINA international event, in 2009. Canada is hoping for another strong performance from its team, less than two months before the 15th...