USA Swimming Holds Inaugural Safe Sport Leadership Conference Conference featured 165 attendees, including representatives from 20other Olympic and Pan American sports organizations COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming’s Inaugural Safe Sport Leadership Conference concluded Tuesday following a successful program of speakers and discussion related to abuse prevention in sport. More than 165 attendees, including representatives from 35 Local Swim Committees around the U.S., 20 National Governing Bodies, the United States Olympic Committee and other youth serving organizations, attended the three-day conference held at the Marriott in Colorado Springs, Colo. The...

Barcelona 2013 website for 2013 FINA World Championships will begin registration on March 18 BARCELONA, SPAIN--The organizers of the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona last Friday launched registration for the championships. National Federations have been sent log-in information and beginning March 18, 2013, can submit their preliminary entry lists (numbers). From May 18-July 8, 2013 final entries can be submitted. The 2013 Worlds will be July 19-August 4. http://www.bcn2013.com/en/noticias/barcelona-2013-opens-registration-system-for-national-federations-all-over-the-world-420-en

Bids requested for the 2014 UANA Pan American Open Water Championships UNION AMERICANA DE NATACION To All UANA Federations: The 2013 UANA Pan American Open Water Swimming Championships are scheduled for Isla Margarita, Venezuela, May 8-13, 2013. Please mark the date on your 2013 competition calendar. More information about the 2013 UANA Pan American Open Water Swimming Championships as well as the EVENT SUMMONS will be available very soon! The UANA Open Water Swimming Technical Committee is accepting bids for the 2014 UANA Pan American Open Water Swimming Championships. Bids...

Four Bidders for 2019 & 2021 FINA World Championships meet in Lausanne Lausanne (SUI), January 17, 2013 - Representatives from the National Federations/Cities of China (city to be confirmed), Hungary/Budapest, Japan/Tokyo and Korea/Gwangju were on January 16, 2013 in Lausanne (SUI) for an informative meeting on the bidding procedure for the FINA World Championships in 2019, and possibly 2021. These four potential bidders will now have until April 4, 2013 to present a formal bid to the organisation of FINA’s major event, while the FINA Bureau will announce the host(s)...

FINA/Midea Diving World Series stops in Guadalajara (MEX) and Mexico City (MEX) this May The FINA/Midea Diving World Series is a high-profile competition which offers an annual meeting opportunity for the world’s brightest diving stars. Launched in 2007 with three host organisers (Great Britain, China and Mexico), other countries have since joined the club (Qatar, Russia and the United Arab Emirates), definitely adding an international dimension to the event. For the sixth edition in 2013, the World Series will consist of six meets: No1 in Beijing (CHN) from March 15-17,...

Argentina hosts first race of the 2013 FINA Open Water Grand Prix ROSARIO, ARGENTINA--Italy's Simone Ercoli and Spain's Esther Núñez were the top male and female at the Rosario 15K, which was the first race of the 2013 FINA Open Water Grand Prix. Ercoli finished in 1:51:03, just ahead of a tight race for second between fellow Italian Mario Sanzullo (1:51:08.20) and Argentina's Guillermo Bertola (1:51:08.7). On the female side, Núñez (1:58:38) also finished ahead of a tight race for second, between Croatia's Karla Sitic (2:01:14) and Russia's Olga Kozydub...

Qualifying Time Standards for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing http://cccan.info/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Youth-Olympic-Games-Nanjing-Qualifying-Times.pdf

USA Women seek 8th consecutive Water Polo World League title The 10th edition of the Women's Water Polo World League 2013 kicks off today with the first round of preliminaries in Europe. Olympic silver-medallist Spain and Hungary (Group A) will meet at 20:00 hours (local time) in Mataro (ESP) while the Italian and Dutch squads (Group B) will play at 21:00 hours (local time) in Alpen aan den Rijn (NED). The second round of matches is scheduled for January 26 with Hungary facing World champion Greece (Group A) at home...

Olympic Swimmers Thrill Convent of the Sacred Heart Posted by Kathy Failla http://greenwich.patch.com/announcements/olympic-swimmers-thrill-convent-of-the-sacred-heart/media_attachments/edit?upload_started=1359513685 Credit Kathy Failla Credit Kathy Failla Credit Kathy Failla Convent of the Sacred Heart gave a rousing welcome to their “Sacred Heart sisters” U.S. Olympic swimmers Katie Ledecky, a freestyle gold medalist, and Lia Neal, a bronze medal relay winner, on January 14. The two elite athletes visited Convent of the Sacred Heart on King Street on Monday morning. They Olympians were lead into the Veronique Dubois Gymnasium by the school’s varsity team captains as the entire...

Weinberger named among FINA’s top 2012 swimmers January, 25, 2013 OTTAWA – Richard Weinberger of Victoria has been named one of the world’s top five open water swimmers by FINA for the 2012 season. The Olympic bronze medallist in the 10-kilometre race in London ranked fifth in FINA’s men’s open water swimming. Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia was first, followed in order by Thomas Lurz of Germany, Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece and Trent Grimsey of Australia. The 22-year-old Weinberger had made a name for himself heading into the London...