The Cycle of Cheating by Chuck Warner Posted at Swim News on January 21, 2013 www.swimnews.com Lance Armstrong's too-little, too-late confession provoked widespread condemnation of the cheating cyclist; here's some perspective with a swimming bent guest writer Chuck Warner on why the anti-doping regime is not working as it should Lance Armstrong wrote a book called, “It’s Not About The Bike.” He may be right, but this latest scandal is about the cycle…the cycle of cheating. At the NYU - Harvard volleyball game Saturday a straight white strip stretched tightly...

USA Water Polo Annual Awards Recognize Greats In The Water Polo Community posted at www.usawaterpolo.org Huntington Beach, Calif. – January 21, 2013 – USA Water Polo’s Annual Awards dinner took place this past January 19 at the LAX Crowne Plaza in Los Angeles, California in conjunction with the USA Water Polo Assembly. As established in 2010, the awards have each been named in honor of a person or persons who have made an extraordinary contribution to the sport. Winners were chosen through a zone nomination process and then reviewed by...

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USA Grand Prix Results from Austin, Texas The following recap was posted at www.SwimNews.com Olympic champion Nathan Adrian cracked out a 48.32 season long-course opener over 100m freestyle on the first night of the Arena Austin Grand Prix at the Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. Adrian's time, a pool record, took him just 0.06sec ahead of James Magnussen (AUS), the man he pipped by 0.01sec for the Olympic crown at London 2012, at the helm of the early 2013 world rankings. The pool mark is...

FINA list of approved Swimwear for 2013 posted at FINA website LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND-- Below is the continuation for the 2013 swimwear list, continuing from yesterday's start. The entire list went into effect on January 1, 2013 and is good through the end of this year. What is below has been copied today from the FINA website, where the official, full, list can be found: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=304&Itemid=1006 Note: 167 suits have been added to the list for 2013, for a total number of 1,317 items on the list. Breakdown by type of...

Four-Time Canadian Olympic medallist Heymans retires MONTREAL - With four Olympic medals under her belt, Emilie Heymans is putting an end to her professional diving career. The 31-year-old diver made her retirement official today at the Montreal training facility where it all started for her two decades ago. Heymans retires after winning medals in four consecutive Summer Olympics -- the first female diver and first Canadian Olympian to do so. She had 84 podium finishes in international competition, including 14 titles. The Belgian-born Heymans, who grew up near Montreal, started...

2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia posts event schedules KAZAN, RUSSIA--The organizers of the 2013 World University Games in Kazan have published the event schedules for each discipline at the Games. Swimming runs July 10-17, and its schedule can be found online [by day] here: http://kazan2013.ru/en/events?filter[date]=10.07.2013&filter[sport]=SW

Wall Street Journal Profile of High School Swimmer Missy Franklin: I Have to Swim Against Her? A version of this article appeared January 15, 2013, on page D6 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: I Have to Swim Against Her?. GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—On Tuesday, the Cherry Creek High School girls' swim team will lose for only the 19th time out of some 400 meets over 38 years. It's a near certainty for this suburban Denver squad, whose speediest girls have no hope of matching...

VERACRUZ, MEXICO--The Central American & Caribbean Swimming Confederation (CCCAN) earlier this week posted the qualifying systems for 2014 Central American & Caribbean Games that will be held in Veracruz, Mexico, November 14-30, 2014. The manual features the qualifying systems for all 37 disciplines at the Games, including all 5 Aquatics disciplines. Swimming will feature 38 events, and a maximum of 206 swimmers, with a nation allowed to send a team of up-to 24 swimmers (12 males, 12 females); time standards are listed in the manual, and the qualifying window is...

FINA Posts World Championships Advertisement Requirements for Swimwear LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--On December 21, FINA posted the advertisement requirements for swimwear to be used during the 2013 World Championships, this July in Barcelona, Spain. This posting includes cap, goggles and bib specifications; as well as regulations related to the how the official event logo and mascot can be used on team apparel. These requirements can be found on the FINA website here: http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3223&Itemid=1369