Olympians to swim Swan River in BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge – Sunday 20 January – Entries Close Fri 18 Jan US Olympian Alex Meyer is the latest international elite athlete to register for the 2013 BHP Billiton Aquatic Super Series Open Water Challenge to be held in the Swan River on Sunday 20 January, with Kiwi Kane Radford also set to swim. Meyerand Radford will provide tough competition for some of Australia’s best open water swimmers including FINA World Cup gold medallist Rhys Mainstone and English...

The 2013 edition of the Men's and Women's FINA Water Polo World Leagues promises to be exciting with 30 teams (17 men's and 13 women's) competing for top honours. The European preliminaries for the women's competition kick off this month with the first and second round of games on January 23 and 26, respectively. On January 23, Spain will receive Hungary in Mataro and the Netherlands will face Italy in Alphen aan den Rijn. On January 26, Hungary will play against Greece at home in Eger and the Russians will...

Future host of FINA short-course Champs to be announced in February The National Federation or City to host the 2018 and eventually the 2020 FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) will be elected at a FINA Bureau meeting taking place in Barcelona, Spain from February 22-23, 2013. The countries to have so far expressed an interest in bidding to stage the world-class swimming event are China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. The city of Windsor, Canada, will host the 13th edition of the...

TO2015 to renovate Etobicoke Olympium for use as Pan Am Games aquatics training venue State-of-the art pool system, upgraded dive towers, improved mechanical systems planned TORONTO, ON January 9, 2013 –Etobicoke Olympium, a major community aquatics centre in the city of Toronto, is undergoing a $20-million upgrade in time for the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, organizers revealed today. Located in Centennial Park, Etobicoke Olympium will provide much-needed training space for hundreds of athletes involved in the aquatic disciplines of swimming, water polo, diving and synchronized swimming,...

Greetings WSCA members, The 2012 #3 edition of the WSCA newsletter is now available online for downloading and reading. One can find it in the "Newsletters" section of the WSCA website here: http://www.swimmingcoach.org/wsca/pastnewsletters.htm Included in the 2012-03 edition are: -"The Pointe-Claire System" by Justin Finney -"To Suffer Pain" by Edward Nessel Enjoy, and if you have an article for potential inclusion in an upcoming WSCA newsletter, please send a copy of it to [email protected] -WSCA - - - - - - - - - - - - World Swimming Coaches...

FINA Development Programmes 2013 In its efforts to promote and encourage the development of Swimming throughout the world, FINA organises clinics for Coaches (Technical Courses) and Officials (Judges and Referees) of all levels (beginner to advanced) for its five disciplines on every continent. In 2013, about 100 clinics will be organised. Moreover, FINA schools provide training and certification for Officials (Judges and Referees) in all aquatic disciplines. From Port Moresby (PNG) to Santo Domingo (DOM), Dar-es-Salaam (TAN) to Riga (LAT), officials are given the opportunity to enhance their skills with...

2013 Open Water Swimming circuits kick off this month! 2013 will be another thrilling year for the open water world with FINA's two international open water swimming circuits kicking off January 27th. The world's finest marathon swimmers will gather to Santos, Brazil for the first meet of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup. The remaining seven stages will take place in Viedma (ARG) on February 2, Eilat (ISR) on March 1, Cancun (MEX) on April 13, Lac St-Jean (CAN) on July 25, Lac Megantic (CAN) on August 10, Hong...

Istanbul, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; and Tokyo, Japan in running for 2020 Olympic Games LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Host selection for the 2020 Olympics advanced yesterday, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced it had received bid documents from all 3 cities still vying for the Games: Istanbul, Turkey; Madrid, Spain; and Tokyo, Japan. The IOC will now review the files, and its Evaluation Commission visit each city in March. The host of will be elected in September. http://www.olympic.org/news/2020-candidate-cities-submit-their-candidature-files/187641

WADA launches mobile website version of 2013 Prohibited List MONTREAL, CANADA--The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced the publishing of mobile-website versions of the 2013 Prohibited List, in addition to a new iPhone application. WADA's announcement, which includes links to the application and mobile versions, can be found online here: http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/free-iphone-app-for-2013-prohibited-list/ The list, itself, can be found online here: http://list.wada-ama.org/

Algernon Cargill re-elected as President of Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) BAHAMAS--The Bahamas Swimming Federation (BSF) held its 2012 annual meeting this past Saturday (December 29). At the meeting, changes to Bahamas' rules as well as officer elections were voted on. The election was for a 4 year term. Officers elected were: -President: Algernon Cargill -Vice Presidents: John Bradley (1st), Nicholas Reese (2nd) -Treasurer: Ken Bain -Secretary: Kathryn Dillette -Assistant Secretary: Zelda Allen A report on the elections and a report on the rule changes, can be found on the BSF...