MOSCOW HOSTS SECOND FINA WORLD AQUATICS CONVENTION The FINA World Aquatic Convention is a biannual event which enables all areas of the aquatic community to share knowledge and ideas, build relationships and develop an exciting and positive future for the sport. The 2nd FINA World Aquatics Convention will take place in Moscow from 29 Oct – 1 Nov 2012, and will build on the success of the inaugural event which took in Punta del Este, 2010. The 1st FINA World Aquatics Convention in Punta Del Este was the start of...

According to Canada’s CBC, the Southern-Ontario hub of Windsor is revealing more details about their bid to host either the 2016 or 2018 World Championships. Their consideration was revealed two months ago, when they joined cities like Eindhoven, Houston, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi among 7 confirmed bidders for the two meets. The details of this bid make this a scary proposition for Windsor. Long course World Championships are hard enough to profit off of (they can just ask their neighbors in Montreal about that), but the short course event...

Dear Friends, As the FINA President in a circular letter (sent to the FINA Member Federations) already informed, the on-line edition of the FINA Aquatics World Magazine would be distributed free of charge for one year starting with the present edition, for helping the development of the aquatic sports promotion in your very important FINA-member country. The Member Federations are therefore sending out the link of the online version of the Olympic edition (please find it below) to their basic list of e-mail addresses: http://fina.wildom.com/fina/edoc?file=fina_aquatics_magazine_02012-04.zip This way, we expect that...

ISHOF Announces Class of 2013 to be honored next May The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) today announced results of the International Selection Committee’s vote for the Class of 2013. The ten individuals selected for induction are: Swimmers GARY HALL, JR. (USA), PIETER VAN DEN HOOGENBAND (NED), YANA KLOCHKOVA (UKR) and DAGMAR HASE (GER); Diver HU JIA (CHN); Synchronized Swimmer NATHALIE SCHNEYDER (USA); Water Polo Player MILIVOJ BEBIC (YUG, CRO); Open Water Swimmer CLIFF LUMSDON (CAN); Coach ALBERTO CASTAGNETTI (ITA) and in the Contributor category, PETER MONTGOMERY (AUS). The...

FINA schedules a full complement of youth competitions across each discipline After the successful first edition of the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Welland (CAN) in August, it is now the turn of junior national synchro swimmers, divers and water polo teams to meet at the highest level. The 13th World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships will take place in Volos (GRE) from September 12-16, 2012. The swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old and compete in Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination (where preliminaries are...

ISHOF announces 2013 honorees FORT LAUDERDALE, USA--The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) announced 10 honorees who will be inducted into the hall next year. Coach honors for 2013 go to Alberto Castagnetti, who was an Italian national team coach from 1987 through to his death in 2009. The 2013 honorees are: -Milivoj Bebic, Yugoslavia/Croatia (water polo) -Alberto Castagnetti, Italy (coach) -Gary Hall, Jr., USA (swimming) -Dagmar Hase, Germany (swimming) -Jia Hu, China (diving) -Yana Klochkova, Ukraine (swimming) -Cliff Lumsden, Canada (open water) -Peter Montgomery, Australia (contributor) -Nathalie Schneyder, USA...

FINA 2012 Schedule for Swimming World Cup Series LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Meet information for the first 5 meets (of 8) of the 2012 World Cup have posted to the FINA website. The posting includes all the meets in October, which are the meets in western Asia and in Europe. Yet to post is the meet information for the November meets, which are in all in Asia. The meet information can be found in the World Cup section of FINA's website: The FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2012 will take place in the following...

Sarasota to Host 2013 Pan American Masters Championship U.S. Masters Swimming is pleased to host the 2013 Pan American Masters Championship. The Championship, sanctioned by Union American de Natacion, will be hosted in partnership with the Sarasota Family YMCA, in Sarasota, Fla. Our Travel page includes our Letter of Invitation. Please click on this link: http://www.panamericanmasters2013.org Masters synchronized swimming and pool swimming competition will be held at the Selby Aquatic Center adjacent to the Sarasota Y’s Evalyn Sadlier Jones branch in Sarasota, Fla. The event dates for synchro and swimming...

FINA Posts Advertising Requirements for swim caps to be worn at 2012 Short Court World Championships LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--Last Thursday, FINA posted the advertising requirements for any cap to be worn at the 2012 Short Course Worlds. Along with the requirements, FINA has also posted a request that FINA see the cap-layouts at least 1-month prior to the start of the meet. FINA also has a reminder that the final decision of whether or not a cap can be worn in competition rests with the officials in the call room at...

Olympics conclude in London LONDON, UK--The 2012 Olympics concluded their 17-day run (July 27-August 12) yesterday in London, England. During the Closing Ceremony, it was announced that swimmer Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was one of four athletes elected to the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). She will serve an 8-year term, and the spot also includes IOC membership. With her election, Aquatics maintains a presence on the commission, as the term of swimmer Rania Elwani, Egypt, with these elections. http://www.olympic.org/news/results-of-the-ioc-athletes-commission-election/172213 Also as part of the Closing Ceremony,...