Lac St-Jean (CAN) comes alive with finest marathon swimmers FINA 10KM MARATHON SWIMMING WORLD CUP AND OPEN WATER SWIMMING GRAND PRIX 2014 Nice performances were observed this week at the fourth legs of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup and FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, taking place in Lac St-Jean (CAN) on July 24 and 26, respectively. On Thursday (July 24), 16 women and 23 men from 11 countries took the departure in the 10km race. German Andreas Waschburger touched first in 1h56m44s9, collecting his second podium...

Caldwell adds to medal collection GLASGOW, Scotland – Canadian swimmers keep winning medals at the Commonwealth Games, as Hilary Caldwell claimed bronze in the women’s 200-metre backstroke Sunday. The 23-year-old from the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre – Victoria touched the wall third in 2:08.55. It’s the second major international medal in her collection, joining her bronze in the same event at last year’s FINA World Championships in Barcelona, where she swam a Canadian record of 2:06.80. “It wasn’t quite where I wanted to be, obviously a little bit off...

Montreal ready to host last stand-alone Master s World Championships Official Website Link to NEWS & ARTICLES ABOUT 15TH FINA WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS Montreal, Canada, will play host to the 15th edition and last stand-alone FINA World Masters Championships from July 27 to August 10, 2014 exactly 20 years after successfully organising the event for the first time. A total 7’794 competitors, representing 101 countries, will gather to Montreal. More than 6’000 swimmers will hit the pool at the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex, on Ste-Helene Island while another 1’370 will...

Logo unveiled for Lima 2019 Pan American Games Sunday, 27 July 2014 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 0 By Zjan Shirinian The logo for the 2019 Pan American Games, inspired by a symbol of the host city Lima, has been unveiled. It features the flower Amancaes, commonly associated with the Peruvian capital, which sprouts in July and August. The three colours springing from the yellow of the flower - green, blue and purple - represent "three athletes in competition and...the three Americas", organisers...

Brazil to spend $600 million in bid to win 30 medals at Rio 2016 Thursday, 24 July 2014 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 6 By Nick Butler Brazil is aiming to win between 27 and 30 medals on home turf during Rio 2016, according to a leading official at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB), which would mark a huge increase on the 17 medals they secured at London 2012. Marcus Vinicius, executive director of sport for the COB, has revealed that the 2016...

A gigantic newspaper dedicated to the 2015 FINA World Championships was opened on July 24, one year before the start of the event, in the square near the Kazan Family Centre. The project is designed to raise Kazan citizens’ awareness of the upcoming World Championships and to help them unveil some interesting facts about aquatics and legendary figures engaged in water sports. The grand opening of this unique piece of street art was attended by Mayor of Kazan, Ilsur Metshin. “Just a year ago, it would seem, only a short...

Savard takes aim at medal, record GLASGOW, Scotland – Two Canadian butterflyers from Pont-Rouge, Que., will be swimming for medals tonight at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Katerine Savard, who swims for CAMO Montreal, enters the 100-m butterfly final after posting the second-fastest semifinal time Thursday at 57.83. Audrey Lacroix of Montreal’s PPO club, meanwhile, enters seventh at 58.69. Finals get underway at 2 p.m. ET, with live coverage on cbcsports.ca/glasgow2014 and daily highlight shows being broadcast on CBC TV. Savard, who set Victoria’s Saanich Commonwealth Pool on fire...

Savard golden in record-setting 100 fly GLASGOW, Scotland – Canada captured swimming gold for the second straight night at the Commonwealth Games as Katerine Savard won the women’s 100-m butterfly. Savard, who moved to Montreal’s CAMO club earlier this year, made up a quarter of a second on the final 50 to set a Commonwealth Games record of 57.40. She out-touched silver medallist Siobhan O’Connor of England – who led by 0.21 at the turn – by 0.05 for the gold. The 21-year-old was overcome by tears of joy after...

Brazil's Ana Marcela Cunha wins 10km World Cup 2014 Lac St-Jean, USA takes two silver Men: 1. Andreas Waschburger (GER) 2. Charles Peterson (USA) 3. Christian Reichert (GER) Women: 1. Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) 2. Christine Jennings (USA) 3. Angela Maurer (GER)

Cochrane’s gold gets Games underway Swimmer Ryan Cochrane captured Canada's first gold medal of the 2014 Commonwealth Games Thursday in Glasgow, Scotland. Cochrane, who trains at the Swimming Canada High Performance Centre - Victoria, defended his 400-metre freestyle gold medal with a Canadian record 3:43.46, the fastest time in the world this year. “I’ve been trying to go a best time since the Beijing Olympics. That’s been hard year after year. In London being ninth (at the 2012 Olympics) was horrendously difficult,” he said. “Last year I was able to...