David Boudia ponders a third diving event leading to 2016 Nick Zaccardi Jul 22, 2014, 12:24 PM EDT Leave a comment Getty Images David Boudia was a spectator for the biggest platform diving final of the year. He considered that a competitive advantage considering the big picture, the 2016 Olympics. “I was able to be on the outside looking into the competition,” he said. “I saw their strengths, weaknesses. I was evaluating.” Boudia entered three of four events at the FINA World Cup in Shanghai last week. The one he...

FINA 10K and OWS Grand Prix & 60th Traversing of Lake Saint John in Roberval ROBERVAL, CANADA--This week (July 19-27) is the 60th Traversing of Lake Saint John near Roberval, Quebec. Part of the week-long series of Open Water swims will be stops of both the FINA 10K series (today) and FINA's Open Water Grand Prix (Saturday's 32-kilometer crossing of the lake). Further information on the event can be found online here: http://traversee.qc.ca/en/

GLASGOW--The 20th Commonwealth Games began yesterday and continues through next Thursday (July 23-August 3) in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. The Games feature teams from members of the British Commonwealth competing in 22 disciplines, including Swimming and Diving. The Swimming competition runs today through Tuesday (July 24-29), while Diving will be next week (July 30-August 2). Results from the Swimming competition can be found online here: http://results.glasgow2014.com/dailyschedule.html?day=all&sport=SW AUSTRALIA MEDIA REPORTS: Day 1 Finals - Golden night and two world records in Glasgow Australia’s 4x100m freestyle relay team of Bronte Campbell, Melanie Schlanger,...

Media guide: https://admin.swimming.ca/docs/Media/SC_media_guide_2014_HR_FINAL.pdf Young swim team uses Games as stepping stone to Olympics The Canadian swim team that competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi included on its roster an Olympic medallist in Ryan Cochrane, a former world champion in Brent Hayden, a former world record holder in Annamay Pierce and several Olympians. Four years later, Canada’s national swim team finds itself in a transition phase. The team that will plunge into the pool in Glasgow, Scotland, is sprinkled with some veterans but is largely a young group with...

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USA Swimming Calls for Everyone to Get in the Pool JULY 21, 2014 Continue reading the main story 1 Advertising By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN Continue reading the main story Share This Page EMAIL FACEBOOK TWITTER SAVE MORE Continue reading the main story 1 Team sports are all about competition, but sports also compete against one another. And one team sport that has been treading water in recent years is competitive swimming, with participation levels in 2013 ranking 17th among 24 team sports, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association....

National junior, youth swimmers featured at CAG Championships WINNIPEG – The 2014 Canadian Age Group Championships this Wednesday to Monday in Winnipeg will be one of the last major competitive tests for many of Canada’s top junior and youth swimmers before their big international events in August. A total of 876 swimmers (492 women and 384 men) from 144 clubs are competing this week at the Pan Am Pool. Nine of the 10 provinces as well as the Yukon have entries. There is also an international flavour with swimmers from...

Champions Crowned at 2014 US Open Synchronized Swimming Championships US Junior National Team members win gold in duet, team HENDERSON, Nev. - U. S. Junior National Team members won gold medals in duet and team last week as the 2014 U.S. Open Synchronized Swimming Championships concluded Saturday night at the Heritage Park Aquatic Complex. Team USA members Anita Alvarez and Sandra Ortellado scored 152.7530 points in the junior duet final Friday to win gold.Teresa Alonso and Yulieth Barreto of Mexico finished second at 147.4893, and Danielle Emma and Alexandra Meredith-Le...

July 2014 Thanks to our partners for making the 2014 ISHOF Induction a success. 2014 ISHOF Induction Ceremony ISHOF CLASS OF 2014 L-R: Bruce Hopping (USA), Jon Erikson (USA), Norman Sarsfield's son (GBR), Charlotte Davis (USA), Vicky & Penny Vilagos (CAN), Sandra Bucha (USA), Bob Dudley (USA), Agnes Kovacs (HUN), Jozsef Nagy (HUN), Tom Malchow (USA), Carlo Silipio (ITA) To see their induction videos & speeches, click on the individual links below: Sandra Bucha (USA) - Honor Open Water Swimmer - VIDEO / SPEECH Charlotte Davis (USA) - Honor Coach...

Huntington Beach Calif. - July 17, 2014 -- Betsey Armstrong, the most decorated goalkeeper in international women's water polo history, has announced her retirement from the USA Water Polo Women's National Team. A two-time Olympic medalist from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Armstrong joined the Women's National Team in 2006 helping jumpstart an unprecedented run of success. She anchored the defense of a team that won an Olympic Gold Medal (2012), Olympic Silver Medal (2008), two FINA World Championships (2007, 2009), two Pan American Games Gold Medals (2007, 2011), one FINA World...