GUIDELINES FOR NOC's - PAN AMERICAN OLYMPIC - FESTIVAL 2014 Format for Swimming Competition - PAN AMERICAN OLYMPIC - FESTIVAL 2014 MEMO TO ALL UANA FEDERATIONS Dear Friends, We forward herewith VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION and an urgent REQUEST that you report THE NUMBER OF ATHLETES, COACHES, TECHNICAL OFFICIALS and DELEGATION SUPPORT PERSONS your Federation proposes to enter as participants in the 1 Pan American Olympic Festival. Attached hereto you will find: 1) Invitation by Sport – Pan American Olympic Festival 2014 2) REVISED Conditions of SWIMMING PROGRAMME a) the number...

SPLASH Magazine Digital March-April 2014 April 9, 2014 College Recruiting from the Coaches' Perspective Have you ever wondered what college swimming coaches go through to land the top recruits? What kind of pressure they’re under? What they’re looking for in prospective freshmen? A handful of college coaches say they enjoy the recruiting process. Most tolerate it as happily as the flu. They all, however, work at it assiduously. Take a look at the college recruiting process through the eyes of the coaches in, “ For the Sake of a Good...

Dear Friends, We have the pleasure to inform you that FINA, in cooperation with USA Swimming ,will organise the 11th FINA World Swimming Officials Seminar 2014 in Miami (USA) from 20 to 21 June 2014. Each National Federation can nominate Swimming Officials to take part in the Seminar. The participants must be on FINA Swimming Officials Lists No. 16 or No. 17 or having been nominated for Swimming Officials List No. 18. It will be appreciated if Officials nominated for the Youth Olympic Games 2014, Nanjing (CHN) and the 12th...

USOC Officials Discuss Potential 2024 Bid 04/08/14 (ATR) US Olympic officials say they are not factoring current global politics into their deliberations about a possible 2024 Olympic bid. USOC board chairman and IOC member Larry Probst (L) and USOC CEO CEO Scott Blackmun (R) (Getty Images) “It certainly hasn’t been the subject of any of our discussions,” CEO Scott Blackmun told reporters following the USOC Board of Directors meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles. However, Blackmun said he can’t speculate about how political actions - such as US sanctions against Russia...

We are getting closer to the 100 days prior the 15th FINA World MastersChampionships! And we are excited to annouce the Official Entry Booklet now available, with all technical and important information about the competition, the city, the venues and the sports, in one single file, definitely a must-read for all those who will participate as athlete or as spectator! Click here to see the Entry Booklet. You can also check the most updated technical information about each discipline visiting our website: finamasters2014.org/disciplines Keep training, working hard and have a...

Assaulted swimmer gets surprise visit from Team USA athlete April 06, 2014 | By Amanda Marrazzo | Chicago Tribune reporter Omid Babakhani, 14, right, of Crystal Lake, is all smiles after receiving an autographed swim cap and t-shirt from BJ Johnson, left,, a member of the US National Swim Team, before the start of a swim banquet on Sunday. (Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune) A world-class swimmer and 2016 Olympic hopeful showed up at a Crystal Lake banquet hall Sunday morning to surprise a 13-year-old boy who in February was...

FINA TSC Chairman Carol Zaleski (USA) and FINA TSC Honorary Secretary Søren Korbo (DEN) were the lecturers of the FINA Swimming Officials School successfully hosted by the St. Lucia Amateur Swimming Association at the Bay Garden Hotel in Gros Islet (LCA). The School had a total 72 participants, 61 local and 11 coming from neighbouring islands of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Cayman Islands, Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago. St. Lucia is one of the small federations within the FINA Family. With a total population of almost 180,000,...

The Chuck Wielgus Blog: #CoachesAre Teachers 4/7/2014 USA Swimming has designated April as “CoachesAre Month” and we’re taking the month to share stories that highlight the important role that coaches play in the lives of young athletes. At their core, coaches are teachers. Whether their classroom is a pool, gym, or playing field, it is within these arenas that the coach as teacher provides important life lessons. It has been said that beyond parents, there is nobody who can have a greater influence in an a young person’s life than...

Olympic medallists Grimaldi (ITA) and Lurz (GER) touch first in Cancun FINA 10KM MARATHON SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2014 75 marathon swimmers (34 women and 41 men) took the departure in Cancun (MEX) on April 5 for the second stage of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2014, which featured extraordinarily close finishes in both races. Among the men’s tough competitive field, 2012 Olympic silver medallist Thomas Lurz (GER) took out the race in 1h56m44s. The German veteran, who has totalled 20 wins in the FINA 10km circuit since 2007,...

IOC has approved several qualifying systems for 2016 Olympics On Thursday, April 3rd the WSCA News published the following report about the qualifying systems for 2016 Olympics. LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in February appears to have reviewed the qualifying systems for the 2016 Olympics. And from that review most of the systems were approved. The approved qualifying systems include those for 4 of the 5 Aquatics disciplines: all except Swimming. Also not appear to be yet approved are the qualifying systems for: Athletics (Track & Field), Football (Soccer),...