Brazil set to be without anti-doping laboratory for 2014 World Cup and faces race against time for Rio 2016 Tuesday, 12 November 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 10 By Duncan Mackay at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg November 12 - Brazil is set to be without its own World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited anti-doping laboratory in time for next year's FIFA World Cup, it was revealed here today. WADA revoked the accreditation of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) doping...

NICHOLAS SANTOS SETS SOUTH AMERICAN RECORD ON BUSY NIGHT Published:November 13, 2013 Courtesy of: Li Yong BEIJING, China, November 12. THE end of the 2013 FINA World Cup is finally upon us with the last stop beginning today in Beijing. Brazil's Nicholas Santos sent the night out on a bang with a South Americanrecord, while four other swimmers managed to finish off World Cup event sweeps over the eight-city tour. Women's 800 free World record holder Mireia Belmonte, who downed the global standard with a smoking 7:59.34 during the Berlin...

. Savard, Caldwell stay steady on World Cup BEIJING - World University Games champion Katerine Savard capitalized on a second opportunity to swim the women’s 100-m butterfly on Wednesday and placed fourth in the final for her best result this season on the FINA World Cup circuit. Alicia Coutts of Australia won the gold medal in 56.00 seconds, Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden was second in 56.17 and Katinka Hosszu of Hungary third in 57.40. Savard followed in 57.68. Savard, of Pont-Rouge, Que., found out in the afternoon she would swim...

WADA Opts for New Code with 4 year Olympic Cycle Bans http://www.swimvortex.com/wada-to-vote-on-code-4-year-olympic-cycle-bans/

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) holds its 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA--The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) holds its 4th World Conference on Doping in Sport today through Friday (November 12-15) in Johannesburg, Gauteng. As part of this meeting, changes to the World Anti-Doping Code will be voted on, to take effect beginning in 2015. Further information on the Code changes and the conference can be found online here: http://www.wada2013.org/index.php/en/ http://playtrue.wada-ama.org/news/wada-prepares-to-shape-future-of-anti-doping-in-sport/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wada-prepares-to-shape-future-of-anti-doping-in-sport

Teaching methodology for swim coaches in Peru this November 25-28 PERU--The Peruvian Olympic Committee, Comité Olímpico Peruano (COP), will host a seminar on swimming teaching methodology for coaches November 25-28. The seminar is part of COP's Olympic Academy program. Further information on the program can be found on the COP website [in Spanish] here: http://www.coperu.org/web/interior-cop.php?id=688a87f0edd8a79c57a9641ad6642fa8

FINA IN AMERICAS AHO – NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 1,000 square kilometres 200,000 inhabitants Nederlands Antilliaanse Zwembond Year of affiliation to FINA: 1953 / 1981 President: Hesley Heerenveen Membership: not communicated Participation at FINA World Championships and Olympic Games WCH 2009 YOG 2010 WCH 2010 WCH 2011 Total M W M W M W M W Swimming 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 11 ANT – ANTIGUA 400 square kilometres 90,000 inhabitants Antigua & Barbuda Amateur Swimming Association Year of Federation foundation: 1986 Year of affiliation to FINA: 1986 President:...

Government investment to benefit generations of swimmers TORONTO – Swimming Canada applauds the governments of Canada and Ontario for their major investment in facilities that will benefit Canadian athletes for years to come. The TORONTO 2015 Sport Legacy Fund Plan, jointly supported by the Government of Canada and Province of Ontario, was announced Tuesday at the Pan Am/Parapan Am Aquatics Centre and Field House at the University of Toronto Scarborough. The Aquatics Centre, now 65 per cent complete, is one of three new facilities built for the 2015 Pan Am/Parapan...

Blackmun given new three-year deal as chief executive of United States Olympic Committee Tuesday, 12 November 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 2 By Duncan Mackay November 12 - Scott Blackmun has been given a new three-year contract as chief executive of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) which will take him beyond Rio 2016, it has been revealed. The new deal includes a nine per cent basic salary raise to $550,000 (£346,000/€409,000) but eliminates the long-term incentive bonuses in his previous contract,...

WADA Says Number of Drug Cheats Worldwide on Decline 11/12/2013 John Fahey on Tuesday. (ATR) (ATR) John Fahey, the outgoing president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, says the number of drug cheats in sport has gone down since he took office. Fahey made the comments at a press conference before the start of the 2013 WADA Conference on Doping in Sport in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday. The Australian has led WADA since 2007. “The number of cheaters overall is less than when he started," Fahey said when asked what...