Caldwell, Savard post faster times at Tokyo World Cup TOKYO - Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., and Hilary Caldwell of White Rock, B.C., each reached a final this weekend at a FINA World Cup swimming stop. Savard, the World University Games champion, took sixth spot in the 100-m butterfly for her third final this week over two World Cup events. The race was won by Alicia Coutts of Australia in a World Cup record 55.30 seconds, Yuka Katou of Japan was second in 56.09 and Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden was...

AROUND THE RINGS Rio De Janeiro City Hall inaugurates observation tower on the 1000 Days Milestone 11/8/2013 Rio de Janeiro, 8 November 2013 – As part of the celebrations to mark 1,000 days until the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a milestone which will be reached this Saturday (November 9th), the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Government inaugurated today an observation tower at the Olympic Park. Standing nine metres high, visitors had a privileged view of some of the most important venues that will be used for the sporting mega-event. The first...

31st Pirates Week 5K - Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands Saturday, November 9 http://www.ciasa.ky/EventShow.jsp?id=316294&team=reczzciasa

Jamaica's Alia Atkinson in Second Place after FINA World Cup 25m in Tokyo, Japan Saturday & Sunday (November 9+10) http://www.omegatiming.com/Competition?id=00010D020BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2013 FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 Four WR highlight successful rendezvous in Tokyo (JPN) Lausanne (SUI), November 10, 2013 – The seventh leg of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2013, on November 9-10 in Tokyo (JPN) was highly successful, producing four new World Records and three World Cup records. Individually, Yulia Efimova, from Russia, set a world mark in the women’s 50m breaststroke, while Australia was outstanding in the mixed relays....

Brazil named host of the 30th Summer Universiade in 2019 BRUSSEL, BELGIUM--The International University Sports Federation (FISU) on Saturday elected Brasilia, Brazil as the host of the 30th Summer Universiade in 2019. Originally running for the host of the 2019 World University Games were Brasilia; Budapest, Hungary; and Baku, Azerbaijan. The two other candidates for the Summer Universiade both withdrew their bids; Budapest due to their being awarded the 2021 FINA World Championships. Further information on the 2019 World University Games selection can be found on the FISU website here:...

Synchro Worldwide Seminar concludes in St-Petersburg The FINA Synchronised Swimming Worldwide Seminar 2013 successfully concluded in St-Petersburg, Russia, on November 3. A total 161 synchro judges and coaches representing 55 nations attended the event. One of the seminar's main objective was to review and explain the new rules in synchronised swimming to the synchro judges and coaches. An examination for A Judges also took part at the end of the seminar. Photo and more details at FINA website

Rio 2016 launches Games sport pictograms For the first time all 5 pictograms for the aquatic disciplines are presented as follows: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 7 November 2013: The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games today launches its sport pictograms, continuing the tradition of each edition of the Games defining the sports on its programme through graphic icons. “For the first time, all Olympic and Paralympic sports are individually represented. This is one of our unique contributions to the history of the Games,” said Carlos Arthur...

2013 Peopleýs Choice Race of the Year Nominees ý OTTAWA ý Canadian swimming fans will once again have their say in one of Swimming Canadaýs annual Big Splash Awards. ý Swimming Canada introduced the Peopleýs Choice Race of the Year award last year and the popular fan-vote award is making its return. Swimming Canada staff have nominated six memorable races. Now itýs up to fans of Canadian swimming to vote atý https://www.swimming.ca/RaceoftheYearNominees andýchoose who will receive the Peopleýs Choice Race of the Year award. ý The winner will be announced...

Barcelona 2013 sets new record of TV audience Lausanne (SUI), November 8, 2013 – The 15th FINA World Championships, held in Barcelona (ESP), from July 19 – August 4, 2013 were the most watched ever in the FINA history, reaching a cumulative TV audience of almost 4.5 billion viewers worldwide. According to an independent report made by the company Kantar Media, specialised in media and TV monitoring, the Championships reached a total of 4.487 billion TV viewers, distributed over six categories of programmes: Live, Sports Magazine, Highlights, News, Repeat and...

Rio 2016 has launched the Olympics Games sport pictograms: the 5 Aquatic sports are presented here For the first time all Olympic and Paralympic sports will be individually represented Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 7 November 2013: The Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games today launches its sport pictograms, continuing the tradition of each edition of the Games defining the sports on its programme through graphic icons. “For the first time, all Olympic and Paralympic sports are individually represented. This is one of our unique contributions to...