Lima Wins the 2019 Pan American Games Lima hosted the IOC Sport for All Conference earlier this year. (Getty Images) Lima, Peru will host the 2019 Pan American Games. Lima proposes the games be held July 26-August 11. The Peruvian Capital beat out Ciudad Bolivar, La Punta, and Santiago at a vote in the PASO General Assembly in Toronto, Canada. Peru has never hosted a Pan American Games. An athlete’s village holding 9,000 athletes will be built for the games, only 20 minutes from many venues. The village will be...

Swimming World Cup resumes in Moscow Ready for more World Cup action? The FINA Swimming World Cup 2013 resumes in Moscow (RUS) this week-end, October 12-13! The second cluster's first stage will be followed by Dubai (UAE) from October 17-18 and Doha (QAT) from October 20-21. The heavyweights of the international swimming scene will be racing for top honours in the Russian capital, which is hosting the Swimming World Cup for the tenth times. Prize money is distributed to all medallists of the 34 individual events at each meet. Besides,...

Pan Am Games: Swimming superstars may be able to come to Toronto after all The Toronto Pan Am Games run July 10-26 and the aquatics worlds had been scheduled to begin July 19. Text size: Increase Decrease Reset Share via Email Print Report an Error Save to Mystar DAVID GRAY / REUTERS Missy Franklin of the U.S. poses with her gold medal after winning the women's 100m backstroke final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Aquatics Centre July 30, 2012. By: Kerry Gillespie Sports reporter, Published on Thu...

PASO Confident Lima Will Deliver "Great" Pan American Games 10/11/2013 (ATR) Mario Vazquez Rana, the top Olympic official in the Americas, offered his support for Lima, the host of the 2019 Pan American Games. Lima and PASO president Mario Vazquez Rana sign the host city contract. (ATR) The Peruvian capital won the vote on Friday at the Pan American Sports Organization General Assembly in Toronto on the first ballot. Lima defeated Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela; La Punta, Argentina; and Santiago, Chile. Speaking at a press conference following the vote, Vazquez Rana...

Four award winners announced for 2013 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly Awards Gala COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States Olympic Committee today announced the recipients of four annual awards, which will be presented at a celebratory dinner during the 2013 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Assembly that will take place Oct. 10-11 at the Antlers Hilton Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. The awards gala will conclude the Assembly on the evening of Oct. 11, and feature former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the keynote speaker and Rowdy Gaines,...

Triple Olympic medallist appointed Canada Chef de Mission for Toronto 2015 Thursday, 10 October 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 4 By Duncan Mackay at the Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre in Toronto October 10 - Three-time Olympic cycling medallist Curt Harnett has been appointed as Chef de Mission for Canada's team at the 2015 Pan American Games, it was announced here today. The appointment of the 48-year-old, who is from the city, was made by Macel Aubut, President of the Canadian Olympic...

San Antonio Awarded 2015 USA Swimming Summer Nationals & Juniors USA Swimming announced today that San Antonio, Texas, has been awarded two of the sport’s top domestic meets in 2015 – the Phillips 66 National Championships and Speedo Junior National Championships. San Antonio’s Northside Swim Center is slated to host both competitions. Completed in July 2013, the facility features a 50-meter, Olympic-size outdoor pool and 25-meter diving and warm-up pool. The outdoor swim center features shaded seating for 2,400 spectators, as well as high-tech timing, lighting, sound and video scoreboard...

Swimming Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Two Stimulants (Ottawa, Ontario – October 9, 2013) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Dmitry Shulga, a swimming athlete, has received an 11-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected during in-competition doping control on February 16, 2013, revealed the presence of prohibited stimulants, N-ethyl-l-phenyl-2-butanamine and 1-phenyl-2-butanamine. N-ethyl-l-phenyl-2-butanamine and 1-phenyl-2-butanamine are classified as “specified substances” on the World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List, banned in-competition. Under the rules of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP),...

Royal Canadian Mint to produce medals for Toronto 2015 Wednesday, 09 October 2013 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 4 By Duncan Mackay at the Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre in Toronto October 9 - Medals for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan Games in Toronto will be designed and produced by the Royal Canadian Mint, it was announced here today. As the Official Medals Design and Production Supplier for the Games, the Mint will produce athlete and participant medals, as well as offer...

Windsor to host 2016 FINA Diving World Championships from 2014 to 2017 Windsor city council voted in favour Monday night to hosting the FINA Diving World Series and the 2014 Ontario Summer Games. The city has signed off on a $1-million spend over the next four years to host four major diving competitions. Council also approved a bid, in principle, on the Ontario Summer Games. The operating budget for the games would be about $2.4 million, but after an $800,000 grant, the city's portion would be under $1.6 million. Windsor...