The UANA Technical Water Polo Committee (TWPC) is pleased to inform you that each UANA National Federation is entitled to nominate up to fifteen (15) referees to the UANA Water Polo Referees List. Any referee that appears on a particular Federation's FINA Water Polo Referees List for 2014 may or may not be included on that Federation's 2014 UANA Referee List but must be identified as a FINA LIST Referee. We encourage the inclusion of your federations FINA List referees on the list but it is not required. Please be...

USA Synchro Names 2014 US Senior National Team Julie Fabre, former French coach and 1996 Olympian, named head coach INDIANAPOLIS - USA Synchro announced its 2014 U.S. Senior National Team on Wednesday following a selection trial in Riverside, Calif. The U.S. national team, which will train in the Bay Area starting in January, is scheduled to compete in eight national and international meets next year. The swimmers earning a spot on the 2014 U.S. Senior National Team are: Anita Alvarez (Kenmore, N.Y./Town of Tonawanda Aquettes) Emma Baranski (Hamden, Conn./New Canaan...

Rio Report - Four Year Anniversary; Busy Month for Rio Organizers 10/2/2013 Rio 2016 leaders celebrate their victory on Oct. 2 in Copenhagen. (Getty Images) Four Year Rio Anniversary October 2, 2013 marks four years since Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympics. In a statement, Rio 2016 President Carlos Arthur Nuzman said it was an “important day” for Rio and the Olympics. “On that date, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded us the opportunity to show that Brazil can deliver the greatest sporting event in the world with...

about THE HABA WABA WATER POLO FESTIVAL 2014 Friday 27 September 2013 in Edinburgh at the Congress of the European Aquatics Federation – (LEN ) will take place the presentation of the 7th edition of Haba Waba International Festival (22-29 June 2014 in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy). The Water Polo Development delegation will consist from Lucio Pisani President, Emanuele Zanatta, Yiannis Giannouris. Ratko Rudic will join also the delegation. They will present the video high lights of the 6th edition and also the brochure with all information for the 7th edition....

Swimming Canada's 104th Annual General Meeting Held in Ottawa Last weekend Ottawa played host to Swimming Canada’s 104th AGM (annual general meeting). The meeting is used to discuss the outcome of the previous year as well as to create plans for the next couple of years heading into RIO 2016. The Canadians could have a much higher medal count in Rio then they did in London with many young swimmers currently moving up the ranks in the college scene. The meeting took place at the Holiday Inn & Suites in...

WADA publishes 2014 Prohibited List September 26, 2013 Following approval by the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Executive Committee on September 11, the 2014 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods is now available. Noteworthy changes to the List, which will come into force on January 1, 2014, include: IN – AND OUT-OF COMPETITION Use of International Non-proprietary Names (INN) With the assistance of the World Health Organisation, the nomenclature of some substances on the List has been updated to International Non-proprietary Names (INN). For ease, however, previous names have been maintained...

World champion Poliana Okimoto of Brazil wins penultimate open water race in Shantou, China FINA 10KM MARATHON SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 Lausanne (SUI), September 30, 2013 – The penultimate stop of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2013 was held in Shantou (CHN) on September 29. In all, 27 women and 34 men from ten countries took the departure in the Xin Jin River. It was a tight finish among men with multiple World champion Thomas Lurz (GER) winning by a fingernail in 1h46m56s54. Climbing the podium in five...

FINA Aquatics World Magazine: Our Readers Ask: Why did only women break World Records at the Barcelona World Championships and during the short course World Cup events? FINA is asking swimming coaches who were in Barcelona to offer their theory on why women have been successful in setting new world records in 2013. Please send your comments to Gregory Eggert and they may be included in the December edition of the FINA Aquatics World Magazine. We request your reply on or before October 10th via email to: [email protected] Your Link...

Spotlight on close Open Water races in Barcelona Strategies of Open Water Swimmers Revealed by Elite Athletes and Coaches Our editors noticed that the margins between competitors in some of the Barcelona open water were razor thin. The tightest races were in the women's events. We compared them with the results of the women's 1500m free. In the 5K Poliana Okimoto Cintra of Brazil finished just .2 of a second behind Haley Anderson, USA In the 10K Ana Marcella Cunha of Brazil was only .3 of a second behind Poliana...

Link to latest edition of FINA Aquatics World Magazine: Spotlight on Barcelona Dear Friend, We have the pleasure to send you the 2013/5 edition of our common FINA Aquatics World Magazine, which besides presenting important moments of the FINA leadership’s activities and the usual columns, it also offers a retrospective view of the Barcelona World Championships from different interesting angles, the new column ‘Readers ask’ and an appetiser of the FINA Photo Competition 2013. In this new digital edition you can also find a high number of video interviews as...