Water Polo Men, Day 7 - Gold Medal: HUN 8 MNE 7 BCN2013 - WATER POLO Russell McKinnon, FINA Press Commission | Print | 03 August 2013 Click this link for complete OMEGA TIMING WATER POLO RESULTS 1 Five years after winning a third consecutive Olympic gold medal and nothing since, Hungary is back on the top of the podium, beating Montenegro 8-7 in an exciting match in front of a near-capacity crowd. Hungarian Viktor Nagy, named the best goalkeeper of the championship, was on fire and Montenegro’s Aleksandar Ivovic...

Click this link for OMEGA TIMING SWIMMING RESULTS – 15th FINA World Championships, Barcelona 2013 Click this link for COMPLETE RESULTS BOOK Review Swimming Men’s 50m Freestyle Cesar Cielo (BRA) becomes the first man to win this race three times. Cielo won his sixth gold medal. The only other swimmer outside the USA or Australia with 6+ gold medals is Alexander Popov (RUS). Cielo has won all his six golds in individual events. Only Michael Phelps (15), Ryan Lochte (9), Grant Hackett (7), Aaron Peirsol (7) and Ian Thorpe (6)...

Two silver, three Canadian records at World Cup EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands – Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., and Chantal Van Landeghem of Winnipeg each won a silver medal and broke a Canadian short course record on Wednesday to open the first stop on the FINA World Cup swimming circuit. It was a great start to the short course season for Canada with Hilary Caldwell of White Rock, B.C., also setting a national mark. In the women’s 100-m butterfly, Jeannette Ottesen Gray of Denmark won the gold medal in 55.97 seconds...

USA Summer Masters Nationals 2013--Mission Viejo, CA Wednesday-Sunday (August 7-11) http://www.usms.org/comp/lcnats13/realtime/

Stamp makes mark in breaststroke at Canada Games SHERBROOKE, Que. – One of the toughest meet records to break at this week’s Canada Games swimming competition have been in the women’s breaststroke events and Erin Stamp of Guelph, Ont., achieved that feat Wednesday in the women’s 100-metre race. Stamp clocked one minute and 11.40 seconds to eclipse the previous Games mark of 1:11.65 set by two-time Olympian Jillian Tyler of Calgary. Marie-Laurence Godin of St-Eustache, Que., who upset Stamp in the 50-metre breaststroke Monday, was second in 1:11.52 and Genevieve...

MINUTES APPROVED BY UANA EXECUTIVE ON JULY 26th UANA Executive Meeting Minutes Rio de Janeiro, Brasil April 12-13, 2013 In Attendance Honorary UANA President - Mr. Coaracy Nunes Filho (BRA) Honorary UANA Life President - Mr. Eldon C. Godfrey (CAN) Honorary UANA Secretary / Treasurer – Mr. Fernando J. Canales (USA) UANA Vice President - Mr. Errol Clarke (BAR) UANA Vice President and WP Technical Committee Chair - Mr. Bill Shaw (CAN) UANA Executive Committee Member - Mr. Luis Leiva Perez (CHI) UANA Executive Committee Member - Mr. Steve McFarland...

A Tale of Two Genders by Casey Barrett The American women have never been stronger… As for the U.S. men? They’re feeling some pain in a post-Phelps universe… They accounted for ten gold medals between them. Six for Missy; Four for Katie. Setting aside the sprints, these two ladies own the long axis. When it comes to freestyle and backstroke, these two teenagers (combined age, 34) are already the two best in history. Missy doesn’t yet have the 100 back world record, and Katie didn’t quite break the suit-assisted world...

Bulletin: Jr. Pan American Diving Championship, Tucson Arizona September 26-29 - Rules Clarification The UANA Technical Diving Committee Commission has determined that the FINA Rules contained in the 2009-2013 Handbook will govern this event. The FINA Rule changes approved in Barcelona at the FINA Congress will become effective for UANA events on October 1, 2013. Enclosed you will find the invitation and pertinent documents for the 2013 UANA Junior Pan American Games will be from September 26-29 at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Complex in Tucson, AZ. Please click here for a...

Shortly after the conclusion of the swimming finals, the Closing Ceremony of the 15th FINA World Championships gathered all the flags of the 180 participating countries in Barcelona (ESP), while the FINA flag was officially given to the city of Kazan (RUS), the next organiser of FINA’s major event in 2015. “We come to the end of a great Aquatic Festival here in Barcelona! During two weeks, our best athletes performed at the highest level with remarkable results. My sincere thank you to all of them! The venues, the Host...

Not just one super swimmer BARCELONA — No, Michael Phelps did not swim even one stroke at the 2013 world championships. Yes, his presence hung over the meet — it being a year to the day that he touched the wall for the last time in the winning medley relay in London, as was helpfully noted in a Facebook post by the U.S. Olympic Team. Is he coming back? Who knows? Whatever Phelps ultimately opts to do, keep at his golf game or again take the plunge, these championships, which...