FOUR MEDALS FOR THE U.S. ON DAY 5 OF WORLDS BARCELONA – American swimmers won four medals – two gold, a silver and a bronze – Thursday at the 15th FINA World Championships. Winning gold for the U.S. was Ryan Lochte in the men’s 200m IM (1:54.98), and Katie Ledecky, Shannon Vreeland, Karlee Bispo and Missy Franklin in the women’s 800m free relay (7:45.14). Jimmy Feigen and Nathan Adrian won silver and bronze in the men’s 100m freestyle in 47.82 and 47.84, respectively. After five days at the Palau Sant...

Swimming Australia announce High Performance Pathway Manager Swimming Australia is pleased to announce that Jamie Salter has been appointed as the new High Performance Pathway Manager to provide leadership and direction for the establishment and delivery of a National Athlete and Coach Talent Development and Identification Program. Salter has worked in a talent and high performance role for British Swimming, where his objectives were to act as a conduit between athletes, coaches and the national program. He brings with him a decade of experience in managing swimming and high performance...

The USA Women's National Team will play for fifth place at the 2013 FINA World Championships following a 12-11 defeat of the Netherlands. Seven different players found the cage for Team USA in the high scoring affair and Betsey Armstrong (Ann Arbor, MI/Michigan/NYAC) went the distance in net stopping ten shots. Team USA will meet Greece for fifth place in a rematch of the opening contest of the tournament, a 12-8 victory for the United States. The match is scheduled for Friday evening at 8:45pm local time/2:45pm et/11:45am pt. This...

Cochrane wins bronze for Canada in exciting 800 BARCELONA – Ryan Cochrane won Canada’s first medal in the pool Wednesday at the FINA World Championships, taking bronze in the 800-m freestyle. Cochrane swam the race in 7:43.70, charging down American Connor Jaeger on the final 100 metres to ensure his third straight world championships medal in the event. The 24-year-old Victoria native won silver at the 2011 worlds in Shanghai, and bronze in 2009 in Rome. China’s Sun Yang took the gold in 7:41.36. Cochrane, who came an agonizing fourth...

Men's 5K The Olympic 10k champion Ous Mellouli from Tunisia won his first world championship title in the 5K sprinting past newcomer Eric Hedlin of Canada and upsetting Thomas Lurz of Germany on his way to the touchpad in the final 100 meters of the race. Mellouli beat Lurz in the Olympic distance event last August, but Lurz dominated the 5K event winning the last seven consecutive world titles, a reign that began in the 2005 world championships in Montreal. Mellouli said he had planned to take a year off...

Newsletter #12 // July 31, 2013 follow us This newsletter provides you with the daily information and news on the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona (ESP) Duque, the King in Barcelona! He was already the most iconic athlete in High Diving. His successes at the Cliff Diving World Series, his charisma and his experience (38 years old) had made Orlando Duque, from Colombia, a symbol of this thrilling and challenging discipline. Today, in the port of Barcelona (ESP) he officially became the first men’s world champion in High Diving,...

Sports Officials Canada Announces 2013 Award Winners and Hall of Fame Inductees OTTAWA — Sports Officials Canada announced today that Canadian Diving legend Beverly Boys and Speed Skating official Jacques Gregoire have been named Canada’s top female and male officials, winning the 2013 SOC Awards of Excellence. They are two of a slate of 4 winners announced by Sports Officials Canada for its annual awards and Hall of Fame inductions. Beverly Boys of Surrey, B.C. has been involved in the sport of diving for 46 years; 16 years as a...

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport to lead anti-doping program at the TORONTO 2015 Games TO2015’s goal is clean Games with level playing field for all athletes competing TORONTO July 30, 2013 – The TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games Organizing Committee (TO2015) has announced the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) will lead anti-doping efforts at the Games. The purpose of the TO2015 Anti-Doping Program is to prevent, deter and detect doping by educating athletes, advocating for a clean sport experience and providing doping control services before and...

U.S. Olympic Committee announces formation of SafeSport Working Group Members tasked with developing recommendations aimed at investigation, adjudication and sanctions COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The United States Olympic Committee today announced the formation of the SafeSport Working Group on Investigation, Adjudication and Sanctions. The working group is charged with making an informed recommendation to the USOC regarding possible models for sport organizations to use for the investigation, adjudication and sanctioning of prohibited conduct. "Sport plays a significant role in the lives of children," said USOC CEO Scott Blackmun. "We have...

. South America shines with Cielo and Felipe Lima The Brazilian Cesar Cielo is now the only non-North American , Australian or European to have five gold medals in the FINA World Championships in long course . He won for the second straight gold from 50m butterfly ( 23:01). Brazil already has seven medals in the competition ( 2 golds , 2 silvers , 3 bronzes ), an unprecedented campaign to the country's history in the FINA World . Celebrating the result that puts even higher in the history of...