Montreal high diver fourth at FINA World Championships BARCELONA – Stephanie De Lima of Montreal placed fourth in the inaugural women’s 20-metre high diving event on Tuesday at the FINA world championships. The U.S., was 1-2 with Cesilie Carlton earning the gold with 211.60 points and Ginger Huber second at 206.70. Anna Bader of Germany was third at 203.60 while De Lima followed at 182.55. ‘’My last two dives were probably the best two I’ve ever done in my life,’’ said De Lima, 25, who has been high diving for...

Cochrane looking for medal three-peat BARCELONA - Victoria's Ryan Cochrane will look to make it three straight FINA World Championships medals in the men’s 800-metre freestyle Wednesday in Barcelona. The 24-year-old swam his heat in 7:49.58 Tuesday, putting him in third position heading into Wednesday's final. American Connor Jaeger (7:49.28) and China’s Sun Yang (7:49.37) were the only swimmers faster. “It’s exciting to have a smooth morning swim and it sets me up for tomorrow,” said Cochrane, who just missed a medal in the 400-m Sunday. “It was pretty hard...

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...

Newsletter #11 // July 30, 2013 FOLLOW US WORLD RECORD: Sixteen-year-old Katie Ledecky smashed the 1500 metres freestyle world record on a great day for the USA which brought three world crowns for the Stars and Stripes team. Ledecky prevailed in a monumental duel with Denmark's defending champion Lotte Friis, while Missy Franklin and Matt Grevers grabbed the golds in their respective 100m backstroke finals. Fellow Olympic champion Ruta Meilutyte, born just two days after Ledecky, came tantalisingly close to her own second world record in two days but still...

The following is the list of medals won by the United States at the 15th FINA World Championships. GOLD (3) Open Water 5K – Haley Anderson Women’s 400m Free – Katie Ledecky Women’s 400m Free Relay – Missy Franklin, Natalie Coughlin, Shannon Vreeland, Megan Romano, Simone Manuel (prelims), Elizabeth Pelton (prelims) SILVER (2) Men’s 400m Free Relay – Nathan Adrian, Ryan Lochte, Anthony Ervin, Jimmy Feigen, Ricky Berens (prelims), Conor Dwyer (prelims), Men’s 50m Butterfly – Eugene Godsoe BRONZE (3) Open Water 25K – Eva Fabian Men’s 400m Freestyle –...

After day 2 of the FINA World Championships there have been 54 new/improved times added the Top 10 World Rankings for 2013. The U.S. is leading the world with 11 Splashes. Rank time gender distance stroke_desc first_name last_name NOC swim_date 1 52.33 F 100 Freestyle Cate Campbell AUS 7/28/2013 1 3:59.82 F 400 Freestyle Kathleen Ledecky USA 7/28/2013 2 4:02.47 F 400 Freestyle Melania Costa Schmid ESP 7/28/2013 5 4:03.89 F 400 Freestyle Lauren Boyle NZL 7/28/2013 6 4:04.03 F 400 Freestyle Jazmin Carlin GBR 7/28/2013 7 4:05.01 F 400...

A tremendous next leap BARCELONA — The first-ever high-diving competition at a FINA world championship went down Monday and, yes, said Gary Hunt of Great Britain, one of the 14 divers who took part, there is absolutely an element of crazy involved in throwing yourself off a platform 88 feet high and twisting and spinning your way down for all of like, maybe, three seconds until you hit the water at about 50 miles per hour. “It seems crazy for anyone who hasn’t tried it,” he said, adding a moment...

The USA Women's National Team lost their first match of the FINA World Championships, falling to Spain 9-6 earlier tonight in front of 3300 fans at the Piscines Bernat Picornell. Kami Craig (Santa Barbara, CA/USC/SBWPF) scored three goals in the loss and Betsey Armstrong (Ann Arbor, MI/Michigan/NYAC) posted nine saves in net. The defeat sends Team USA to the 5th-8th place semifinals where they will meet the Netherlands on Wednesday at 5pm local time/11am et/8am pt. Billed as a rematch of the 2012 Olympic Games, some faces changed for both...

Fly girls 5th, 7th in finals debut BARCELONA - Katerine Savard and Noemie Thomas took the next steps in their young careers Monday, finishing fifth and seventh in the women’s 100-metre butterfly at FINA World Championships in Barcelona. Savard went 57.97 for her highest finish ever at worlds, a day after breaking her own Canadian record with a heat swim of 57.31. Thomas, swimming in her first world championships, was close behind at 58.13. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom, 19, won the gold medal in a time of 56.53, ahead of Australia’s...