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USA Swimming Sets Dates for 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Competition from June 26-July 3 in Omaha, Nebraska, to select U.S. Olympic Team COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming, in collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee and the Omaha Sports Commission, today announced the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming will be held Sunday, June 26, through Sunday, July 3, 2016, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the CenturyLink Center Omaha. The eight-day competition serves as the sole qualifier for the pool swimmers on the U.S. Olympic Team...
"The Cayman Islands Amatuer Swimming Association (CIASA) has made extensive preparations and a significant investment in the success of the 2014 UANA Open Water Swimming Championships. This is a country with a long association with Open Water Swimming and a place where your swimmers can expect optimal conditions on 7 Mile Beach. Only 7 National Federations affiliated to UANA have advised CIASA of their intention to participate in the event. I'm appealing to the 34 federations to contact Bailey Weathers as soon as possible to indicate their willingness to support...
Amy Van Dyken-Rouen going home for first time since accident Nick Zaccardi Sep 5, 2014, 11:48 AM EDT Leave a comment AP Six-time Olympic swimming champion Amy Van Dyken-Rouen said she is ready to return to her Arizona home for the first time since a June 6 ATV accident that severed her spine and left her paralyzed. Van Dyken-Rouen updated her rehab in an interview with Matt Lauer on TODAY on Friday. She said she still hopes to be able to walk again (Van Dyken-Rouen has taken steps powered by...
Carrying the Clean Sport Message to the Athletes of Tomorrow -- Op-Ed 08/11/14 Olympic champion and WADA Athlete Committee member Kirsty Coventry (WADA) As someone who has always held strong views on anti-doping in sport, the opportunity to join WADA’s Athlete Committee in 2013 was something I wanted to grasp with both hands. I have always believed that as a professional athlete it is my responsibility to speak up on the matters that directly impact sport, and speaking up on the issue of doping is no different. Growing up as...
PASO General Assembly postponed because Vázquez Raña ill Thursday, 04 September 2014 Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 4 By Nick Butler Next week's General Assembly of the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) has been postponed, reportedly because of health concerns affecting President Mario Vázquez Raña. The General Assembly, seen as an important step on the road to the Toronto 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games next July, was due to start on Sunday (September 7) at the Mexican beach resort Puerto Vallarta and...
Athletes Raising Concerns About Rio 2016 Preparations 06/17/14 Construction at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park. (Getty Images) (ATR) Claudia Bokel said in an interview she is starting to hear some concerns about the pace of preparation, but “not that many.” Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizers have come under fire for the perceived slow pace of work on the Games. IOC vice president John Coates said Rio’s Olympic work was the “worst” he has seen. Bokel declined to specify what athletes are saying, but she pointed out that she has heard...
Call for Greater Athlete Participation in Olympic Reforms 07/28/14 Olympian and IOC Athletes Commission chair Claudia Bokel. (ATR) (ATR) The chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission says athletes should be "at the heart of the movement" in Olympic Agenda 2020 deliberations. Olympic Agenda 2020 is a process initiated last year by IOC President Thomas Bach to bring changes to the way the IOC and the Olympic Games are administered. Speaking at the 18th International Menarini Fair Play Awards July 24 in Italy, Claudia Bokel said Olympians must be part of...
ACAPULCO, MEXICO--The Mexican Swimming Federation, Federación Mexicana de Natación, is holding a technical congress today in Acapulco, Guerrero. http://www.fmn.org.mx/w/ESP/convocatorias/natacion/congreso-tecnico-2014/3469
GUARATINGUETA, BRAZIL--The 2014 Brazil Summer Championships (Jose Finkel) 25m began yesterday and continues through September 6th in Guaratinguetá, São Paulo. It is the selection meet for Brazil's team to the 2014 Short Course Worlds. Results from it are available online here: http://cbdaweb.org.br/cbda/natacao/evento/23/2014//relatorios
