FINALIZA CONGRESO EXTRAORDINARIO DE CONSANAT Jueves 25 de Julio de 2013 16:29 | Escrito por Lester Fiorillo En la ciudad de Barcelona, sede de los mundiales de natación, se realizó el Congreso Extraordinario de CONSANAT, que tenia como unico objetivo definir la fecha del próximo Congreso Ordinario de la misma. La totalidad de los Delegados de las afiliadas, acogío la recomendación expresada por algunos y aprobó que tal como lo dictan los estatutos, el Congreso Ordinario de CONSANAT, se realice antes de las competencias de natación, dentro del marco de...

Courageous Canadians eighth in free duet at FINA World Championships BARCELONA – Emilia Kopcik of Surrey, B.C., and Stephanie Leclair of Gatineau, Que., completed a gutsy performanceon Thursday placing eighth in the free duet final in synchronized swimming at the FINA World Aquatic Championships. Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of Russia won the gold medal with 97.680 points, Tingting Jiang and Wenwen Jiang of China were second at 95.350 and Ona Carbonell and Margalida Crespi Jaume of Spain third at 94.990. Russia has won all five synchro gold medals so...

U.S. PLACES SIXTH IN 5K TEAM EVENT AT FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1 1 7/25/2013 The United States’ trio of Haley Anderson (Granite Bay, Calif.), Andrew Gemmell (Wilmington, Del.) and Sean Ryan (Chattanooga, Tenn.) placed sixth Thursday in the open water 5-kilometer team event at the 2013 FINA World Championships. The Americans finished with a time of 54:44.7. Germany touched more than one minute clear of the field to wingold in 52:54.9. The silver and bronze medals were decided by just two-tenths of a second, as Greece was second in 54:03.3...

Record breaking continues for Evan White at Age Group Nationals MONTREAL – Evan White of Oakville, Ont., lowered his second national 15-17 age group mark in less than a week on Wednesday to open the 2013 Canadian Age Group Swimming Championships at the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex. White, who qualified for Canada’s world junior team last week at Summer Nationals, clocked 54.05 seconds in the men’s 17-18 age group 100-m butterfly to eclipse the previous record of 54.30 set by Curtis Lutsch of Calgary in 2008. “It felt pretty good,”...

The team from Germany fueled by 33 year old Thomas Lurz captured the 5K Team event today. Isabelle Harle and Christian Reichert were part of the gold medal winning German team finishing in 52:54.9. Lurz now has a complete set of medals after having previously place second in the 5K on Saturday and 3rd in the 10K on Monday. In the 2011 Shanghai edition the German team which include Lurz and Harle placed third. Spyridon Gianniotis led the Greek team to their silver medal performance posting a time of 54:03.3,...

Newsletter #6 // July 25, 2013 FOLLOW US This newsletter provides you with the daily information and news on the 15th FINA World Championships. THOMAS LURZ POWERS HIS GERMAN TEAMMATES TO GOLD IN TEAM 5KM EVENT The team from Germany fueled by 33 year old Thomas Lurz captured the 5km Team event today. Isabelle Harle and Christian Reichert were part of the gold medal winning German team finishing in 52:54.9. Lurz now has a complete set of medals after having previously place second in the 5km on Saturday and third...

FINA Technical Swimming Congress and Extraordinary Master Congress Held in Barcelona BARCELONA, SPAIN--FINA held a Swimming Technical Congress (TC) this morning and an Extraordinary Masters Congress this afternoon both in Barcelona. FINA has issues brief reports on both of these meetings; including a portion of the outcomes from each. Reported from the FINA Swimming Technical Congress are: -World Records will now be recognized for long course, 400, mixed relays (medley and free). Note: splits from these relays cannot be used for records or entry purposes. -World Records will now be...

Canadian women go toe-to-toe with World Champion Greece Barcelona, July 25, 2013 – Canada’s senior women water polo team proved they should not be counted out of the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, ending their last game of the preliminary round in an 8-8 tie with the current titleholders from Greece. The Canadians bounced back from a 10-8 loss against the 2012 Olympic gold medal winning U.S.A. on July 23, and played a much stronger defensive game on Thursday against their European counterparts. Joelle Bekhazi, from Montreal, was Canada’s...

Young Canadian team 12th in open water team event BARCELONA - Canada’s open water team achieved its goal of a top-12 finish in Thursday’s 5-kilometre team event at the FINA World Championships in Barcelona. The team of Philippe Guertin, Eric Hedlin and Zsofi Balazs crossed the finish line at Moll de la Fusta in 57:13.7, good for 12th in the race. “It’s a hard race because we’re a new team,” said Balazs. All three swimmers had to finish, with the team’s time based on the last person to cross the...

Danielle Hanus up to three gold at age group nationals MONTREAL – Danielle Hanus of Newmarket, Ont., has found a remedy to the sting of not making the world junior team at last week’s summer nationals: relax and have fun. Hanus is up to a meet high three individual gold after two days of competition at the 2013 Canadian Age Group Nationals at the Parc Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex. Competing in the 15 and under age group she won the 100-m butterfly on Wednesday and took the 400-m individual medley and...