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...

BARCELONA, Spain -- The international swimming federation will conduct more than 800 doping tests at the world championships. FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu says 485 athletes will be given surprise blood tests in Barcelona in the days before competition and another 320 will undergo either blood or urine tests during the event, which starts Friday. Marculescu says "I hope we have records and no positive tests." FINA will incorporate the findings into its biological passport program, which started last year with 30 top competitors and has increased to 500. The...

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...

. Barcelona, Spain - July 24 - The USA Men's National Team picked up their first victory at the FINA World Championships with a convincing 16-3 victory over South Africa earlier today. John Mann (Newport Beach, CA/California/NYAC) paced the offensive attack with five goals whileAndy Stevens (Villa Park, CA/LMU/NYAC) went the distance in net, turning aside eight shots. Team USA now moves to 1-1 in group play with Canada remaining on Friday evening to close out preliminary play. Today's match will air on delay on Universal Sports at 6pm et/3pm...

Canada unsuccessful against Croatia Barcelona, July 24, 2013 – The national men’s water polo team was unsuccessful in its campaign against Croatia on Wednesday, losing a 13-8 battle to the 2012 Olympic gold medalists in the preliminary round at the FINA World Aquatic Championships in Barcelona. Canada held back Croatia’s offense until the middle of the first quarter but the effort was insufficient to keep the experienced European team at bay for very long. Croatia had taken a 3-0 lead by the end of the period. “We have made strides...

Chloe Isaac sixth in free solo final at FINA World Championships BARCELONA – Chloe Isaac of Brossard, Que., finished sixth Wednesday in the free solo final in synchronized swimming action at the FINA World Championships. Svetlana Romashina continued Russia’s domination at these worlds earning the gold with 97.340 points. Xuechen Huang of China was second at 95.720 and Ona Carbonell Ballestero of Spain waz third at 94.290. Isaac, a member of Canada’s 2012 Olympic team and a two-time world championships medallist, totalled 89.940 to complete her international debut as Canada’s...

Filion qualifies fourth for 10-m final BARCELONA – Olympic medallist Roseline Filion of Laval, Que., qualified fourth for the women’s 10-metre tower final on Wednesday in diving competition at the FINA World Championships. In the afternoon semis, two-time Olympic champion and defending world champion Ruolin Chen of China posted the top score with 373.65 points. Tonia Couch of Britain was second at 368.15, Yajie Si of China third at 341.85 and Filion followed at 327.45. It was a nice comeback for Filion who ranked 13th in the morning preliminaries. ‘’The...

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE The “President’s Message” is a continuing effort on my part to keep the members of USA Swimming informed about current happenings in our sport and our organization. Please feel free to share the message with others. One of USA Swimming’s best assets is its ongoing commitment to good business planning. We have a “Quad Plan” that is annually reviewed and modified. An essential component of this Quad Plan is a four-year financial plan, which includes an operating budget that is annually approved by both the Board of Directors...

Newsletter #4 // July 23, 2013 follow us This newsletter provides you with the daily information and news on the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona (ESP) Brazil's Okimoto and Cunha finish 1-2 in women's 10km Poliana Okimoto Cintra (BRA) and Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA) signaled Brazil's intentions to be the faces of women's open water swimming in the lead up to the next Olympic Games. Okimoto Cintra (1:58.19.2) touched just three tenths of a second ahead of her teammate (1:58.19.5) in the women's 10km race. Angela Maurer of Germany...

Canada sixth in team free prelims, seventh in duet free prelims at FINA World Championships BARCELONA – Canada is in sixth place after the team free preliminaries on Tuesday in synchronized swimming at the FINA World Championships. Russia leads with 97.390 points, Spain is second at 94.100 and Ukraine third at 93.100. Canada totalled 88.180 to stand sixth heading into Friday’s final. The Canadian swimmers were Sandy Gill of Coquitlam, B.C., Chloe Isaac of Brossard, Que., Emilia Kopcik of Surrey, B.C., Lisa Mikelberg of Montreal, Marie-Lou Morin of Westmount, Que.,...