Tag: Swimmer
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FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014 debuts in Madrid
Lausanne, Feb 12, 2014: The international diving elite will gather in Madrid (ESP) for the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2014, organized from February 14-16. Eight events are on the competition programme: 3m springboard, 10m platform, 3m springboard synchro and 10m platform synchro for men and women. Each year, the FINA Diving…
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World champions ready for open water action!
Lausanne, Jan 29, 2014: Poliana Okimoto (BRA), Martina Grimaldi (ITA), Thomas Lurz (GER) and Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE) were among those to win big at the last FINA World Championships in Barcelona, each of them capturing gold. The World champions will be among the big names of open water swimming to attend the inaugural leg of…
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Montenegro, Serbia, Hungary strengthen lead
Lausanne, Jan 15, 2014: With the European preliminaries well underway for the men’s and women’s FINA Water Polo World League, 2014 promises to be another exciting year for water polo. The third round of the men’s preliminaries was held on January 14, with the teams of Hungary, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro each claiming a win.…
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Australia Leads Gold medal tally on day 3
DUBAI – UAE, August 28, 2013: The Australian team had another great night in the pool on Day 3 of the 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships taking two gold and one bronze to lead the gold medal tally with six, ahead of USA with five and Russia with four. The US remains in the…
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FINA and OC praise successful edition in Barcelona
Barcelona – Spain, August 04, 2013: The eighth and last day of the swimming competitions at the 15th FINA World Championships was marked by the variety of nations getting gold in the eight finals in the programme. Only one country – France – clinched two gold medals, thanks to the performance of Camille Lacourt in…
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Ledecky& Meilutyte set their second WR
Barcelona – Spain, August 04, 2013: Marton Szivos and Viktor Nagy delivered when needed as Hungary won a third men’s Water Polo World Championship by beating Montenegro in a heart-stopping 8-7 on the final day at the Bernat Picornell Pool. Hungary just loves winning in Barcelona, collecting the crown in 2003 and the title 30…
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Duque, the King in Barcelona, Treble for Franklin
Barcelona – Spain, Aug 01, 2013: 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…
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Brazil’s Okimoto, Cunha finish 1-2 in women’s 10km
Barcelona – Spain, July 24, 2013: 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…
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Team Ukraine makes world podium debut
Barcelona – Spain, July 23, 2013: Ukraine celebrated their first trip to the podium at a World Championship (in synchronised swimming) with a bronze-medal winning performance in the team technical routine. The podium was exclusively European with Russia and Spain finishing 1-2. This evening at Barcelona’s Palau Sant Jordi, the Russians showed what they do…
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Barcelona 2013: 120 days to go!
Lausanne, Mar 20, 2013: The countdown has started! In 120 days, the 15th FINA World Championships will begin in Barcelona on July 19, arousing a worldwide wave of enthusiasm and highlighting the top athletes in FINA’s five sports – Swimming, Water polo, Diving, Synchronised swimming and Open water. MEDIA ACCREDITATION Media accreditation for the 15th…