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Africa to Get Four New Olympic Swimming Pools in World Aquatics, ANOCA Accord Africa will get a big improvement on its availability of Olympic pools, with four to be built on the continent in the coming years. The project, announced Friday and first reported by Inside the Games, was struck at the As...

By Abby Boone, Swimming World College Intern Most student-athletes graduate from college and begin looking for a steady job, but one Sunshine State swimmer did just the opposite. After swimming for four years and graduating from Florida Southern College with a degree in education, Carlee McDonald qu...

CANCUN, Mexico, March 3. THE first meeting of the FINA Bureau in 2014 took place in Cancun (MEX) on March 1-2, immediately after the organisation of the successful FINA World Water Polo Conference. The main decisions taken by the FINA Bureau include:  Appointment of the two new members of the Execu...

International Olympic Committee members who have resigned, have been recommended for expulsion, are still under investigation or issued a warning in connection with the Salt Lake City bribery scandal inquiry: RESIGNED Bashir Mohamed Attarabulsi, 61, Libya. IOC member since 1977. Former vice presiden...

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LIVERMORE, California, February 5 FINIS, a world leader in technical swimming products announces the sponsorship of former Olympic record-holder, Jason Dunford of Kenya. Dunford swam collegiately for Stanford University, where he was a 14-time NCAA All-American and a 10-time Pac-10 Champion. He made...

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, May 23. THE College Swimming Coaches Association of America's annual awards banquet is always a star-studded affair, at least in terms of the Who's Who of college swimming. This year's event was no exception, with some legendary names in attendance to accept several awards. Tim We...

Don Gambril, a legendary coach in the Olympic and U.S. collegiate canon, voiced his opinions to a local newspaper about the worldwide controversy surrounding a dentist who allegedly shot a famous lion illegally in Africa. Gambril, a member of several prominent Hall of Fame lists and a five-time Olym...

By Phillip Whitten AUSTIN, Feb. 4. LONGTIME Masters swimmer and coach, Keith Bell, announced the formation last week of a new governing body for the sport of adult competitive swimming in the United States. "The Adult Swimming Association (ASA) will certify records, sanction swimming competitions, a...

CHAMALIERES, FRANCE, May 6. ANTHONY Ervin has no need to stay up late at night yet, pacing the floor, in anticipation of a showdown with Algeria's Salim Iles. But Iles is fast establishing himself as Africa's finest sprinter and, no doubt, the personable young Algerian has dreams of, one day...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 22. THE team of Spain, 2013 world champion, got its second victory in the 2014 edition of the FINA Women’s Water Polo World League, after defeating Great Britain in one of the games of the third round of the European preliminaries held on January 21. In the other match...

By Phillip Whitten March 23. THE following is a roundup of important news relating to the Olympics: ALL IN THE COMMONWEALTH: AUSSIE THROWS HIS SUPPORT TO CANADA'S POUND Kevan Gosper, an IOC Vice President has taken the unprecedented step of publicly declaring his preferred candidate to replace J...

By Josh Jeffrey March 13. RUTGERS University junior Michelle DeFreese is one of the nation's top-ranked African-American women swimmers, and a swimmer who could be making big waves in the near future. Currently ranked number 6 in the NCAA in the women's 100 fly (just ahead of another Africa-...

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 28. THE College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) takes great pleasure in announcing the 2014 recipients of our five annual major awards. The awards will be presented at the CSCAA Annual Banquet on Thursday, May 22, 2014 held in conjunction with the CSCAA Conven...