{"id":434264,"date":"2020-06-03T07:08:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=434264"},"modified":"2020-06-03T07:16:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T14:16:57","slug":"swimming-australia-to-unveil-major-national-events-program-with-state-associations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-australia-to-unveil-major-national-events-program-with-state-associations\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming Australia To Unveil Major National Events Program With State Associations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming Australia in conjunction with its State Associations is preparing to unveil a major domestic competition program to simulate the intensity of international racing in the lead up to next year\u2019s Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The National Events competition program will become a crucial part of the Dolphins racing schedule before and after next June\u2019s Olympic Trials \u2013 which are again expected to be at the SA Aquatic And Leisure Centre.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_434269\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-434269\" data-attachment-id=\"434269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-australia-to-unveil-major-national-events-program-with-state-associations\/qld-signage-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/QLD-SIGNAGE-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 8 Plus&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1576433176&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.99&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"QLD SIGNAGE\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;QLD SIGNAGE&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;SIGN OF THE TIMES: Brisbane Aquatic Centre &#8211; home of the Queensland State Champion ships since 1981. 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Photo Courtesy: Hanson Media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre \u2013 hosts of the NSW State Championships and the Sydney Open Meets \u2013 is also expected to play a key role in the National Events scheduling.<\/p>\n<p>As will three Commonwealth Games venues &#8211; Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre (2006); the Brisbane Aquatic Centre (1982) and the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (2018) along with the HBF Stadium in Perth.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 will almost certainly put a stop to international travel for Australians over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Swimming Australia\u2019s High Performance strategist, dual 1984 Canadian Olympic gold medallist <strong>Alex Baumann<\/strong> has revealed the calendar has already been shared with his elite band of coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Baumann said one of the remaining issues centred around the finalisation of venues \u2013 but he revealed today they were close to making an announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dGiven that everything has shifted for 12 months, I think what\u2019s very important is for Australia to have a strong domestic calendar,\u201d said Baumann.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really don\u2019t know when we will be able to travel internationally again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really think those (international) competitions will be few and far between so what we are trying to do is align all our competitions with the States and the National body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will ensure we have competitions on a monthly event basis \u2026that will simulate that intensity that we really need going in to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. \u201c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming Australia in conjunction with its State Associations is preparing to unveil a major domestic competition program to simulate the intensity of international racing in the lead up to next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7938,"featured_media":434267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,122075],"tags":[15766,120435,42433,123615,7763,6725,123616,82160],"class_list":["post-434264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-oceania","tag-alex-baumann","tag-brisbane-aquatic-centre","tag-gold-coast-aquatic-centre","tag-hbf-stadium","tag-melbourne-sports-and-aquatic-centre","tag-swimming-australia","tag-swimming-nsw","tag-sydney-open"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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