The Junior Competitive Swimmer – Article by Gary Barclay There are many new skills that children will learn when they move into a junior squad. Children will develop the ability to train and to race effectively. The focus will be on improving already established skills and developing excellence in racing and training skills like streamlining, […]
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Rio Olympic pool
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Denmark announces Olympic Swim Team
On Friday, the Danish Swimming Union, Dansk Svømmeunion (DS), announced a 15-swimmer team for the 2016 Olympics in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Team members are: -females (6): Pernille Blume, Sarah Bro, Lotte Friis, Julie Kepp Jensen, Mie Ø. Nielsen, Jeanette Ottesen and Rikke Møller Pedersen. -males (8): Viktor Bromer, Søren Dahl, […]
South Africa name Olympic Swim Team
Near the end of May, the South African Sports Confederation & Olympic Committee (SASCOC) announced the first 24 athletes on South Africa’s team for the 2016 Olympics. Among the 24 were 10 swimmers. After last week’s 10K qualifying races, two additional swimmers have been added, bringing the total to 12. Swimmers on the South Africa […]
Spain announce Olympic Swim Team
The Royal Spanish Swimming Federation, Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN), today has posted its finalized Swimming team for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August. The post expands the team to 23 from the 11 who qualified in March at the 2016 Spain Spring Championships. Team members are: -males (13): […]
Hungary Olympic Swim Team Named
Last week, the Hungarian Swimming Association, Magyar Úszó Szövetség (MUSZ), announced that 29 swimmers have already qualified for Hungary’s team to the 2016 Olympics. Qualified swimmers are: -males (19): Gábor Balog, Péter Bernek, Richárd Bohus, László Cseh, Dávid Földházi, Dániel Gyurta, Gergely Gyurta, Péter Holoda, Tamás Kenderesi, Bence Király, Gergo Kis, Dominik Kozma, Márk […]
2016 Olympic Relay Qualifying Update
The relay qualifying window for the 2016 Olympics closed last Tuesday (May 31), for the 4 unassigned spots in each relay event. Nations had from March 1, 2015 through May 31, 2016 to swim a relay qualifying time. This is for nations who finished outside of the top-12 in each Olympic relay event at the […]
Time Standards for 2017 Swimming Worlds
At the beginning of the month, FINA posted the qualifying system for the Swimming portion of the 2017 World Championships. The posting includes the qualifying times, as well as the window in which the times can be swum. Like previous World Championships, the time standards consist of two times in each individual event: -an A […]
Russia Announce Olympic Swim Team
On Sunday, the Russian Swimming Federation (RSF) announced that 30-swimmers qualified for Russia’s team to the 2016 Olympics at last week’s 2016 Russia Championships. Qualified for Russia’s team to the 2016 Olympics are: -females (11): Sofia Andreeva, Viktoriya Andreeva, Daria Chikunova, Svetlana Chimrova, Anastasiya Fesikova, Natalya Lovtsova, Daria Mullakaeva, Rozaliya Nasretdinova, Arina Openysheva, Veronika […]
Great Britain Olympic Swim Team
Last Thursday, British Swimming announced a 26-swimmer team for the 2016 Olympics in August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Team members are: -males (15): Craig Benson, James Guy, Cameron Kurle, Max Litchfield, Ieuan Lloyd, Stephen Milne, Ross Murdoch, Adam Peaty, Ben Proud, Robbie Renwick, Duncan Scott, Tim Shuttleworth, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Daniel Wallace and Andrew […]