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International Swimming Hall of Fame

Announces 2019 Induction Class and 55th

Annual Ceremony!

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) Induction Ceremony is shaping up to be a star-studded weekend with multiple events spread out over three days in beautiful Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Make your plans now to attend the weekend of May 17-19, 2019

The Weekend Lineup

·         Honor Swimmers

Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL)

Jason Lezak (USA)

Stephanie Rice (AUS)

Britta Steffen (GER)

·         Honor Water Polo Player

Alessandro Campagna (ITA)

·         Honor Diver

Ting Li (CHN)

·         Honor Synchronized Swimmer

Olga Sedakova (RUS)

·         Honor Open Water Swimmer

Marcy MacDonald (USA)

·         Honor Coach

Boris Popov (RUS)

·         Honor Contributor

Dr. Ferenc Salamon (HUN)

·         Honor Pioneer

Alfred Nakache* (FRA)

·         Gold Medallion Recipient

Dr. Joseph MacInnis

Swimming News

LESS THAN 200 DAYS TO GO…

Less than 200 days to go until the FINA World Championships in Gwangju! ✨👏🎫

Tickets are now available here : https://tickets.gwangju2019.com/en/#FINA

 

FINA COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

FINA SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT… The social media report for the 14th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), held in Hangzhou, China from December 11-16, 2018, and the FINA World Aquatics Gala “Soirée des Etoiles” is now available.Go to: FINA.org

 

WATER POLO And we are back in the pool! The first official Women’s #WPWL19 games of the new year are around the corner. Game Day 7 of the Euro Prelims starts today: Follow all the action on FINAtv.live! 🤽🏻‍♀

Start your free trial here: www.finatv.live

 

ARIARNE TITMUS IS SHOWING THINGS WE HAVE ONLY SEEN FROM…KATIE LEDECKY 
by Andy Ross
Ariarne Titmus had a spectacular meet at the recent World Short Course Championships, including a world record in the 400 meter free. The Aussie distance swimmer also was competitive in the sprint events—something the sport has only seen recently from American superstar Katie Ledecky.

 

 

OLIVIA SMOLIGA RETURNS TO WORLD DOMINATION WITH FRESH FOCUS 
by Dan D’Addona
Olivia Smoliga captured eight gold medals at the 2018 FINA World Short Course Championships. What she took away from the meet was her improvement in the way she raced and the confidence she felt throughout the meet—something she had been struggling with the past couple of years.

 

SWIMMING WORLD’S TOP FIVE DIVING MOMENTS OF 2018
by Erin Keaveny
Daniel Restrepo Garcia, Rhiannan Iffland, the Chinese national team, Zhang Jiaqi and David Boudia all turned in outstanding diving performances in 2018. But who’s No. 1?

 

OLYMPIC CHAMPION MISSY FRANKLIN ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
by Andy Ross
2012 Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin, 23, recently announced she is retiring from competitive swimming in a first-person letter she wrote to ESPN.

 

News Update

INTERNATIONAL MEET RESULTS:

–2018 FINA SHORT COURSE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (11-16 DECEMBER):

http://omegatiming.com/Competition?id=000112010CFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2018

–2018 SCOTTISH SHORT COURSE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (7-9 DECEMBER) –

http://www.swimscotland.co.uk/meets18/SNSC/index.htm

–2018 IRISH SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (6-9 DECEMBER) –

http://www.sports-tek.com/TMOnline/aMEETS.asp?DB=upload\SwimIrelandOfficeCopy.mdb

News Update

Aquatic Test Events For Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Announced 
https://swimswam.com/aquatic-test-events-for-2020-olympic-games-announced/

Taiwan Risking Its Right To Compete At 2020 Olympics With New Referendum
https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/taiwan-risking-its-right-to-compete-at-2020-olympics-with-new-referendum/

Full Final 2018 FINA World Cup Standings
https://swimswam.com/full-final-2018-fina-world-cup-point-standings/

INTERNATIONAL MEET RESULTS:
–50TH TOKYO SWIMMING CENTER INVITATIONAL (21-25 NOVEMBER) : http://www.swim-record.com/swims/ViewResult/?h=V0100&code=1318631
–2018 FINA WORLD CUP – SINGAPORE (15-17 NOVEMBER) : http://omegatiming.com/Competition?id=000112010BFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2018

INTERNATIONAL MEET RESULTS

–2018 FINA WORLD CUP TOKYO (9-11 NOVEMBER): http://omegatiming.com/Competition?id=000112010AFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF&sport=AQ&year=2018

–2018 RUSSIAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (7-12 NOVEMBER) :http://www.russwimming.ru/upload/live/4R_SC_2018/index.html

–45TH NICO SAPIO TROPHY (9-10 NOVEMBER): http://fin2018.microplustiming.com/indexNU_0910Nov_Genova_web.php

–2018 BUCS SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (9-11 NOVEMBER): http://bucsswimming.org.uk/sc18/index.php

–2018 SOUTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (7-11 NOVEMBER): http://fdpn.org/Resultados/sudamericano2018/

 

News Update

–2018 AUSTRALIAN SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS (25-27 OCTOBER): http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/SAL/2018SC_017852/

–2018 INTERNATIONALES SCHWIMFESTIVAL – AACHEN (26-28 OCTOBER) : http://livetiming.cps-zeitmess.de/index.php?page=322&id=269

–JAPAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SELECTION MEET (27-28 OCTOBER): http://swim.seiko.co.jp/

GAF Launches The Elite Squad: India’s 1st Holistic Swimming Scholarship Scheme

GAF Launches The Elite Squad: India‘s 1st Holistic Swimming Scholarship Scheme

Italian Swimming Federation Announces ‘Energy For Swim 2018’ In December

Italian Swimming Federation Announces ‘Energy for Swim 2018’ Dec 20-21

News Update

FINA has named host cities and dates for a 7-stop 2019 World Cup series, with the format of the series to be discussed and decided during the Short Course World Championships later this year.

In a direct inversion of the 2018 lineup, the 2019 series will start with a three-stop cluster in Asia, followed by a two-stop European cluster, with the final cluster featuring stops in Kazan, Russia and Doha, Qatar. The 2018 schedule started in Kazan and Doha, with the European cluster remaining in the middle and the three-stop Asian cluster closing out the series. (source: FINA.org)

Here are the hosts and dates for 2019:

Cluster 1 (Asia) 
1.    Tokyo (JPN) – August 2-4
2.    Beijing (CHN) – August 8-10
3.    Singapore (SGP) – August 15-17

Cluster 2 (Europe)
4.    Eindhoven (NED) – September 27-29
5.    Budapest (HUN) – October 3-5

Cluster 3 
6.    Kazan (RUS) – November 1-3
7.    Doha (QAT) – November 7-9

INTERNATIONAL SWIM MEET RESULTS:
2018 MANCHESTER INT’L SWIM MEET (20-21 OCTOBER) :  http://www.cityofmanchesterswimteam.co.uk/Live_Results/index.php

 

Applications Open For Joseph Schooling Scholarship Grant 
https://swimswam.com/application-period-open-for-joseph-schooling-scholarship-grant/