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Paralypmic dressage champion Formosa "in shock" at Australia Day honour

  • Equestrian News

By Nick ButlerFebruary 1 - London 2012 dressage gold medal winner Joanne Formosa admitted she was "in shock" after being one of 35 Paralympians recognised during last week's Australia Day celebrations.

Liesl Tesch, as well as members of the nation's victorious wheelchair rugby team.Eight time London 2012 swimming


Stoke Mandeville Stadium invests in healthy future for local community

  • Paralympics

By Paul OsborneFebruary 1 - Stoke Mandeville Stadium is set to install 36 pieces of cardiovascular machinery into its gym as the United Kingdom's National Centre for Disability Sport continues to invest in health and the well-being of the community.

on the fifth, and 6.45am-6pm on the sixth.Other activities will be available for members including swimming


IPC to mark 25-year anniversary with major gathering in Berlin

  • Paralympics

By Gary AndersonJanuary 30 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will mark its 25-year anniversary with a major gathering of its membership at the Scandic Hotel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, from October 3 to 5.

alpine skiing, biathlon, athletics, cross-country skiing, ice sledge hockey, powerlifting, shooting, swimming


Rebecca Adlington to mentor six young British swimmers

  • Aquatics

By Paul OsborneJanuary 30 - Double Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington will mentor a group of British swimmers as part of a new programme geared at supporting "the next generation of medallists".

I'm really keen to pass on any advice I may have gained through my experience of swimming and do all

Belgrade.Lauren Quigley became the British champion in the 100m backstroke at the 2013 British Gas Swimming

I'm also hoping to pick up some extra tips and knowledge from Becky's years of being involved with swimming

reduction in Podium and Potential Podium squad for 2014August 2013: British Swimming will make changes

after worst World Championships for 15 years, promises head coachJune 2013: British Swimming look to



Member of Russian Sochi 2014 team reportedly among three biathletes to fail drugs tests

  • Biathlon

By Nick ButlerJanuary 29 - Irina Starykh, the reigning European champion selected for the Russian Olympic team, is reportedly among three biathletes who have failed drugs tests.

as another major blow for Russian authorities after a period riddled with drugs test failures, with swimming

commission.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesJanuary 2014: Swimming


Eindhoven announced as host venue for 2014 IPC European Swimming Championships

  • Swimming News

IPC) today announced the Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium in Eindhoven will play host to this year's Swimming

swimmers from nearly 40 countries are expected to descend on the Dutch city, which hosted the 2010 IPC Swimming

backstroke.Dutchman Marc Evers will be one of the home stars looking to impress in Eindhoven at the IPC Swimming

all over Europe [to] Eindhoven this summer," said Erik van Heijningen, President of the Royal Dutch Swimming

The pool has long been a top-quality destination for elite-level swimming competitions and we are glad

We expect competition to be fierce ahead of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow and


More than 1,500 people set to take part in Sochi 2014 Paralympic Torch Relay

  • Sochi 2014 Paralympics

By Nick ButlerJanuary 28 - More than 1,500 people will participate in a Sochi 2014 Paralympic Torch Relay passing through 46 cities in eight Federal Districts of Russia, it has been announced.

people with disabilities, with notable participants set to include the triple Olympic synchronised swimming


Baku 2015 begin 500-day countdown to inaugural European Games

  • Baku 2015

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 28 - The 500-day countdown to the start of the inaugural European Games in Baku has begun, with organisers promising they are "on target to host a spectacular festival of sport".

will use the Games as a qualifying platform for the Rio 2016 Olympics.They are: cycling, shooting, swimming


Universal Sports signs multi-year deal to broadcast FINA events in United States

  • Aquatics

By Gary AndersonJanuary 27 - American broadcaster Universal Sports has signed a new multi-year media rights agreement which will see it broadcast the marquee events on the International Aquatics Federation (FINA) calendar across the United States up until 2021.

As future American and international swimming stars rise in prominence, Universal Sports will bring the

well as broadcasting action for the World Championships, which encompasses events in men's and women's swimming

, diving, water polo, synchronised swimming and open water swimming, the deal also includes other World

Championship competitions.Katie Ledecky will be one of the stars that US swimming fans will be cheering


Kevan Gosper: A wise IOC head who would be as much at home in Davos as Lausanne

  • The Big Read

One of the wise heads of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently moved upstairs to honorary status on attaining the age of 80.Kevan Gosper's autobiography, published just ahead of the Sydney Olympics in 2000, was titled An Olympic Life - and that is exactly what it has been for well over half a century, right back to 1956 when, at 22, he anchored the Australian men's 4x400 metres relay team to a silver medal at his previous home Games in Melbourne.Gosper was elected an IOC member a few months after Jimmy Carter took over as United States President in 1977,...

[Our] flagship team [swimming] took us by surprise. In other sports we held up quite well..."


World Squash chief set to be new President of Indian Olympic Association

  • Olympics

By Duncan MackayJanuary 25 - World Squash Federation (WSF) chief Narayana Ramachandran is set to be elected unopposed next month as the new President of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which is seeking to end its international isolation.

Also unopposed for the post of senior vice-president will be Virendra Nanavati, chief executive of the Swimming


Paralympic swimmer Jacqueline Freney named Young Australian of the Year

  • Swimming News

By Zjan ShirinianJanuary 25 - Paralympic swimmer Jacqueline Freney has been named Young Australian of the Year, after winning eight gold medals out of eight at London 2012.

To be named Young Australian of the Year is a life changing achievement and on behalf of the entire swimming


USOC announces 2014 Warrior Games set for September in Colorado

  • Paralympics

By Gary AndersonJanuary 24 - US Paralympics, a division of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) has announced the 2014 Warrior Games are set to take place at the US Olympic Training Centre and US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs from September 28 to October 4.

six days of competition athletes will participate in archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming