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United States team arrive in Glasgow for Duel in the Pool

  • Aquatics

States squad has arrived in Scotland ahead of taking on a European All Stars team in the "Ryder Cup" of swimming

The two-day Duel in the Pool, held at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre venue which will also

host swimming at next year's Commonwealth Games, sees swimmers competing for points across a range of

It is a fantastic opportunity for us to try out the newly refurbished Tollcross International Swimming




Winter Triathlon World Championships to return to Cogne

  • Triathlon

By Nick ButlerDecember 13 - Italian town Cogne will host the Winter Triathlon World Championships the second successive year following the success of the 2013 event, it was announced today.

Winter triathlon substitutes swimming for cross country skiing ©Getty ImagesIn addition to the elite


Outside construction work completed on Aquatics Centre as London 2012 legacy drive continues

  • London 2012

By Nick ButlerDecember 13 - Redevelopment work on the outside of the London 2012 Aquatics Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has been completed, it was announced today. 

national and international events, including the World Diving Series in 2014 and the European Swimming

open to the ommunity and will host a variety of activities including fitness and family swim sessions, swimming

underway for London Aquatics Centre in Olympic ParkJuly 2013: London wins bid to host 2016 European Swimming


New podium centres unveiled by Swimming Australia in latest attempt to revive fortunes

  • Aquatics

By Nick ButlerDecember 13 - Swimming Australia have announced 15 podium centres for 2014 in a latest

the National Training Centre in Canberra, replacing the previous Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) swimming

This was something explained further by Swimming Australia chief executive Mark Anderson who described

"To have more than 30 centres express interest in being involved in Australian swimming as a podium centre

Working in partnership with each centre, Swimming Australia will make investments into key areas that

Australia going Dutch with new head coachAugust 2013: Swimming Australia appoints America's Cup hero


New survey shows big decrease in football participation across England

  • London 2012

By Paul OsborneDecember 12 - Football "needs to get its act together" claims chief executive of Sport England Jennie Price following the publication today of the bi-annual Active People Survey which saw a drop in participation cross the country.

olds participating regularly in sport of around 79,000 since April's survey.Also, 16 sports, including swimming


Cwmbran Stadium honour for late Hallam

  • Paralympics

By Duncan MackayDecember 12 - Tribute has been paid to Chris Hallam, one of the pioneers of Paralympic sport who died earlier this year, by Welsh officials at Cwmbran Stadium who have renamed a suite in his honour.

Hallam represented Britain in athletics and swimming at four Paralympics at Stoke Mandeville 1984, Seoul

Everything started here for him with the swimming and then obviously with the track and the weights,"


Speedo partners with Duel in the Pool

  • Aquatics

part of a deal that starts with this year's edition, taking place at Glasgow's Tollcross International Swimming

US.The Glasgow event, due to take place on December 20 and 21, will be the highest profile international swimming

event to take place at the Tollcross Swimming Centre ahead of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and

Speedo is delighted to be a premier partner of Duel in the Pool which gives swimming fans the chance


Swimming Australia announces new Paralympic coach for National Training Centre

  • Swimming News

By Paul OsborneDecember 11 - Swimming Australia has announced the appointment of Ukrainian-born Yuriy

to raise the competition standard and maintain our position as the number one nation in Paralympic swimming

," said Mark Anderson, chief executive of Swimming Australia.

severe disabilities.He also has experience with working at the NTC after recently taking part in the Swimming

Development Camp, "Road to Rio", where he was appointed as skills coach and was responsible for the swimming

Yuriy has an unbelievable technical knowledge and understanding of Paralympic swimming," he said.



Australia sets Paralympic swimmers on road to Glasgow 2014

  • Swimming News

By Emily GoddardDecember 9 - Swimming Australia has revealed that it is sending a five-strong squad of

Ashleigh McConnell will be among the Australian athletes competing at the Can-Am Para Swimming Championships

in Edmonton ©Getty ImagesMark Anderson, chief executive of Swimming Australia, claimed the funding is

The Can-Am Para Swimming Championships will run from December 13 to 15.Contact the writer of this story


French Olympic and world champion swimmer Leveaux retires

  • Aquatics

GoddardDecember 9 - Amaury Leveaux, who won gold with his French teammates in the 4x100 metres freestyle swimming

Swimming has given a lot to me...But I wanted to move on," he told French television channel beIN Sport

in both relay and individual events.He also is the current 100m freestyle world record holder after swimming

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