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Swimming Australia turns to hockey for new chief executive

  • Aquatics

By Duncan MackayMarch 21 - Swimming Australia's new chief executive is set to be Mark Anderson, replacing

finalising details of his contract, but Hockey Australia had planned to make this announcement jointly with Swimming

School.Contact the writer of this story at [email protected] storiesNovember 2012: Swimming


Brazilian Paralympic Committee seek inspiration from Asia for new training centre

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Tom DegunMarch 21 - Senior members of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) have visited Seoul and Beijing to assess solutions and ideas for the construction of a new Paralympic Training Centre in São Paulo.

facility, due to be completed in 2015, will accommodate the 14 Paralympic sports of athletics, boccia, swimming



Brazilian athletes must embrace Rio 2016, says Baroness Tanni

  • Rio 2016 Paralympics

By Tom DegunMarch 17 - British legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has urged Brazil's top athletes to embrace the Rio 2016 Paralympics because they offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to compete in front of a home crowd on the biggest stage of all.

important for Brazil to build on the Paralympic success they have had before, especially in athletics and swimming


Perales admits closure of local pool is disrupting preparations for World Championships

  • Swimming News

medallist Teresa Perales has admitted that she fears for her future after the only 50 metres swimming

major disruption for Perales ahead of this year's International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Swimming

 "My training for Montreal is not going very well at all because the swimming pool I have used for

Whilst swimming I'm constantly having to look up in front of me so I don't swim into unsuspecting members


Sport England funding helps rowing club destroyed by fire rises from the ashes

  • Rowing

By Tom DegunMarch 15 - Marlow Rowing Club, devastated by a major fire in 2011, will be rebuilt after receiving a £1 million ($1.5 million/€1.2 million) boost from Sport England's Iconic Facilities legacy fund.

extend the clubhouse and transform it into a regional water sports venue offering canoeing, open water swimming

hope this investment will inspire a new generation to get on the water be it in a boat, a canoe or swimming

Other sports clubs to benefit from the work include Marlow Canoe Club, Henley Open Water Swimming Club



Gamesmakers launch "Kit Us Out" charity to provide equipment to disadvantaged Paralympians

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By James Crook at Heron Tower in LondonMarch 14 - A group of London 2012 Gamesmakers have launched their charity entitled Kit Us Out today here, which aims to provide key equipment to Paralympic athletes from developing nations.

that did not have a sponsor or any financial backing, by supplying basic kit from running spikes to swimming


London and Paris set to go head-to-head to host 2018 Gay Games

  • Gay Games

By James CrookMarch 12 - London and Paris are set to renew their rivalry to host one of the world's biggest multi-sport events after both cities submitted bids to host the 2018 Gay Games. 

used for the Olympics and Paralympics would play a part, including the Aquatics Centre for diving, swimming

, synchronised swimming and water polo.


Bolt and Ennis take top prizes at 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards

  • News

By Tom Degun at the Theatro Municipal in Rio de JaneiroMarch 11 - Jamaican sprint star Usain Bolt and British heptathlete Jessica Ennis claimed the top male and female prizes respectively at the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards at a glittering ceremony here tonight.

nbsp;Coe praises British stars nominated for 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards in RioMarch 2013: Swimming


Arcadis Logos to carry out project and construction management for Rio 2016

  • Rio 2016

By Tom Degun in Rio de JaneiroMarch 11 - The Brazilian subsidiary of Dutch global engineering and consultancy firm Arcadis will carry out the project and construction management for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been announced. 

Village.The project comprises 75 hectares and involves 34 competition venues, including tennis courts, swimming



AOC appoints top barrister to investigate Australian swim team's drug use at London 2012

  • Aquatics

will head the Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) investigation into drug use within the country's swimming

night phone calls, door knocking and general disruptive behaviour.The investigation is separate to Swimming

this story at [email protected] storiesFebruary 2013: Australian Olympic swimming

team could lose funding after admitting to using banned substanceFebruary 2013: Australia Swimming

Failure of Australian swimmers at London 2012 down to "toxic culture" review claimsNovember 2012: Swimming


Paralympic champion Applegate smashes British record

  • Swimming News

By James CrookMarch 7 - After blitzing the field to take gold and set a new Paralympic record in the process at London 2012, swimmer Jessica-Jane Applegate has broken her own British record- her second record-breaking swim in successive weeks- at the British Gas International Meet in Leeds.

set a short course British record in the MC 100 metres freestyle at the Nationwide Junior and Youth Swimming

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