Tom DegunOctober 1 - Italy's Paolo Barelli has been elected the new President of the European Swimming

The 58-year-old Senator from Rome, who is also President of the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN) and

Honorary Secretary of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), was elected at the LEN Congress

promoted to vice-president of LENThe Congress saw several other changes at the top of LEN, with British Swimming

became vice-president.Meanwhile, among the newly elected members of the LEN Bureau are four-time Olympic swimming

Tom DegunSeptember 30 - Denmark have been named as the hosts of the 2013 LEN European Short Course Swimming

We now look forward to contributing to the 2013 LEN European Short Course Swimming Championships."

Championships.It will also host 2014 European Men's Handball Championships but the 2013 LEN European Short Course Swimming

Denmark loves swimming," said the director of the Danish Swimming Federation Pia Holmen."

We have built a strong foundation, we have made sure that swimming on all levels in Denmark is now well

we are ready and eager to take the next step forward which is hosting of the European Short Course Swimming

By David GoldSeptember 28 - Canada's Paralympics are set to celebrate the country's sports day, with gold medal winning swimmers Summer Mortimer and Stephanie Dixon among the athletes involved in promoting disability sport.

medals, a silver and a bronze in the S10 category.She transitioned from competitive trampolining and swimming

to para-swimming, following a competitive trampolining accident that required pins to be put

By David GoldSeptember 27 - The South Australia Aquatic Centre in Adelaide has been named in honour of Matthew Cowdrey, who this summer became his country's greatest ever Paralympian.

Matt is an outstanding ambassador for the sport of swimming and as a three-time Paralympian has always

By David OwenSeptember 26 - A number of competitors at the recent 2012 Olympic Games in London missed appointments for blood tests without incurring sanctions, it has emerged.

already underwayApril 2012: UK Anti-Doping to share blood information on athletes with international swimming

for 17 glorious days, football was forced to pretty much take a backseat as the likes of athletics, swimming

will go.Which sport it will be is mere speculation for now, although you can safely assume athletics, swimming

By David GoldSeptember 25 - Brazil has held its first national day of struggle for disabled people, a key date for the country's Paralympic Committee (CPB).

of Daniel Dias, who became Brazil's most successful Paralympic athlete after winning a further six swimming

By David GoldSeptember 24 - The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has revealed its shortlist for the best Male Athlete of the Month for August and September combined, for performances during the London 2012 Paralympics.

Leading the contenders is Brazilian swimming ace Daniel Dias (pictured top), winner of a remarkable six

By David GoldSeptember 23 - Russia's Dmitry Polyanskiy has won his second successive Tongyeong International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup title after beating Poland's Marek Jaskolka to claim victory in South Korea.

worked superbly throughout to help each other.France's Raoul Shaw was the strongest athlete in the swimming

It's a very good swimming course here, fast water and Raoul had the best swim today."

expressed her surprise at not being included as part of a review currently being conducted by British Swimming

and German Thomas Lurz, who won the Olympic silver medal in the 10 kilometres open water swimming

story at [email protected] storiesSeptember 2012: Phelps' coach to help British Swimming

2012 disappointmentAugust 2012: German Olympic medallist and Irish rugby coach to review British Swimming

London 2012 performanceAugust 2012: Review into London 2012 British swimming flop to be completed

By David GoldSeptember 22 - French President François Hollande has praised the country's Paralympians who competed at London 2012 at a special ceremony held at the Elysée Palace even though it was their worst performance for 48 years. 

the women's T12 200 and 400 metres events.France won two more athletics gold medals, another two in swimming

By Duncan MackaySeptember 22 - Triathlon New Zealand has appointed Briton Graeme Maw to the newly-created position of high performance director as its begins its preparations for Rio 2016.

Maw has also worked as the performance director of Welsh Rugby and the swimming high performance manager

By David GoldSeptember 22 - Cornel Marculescu, executive director of the International Aquatics Federation (FINA), has praised the enthusiasm of the crowds at this summer's Olympic aquatic events and said he would be keen to come back to London for another major championships.

The Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in Stratford played host to the swimming and diving events, and

a major aquatics event such as the World Championships.London is bidding to host the 2016 European Swimming

Of course we would be very happy to go back to London as this public is fantastic and swimming is a great

event, even though the results for British swimming [at the Olympics] was not the best they can do."

By Andrew WarshawSeptember 22 - Sebastian Coe, the face of this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games as the London 2012 chairman, has been signed up as one of the speakers for the inaugural Doha Goals forum on December 10-12, Qatar's latest initiative to put itself on the sporting map.

2012 alight – South Africa's Rugby World Cup-winning captain Francois Pienaar and nine-time Olympic swimming

By David GoldSeptember 21 - Canada's Paralympians have join the country's Olympic team to participate in a celebratory "Heroes Tour" this week, where they are joined Olympic athletes on a trip across Toronto and Ottawa to celebrate their achievements at London 2012. 

medal.Other notable achievements of the Games for Canada came from Summer Mortimer, the winner of another two swimming