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London 2012 medallist Jamieson backs Glasgow 2018 Youth Olympics bid

  • Buenos Aires 2018

By David GoldSeptember 10 - London 2012 medallist Michael Jamieson has backed his home city of Glasgow in their bid to win the right to host the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018.

Centre during the Olympics was the high point for a disappointing overall performance by the British swimming

12, and then moved to join the Glasgow swim team at Tollcross, which is being renovated to stage the swimming


Test events mark 300 days to go for Kazan 2013

  • Kazan 2013

By David GoldSeptember 9 - Two key test events are getting underway this week as Kazan marks the 300 days to go landmark until the start of next summer's Universiade.

years, a number of other key sport events are taking place in Russia, including world championships in swimming



British Swimming looks to host 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow

  • Swimming News

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London September 8 - British Swimming

has revealed it is in negotiations to host the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming

It was announced in April this year that Glasgow would host the 2015 IPC Swimming European Championships

at the new Tollcross International Swimming Centre (pictured top), the venue that will host the swimming

competition for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.However, British Swimming chief executive David

The IPC and Glasgow will be looking with their partners Event Scotland, UK Sport and British Swimming

the planned IPC European Swimming Championships," said Sparks."


Tearful final exit by legend du Toit as Australia’s Cole take gold in the pool

  • Swimming News

By David Gold at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 7 - Natalie du Toit's glorious career came to an unhappy end here tonight as she was beaten by Australia's Ellie Cole in the 100m freestyle S9 and responded with tears and a dig at the selectors who denied her a place at last month's Olympics.

re-opened wounds from earlier this year when she qualified for the London 2012 Olympics in the open water swimming

started crying at that point, and praised du Toit for the impact she had made on her and Paralympic swimming


ParalympicsGB pass London 2012 medal target

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By David Gold at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 6 - Britain's Paralympians have achieved their total London 2012 medal target, surpassing the total from Beijing four years ago.

individual compound), athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, judo, powerlifting, rowing, sailing, shooting, swimming


Australia’s Freney in “heaven” after seventh London 2012 gold

  • Swimming News

By David Gold at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 6 - Australia's Jacqueline Freney won her seventh gold medal of the week tonight confirming her status as a star of these Paralympics with one of the most dominant performances of London 2012 so far.

performances like this and it may not be long until Freney catches up with legendary South African swimming

I think scared because I have no idea what I'm going to do but also scared because those girls are swimming


Road race gold makes Storey Britain's most successful female Paralympian

  • Cycling News

By Tom DegunSeptember 6 - British cycling star Sarah Storey became Britain's most successful female Paralympian ever as she claimed her fourth gold at London 2012 with victory in the women's road race C4-5 at Brands Hatch.

collection of 11 Paralympic gold medals and 22 medals overall, having won 16 medals in the sport of swimming


Time trial victory gives Storey third London 2012 gold

  • Cycling News

By Tom DegunSeptember 5 - Sarah Storey continued her phenomenal form at the London 2012 Paralympics as she claimed her third gold medal of the Games with victory in the time trial C5 on the first day of the road cycling event at Brands Hatch.

functioning left hand, now has a collection of 10 Paralympic gold medals, having won five golds in swimming


Hynd continues British medal rush in the pool

  • Swimming News

the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 5 - Oliver Hynd stormed to Britain's sixth swimming

evening in a lively Aquatics Centre signalled the start of another medal rush for the ParalympicsGB swimming


Doubts persist over Glasgow 2014 triathlon venue because of polluted Loch

  • Glasgow 2014

By Tom DegunSeptember 5 - Serious doubts over Strathclyde Loch as a venue for the triathlon at the Commonwealth Games at Glasgow 2014 continue to grow after another event was cancelled there. 

The 2012 GE Strathclyde Park Triathlon was forced to take place without a swimming section due to continuing


Du Toit claims 12th Paralympic gold at London 2012

  • Swimming News

By David Gold at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - South Africa's Natalie du Toit won her 12th Paralympic gold medal as the 28-year-old cruised to victory in the women's 400-metre freestyle S9 event here tonight.

medal of the Games.In the men's events, Belarus' Ihar Boki, another of the stars of the Paralympic swimming

, but just a tenth of a second faster than Brasil.Brazil were able to celebrate through their other swimming


Canada to host 2013 IPC World Swimming Championships

  • Aquatics

Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - Canada will host next year's World Para-Swimming

August 8 and 20, and a host city will be confirmed by October.Pierre Lafontaine, the chief executive of Swimming

who competed in Eindhoven expected to compete for the 180 medals on offer.From 2013, the IPC World Swimming

Championships take place every two years; the last was held in Shanghai in 2011.The last IPC World Swimming

chief executive Xavier Gonzalez announced here today, at the venue where the London 2012 Paralympic swimming

to host this event is not just an honour, but also an opportunity to keep Paralympic sport and Para-swimming


Canada to host 2013 IPC World Swimming Championships

  • Swimming News

at the Aquatics Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - Canada will host next year's World Swimming

August 8 and 20, and a host city will be confirmed by October.Pierre Lafontaine, the chief executive of Swimming

who competed in Eindhoven expected to compete for the 180 medals on offer.From 2013, the IPC World Swimming

Championships take place every two years; the last was held in Shanghai in 2011.The last IPC World Swimming

chief executive Xavier Gonzalez announced here today, at the venue where the London 2012 Paralympic swimming

to host this event is not just an honour, but also an opportunity to keep Paralympic sport and Para-swimming


ParalympicsGB chief admits to "challenging first few days" at London 2012

  • London 2012 Paralympics

By Tom Degun at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in LondonSeptember 4 - ParalympicsGB Chef de Mission Craig Hunter has admitted it has been a "challenging first few days" for Britain at London 2012, despite the hosts having established themselves in its targeted second spot in the medals table behind China.

of the Games so far through gold medallists Ellie Simmonds (pictured top), a double champion in the swimming