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Sheikha Hayat thrilled by turnout for first-ever OCA Gender Equity Seminar

  • OCA

The inaugural Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Gender Equity Seminar is set to be staged here with 42 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) due to be represented by senior officials.

geoffberkeley) October 29, 2022The seminar is also set to include OCA director general and International Swimming


Denmark's Olympic swimming gold medallist Blume retires

  • Swimming

Olympic gold medallist Pernille Blume has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 28.

and semi-finals before winning the final after 24.07sec.The victory marked Denmark's first Olympic swimming

I've decided to retire from competitive swimming."

plunge and believing life's got me and I will find my way to something meaningful and exciting just like swimming

January 2019, Blume underwent surgery to close a small hole in her heart"I'm so grateful for everything swimming

Swimming will always have a special place in my heart and I will follow the world of swimming closely


Geelong to host Victoria 2026 Closing Ceremony and get new aquatics venue

  • Victoria 2026

Kardinia Park in Geelong has been chosen as the venue for the Closing Ceremony of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

home soil.Geelong is one of several regional hubs for the Commonwealth Games and is set to be home to swimming

, Para swimming, diving, triathlon, Para triathlon, weightlifting, Para powerlifting, beach volleyball

of Victoria into building sporting infrastructure in Waurn Ponds and Armstrong Creek.Swimming, Para swimming


Western Australia gets Parliamentary Friendship Group for Olympics and Paralympics

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has helped to launch Western Australian Parliamentary Friends of the Olympic and Paralympic Movements, a new quango aimed at encouraging participation in sport and spreading Olympic values.

President Ian Chesterman and Paralympics Australia President Jock O'Callaghan.Nine-time Paralympic swimming



Paris set to host World Triathlon Test Event in build-up to 2024 Olympics

  • Triathlon

Paris in France is set to host the World Triathlon Test Event for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

be released for the competitions nearer the date.The River Seine is set to act as the course for the swimming

The River Seine, scheduled to host the swimming element of the triathlon, is due to feature as part of


Australian delegation tours Birmingham 2022 venue to help Victoria 2026 preparations

  • Victoria 2026

An Australian delegation has visited Birmingham 2022's Sandwell Aquatics Centre to help with preparation for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The £73 million ($100 million/€83 million) venue hosted the swimming and diving competitions during this

John Carlin, regional director for Wates Construction Midlands.The Sandwell Aquatics Centre staged the swimming




Philippine Olympic Committee party inspects Paris 2024 training facilities

  • Paris 2024

Officials from the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), led by its President Bambol Tolentino, have visited France to inspect possible training venues for Filipino athletes taking part in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Games in boxing, weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics, golf, judo, rowing, shooting, skateboarding, swimming


Paralympic champion Torres opens exhibition with memorabilia from career

  • Collecting and Heritage

Multiple Paralympic champion Vicente Javier Torres Ramis has opened an exhibition as part of his new project aimed at familiarising people with Para sports.

through exhibits and workshops for children.Photos, videos and memorabilia from Torres' three-decade-long swimming


Mike Rowbottom: Not every comeback ends in ignominy - but it ain't an easy road

  • Inside the Blogs

Never come back, they say. And in general - as we have very recently seen - they are right. But not every comeback has to end in a protagonist departing with his shirt-tail between his legs.

Having retired from swimming aged 27 after the London 2012 Olympics with 22 medals, 18 of them gold,

her back in the world No.1 position.Dara Torres of the United States put together an extraordinary swimming



Double Paralympic swimming champion Summers-Newton receives MBE

  • Swimming News

Double Paralympic swimming champion Maisie Summers-Newton has received her Member of the British Empire

British swimming star Summers-Newton won the women’s 200 metres medley SM6 and 100m breaststroke SB6

accolade during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London.The 20-year-old cited eight-time Paralympic swimming


UIPM enters accord with ANOCA to promote modern pentathlon across Africa

  • Modern Pentathlon

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) here.

body and International Federations, including the International Cycling Union (UCI) and International Swimming