Lausanne (SUI), October 24 – After shining in the previous leg in Moscow, Melissa Franklin (USA) was again the “most valuable swimmer” of the fourth meet of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2011, held in Berlin (GER), on October 22-23. The North American star won three events and established a new World Record in the women’s 200m backstroke, in a time of 2:00.03 (the previous world best mark had been set in November 2009 also in Berlin by Japan’s Shiho Sakai – 2:00.18). With this...
Lausanne (SUI), October 17 – Swimmers from Sweden and Australia dominated the second leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup, held in Stockholm (SWE) on October 15-16, by getting nine and seven gold medals, respectively. In the home team, the 2010 overall winner Therese Alshammar, won three races (50m free, 50m and 100m butterfly), while her teammates Sarah Sjostroem (100m and 200m free), Jennie Johansson (50m and 100m breast), and Stefan Nystrand (men’s 50m and 100m free) were also in g...
Lausanne (SUI), October 3, 2011 – Some heavyweights of the international open water scene were on-hand for the last stop of the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong (HKG) on October 2, 2011. The competition welcomed 60 athletes (40 men and 20 women) from 16 countries. The race was largely a German-American affair, with Thomas Lurz (GER) taking out the men’s field, despite being challenged by fellow swimmer Christian Reichert and defending champion Chad Ho (RSA), the silver a...
Lausanne (SUI), September 10, 2011 – The city of Trieste (ITA) welcomes from September 11-17, 2011 the 9th edition of the FINA World Junior Women’s Water Polo Championships (20 years old and under), with the participation of 16 teams from the five continents. Like in the men’s edition held two weeks ago in Volos (GRE), this competition will once more confirm the development of water polo worldwide and will display the future stars of the game.The 16 participating squads are divided in f...