By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2019 MR LIAC Speedo Long Island Challenge

• April 26th-28th, 2019
• Nassau County Aquatic Center, East Meadow, New York
• LCM (50m) competition
• Meet Results

Swimming at the end of April at the 2019 Long Island Challenge meet, 12-year old Richard Poplawski swam a 2:13.59 in the 200 meter IM. That knocked more than a second off the old 11-12 National Age Group Record of 2:14.93, which was set in 2017 by Floridian Josh Zuchowski.

Comparative Splits:

Poplawski was swimming against a senior field and placed 6th in the race. The event was won by 18-year old River Wright of Attleboro Bluefish in 2:08.00. For comparison: the fastest result in the 11-12 race was 2:31.94.

Poplawski’s other results at the meet:

• 200 free – 10th, 2:05.57 (2:03.54 in prelims)
• 400 free – DQ
• 200 back – 4th, 2:15.28
• 100 fly – 11th, 1:00.26
• 200 fly – 10th, 2:13.89 (2:13.66 in prelims)

Polawski ages up in May, so this was likely his last meet as an 11-12. He trains under coach Mohamed Abdelaal at the Scarlet Aquatics – BMS Jersey City Division.

Watch a video of the race below:

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Richard Polawski Breaks 200m IM National Age Group Record by Over a Second

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

2019 Newburgh Sea Creatures Showcase Meet

• May 4th-5th, 2019
• Newburgh, Indiana
• LCM (50m competition)
• Full Results

Olympic gold medalist Lilly King returned home to the Newburgh Sea Creatures club for which she raced as a junior athlete this weekend to swim as the featured competitor at the annual NSC Spring Spotlight meet.

She raced, and won, both the 100 breast (1:09.68) and 200 breast (2:36.59) at the meet, though her presence was more about inspiration of the area’s young swimmers and hosting two clinics: one on each day of the meet.

See photos of King at the meet below:

Courtesy: Aaron Opell

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Read the full story on SwimSwam: Lilly King Returns to Newburgh Sea Creatures Club for Spotlight Meet

By Coleman Hodges on SwimSwam

SwimSwam wants to give you an inside look at what a normal day-in-the-life looks like for any given swimmer, and how that differs from team to team or city to city. We send our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes. Or at least breakfast.

The TYR Derby Pro Swim isn’t just a swim meet – it’s a swimming experience. The swim meet itself takes place on a Friday night, and is solely a 50 free shoot out, with 3 rounds of competition. 8 women and 8 men, 16 of the fastest athletes in the world, gather in Louisville, Kentucky for this chance to call themselves the king of queen of the pool and take home a little prize money while they’re at it. After each round, 2 swimmers are eliminated, so you have a 4-person finale to end the competition. This year, the athletes on the women’s side included:

• Farida Osman (8th)
• Lia Neal (7th)
• Isabella Arcila (6th)
• Kendyl Stewart (5th)
• Mallory Comerford (4th, $1000)
• Amy Bilquist (3rd, $2,000)
• Madison Kennedy (2nd, $3,000)
• Margo Geer (1st, $4,000)

On the men’s side, they were:

• Roland Schoeman (8th)
• Zach Apple (7th)
• Dylan Carter (6th)
• Ryan Held (5th)
• Shinri Shioura (4th, $1,000)
• Ali Khalafalla (3rd, $2,000)
• Michael Chadwick (2nd, $3,000)
• Bruno Fratus (1st, $4,000)

This was only the beginning of the weekend, however. After a group dinner on Friday night, We started things bright and early on Saturday, first venturing to the Churchill Downs racing track for a backside tour of the world famous facility. At the downs, our thoroughbred athletes got to get a first hand look at a day in the life of thoroughbred racing horses. Next on the list was a tour and tasting at the Old Forester Bourbon Distillery, one of the crown jules of Louisville. To cap off the day, the athletes dressed to the nines and headed back to the racetrack, where it was opening night at the track, exactly one week before the famed Kentucky Derby took place behind the very same doors.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Practice + Pancakes: Behind the Scenes of the TYR Derby Pro Swim

By Anne Lepesant on SwimSwam

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Leo Goldblatt, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American from Annandale, Virginia has announced his verbal commitment to the University of Minnesota for 2020-21. He will be with Kaiser Neverman in the class of 2024. Goldblatt wrote on social media:

“I am so stoked to announce my verbal commitment to swim at University [of] Minnesota!!! Here’s a picture of me and my cat to celebrate

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

Somerset Hills YMCA swimmer Becca Michaels recently was featured at a TEDxYouth event at the Gill St. Bernard’s School in New Jersey, where she is currently a junior.

TED is a non-profit organization that hosts its major annual event every year where they welcome “big thinkers” to Vancouver, Canada to speak about “big ideas” on topics ranging from the original 3 main ideas (Technology, Education, and Design, or TED) to science, cultural, political, and academic topics.

TEDx events are independently run under the TED brand and are organized similarly to TED events in presentation, though they are generallly much smaller in scope. TEDxYouth events are a subset of these specifically geared for speakers in grades 7-12, with similarly-aged audiences.

Michaels’ speech was given during an event specifically hosted by her school, and was included in those videos posted to the TEDx YouTube channel.

In her presentation, titled “Happiness in Waves,” Michaels talks about competitive swimming, how humans relate to water, and how it has helped her brother, who has a disability.

Michaels is a New Jersey High School “Meet of Champions” qualifier whose falls in the sprint freestyles. Her best yards times are 24.95 in the 50 free and 53.89 in the 100 free.

Michaels is currently planning on swimming in college, but has not yet made a public commitment.

Watch her full video below:

Other swimmers who have given TEDx talks in the past:

• Janet Evans
• Mallory Wegemann

Read the full story on SwimSwam: High School Swimmer Becca Michaels Gives TEDx Talk on Swimming

By Lily Ermal on SwimSwam

Les chronos de la première journée de l’étape n°1 de la FINA Champions Swim Series 2019 à Guangzhou étaient plutôt bons, mais ceux de la deuxième sont encore meilleurs. Certains temps sont d’ailleurs déjà très prometteurs en vue des champions du monde de cet été.

Le relais mixte 4x100m 4 nages a été la seule course qui n’a pas été à la hauteur en termes de chrono, bien qu’elle ait été très serrée à l’arrivée. Ni la championne du monde du 100 m dos, FuYuanhui, ni le champion du monde du 100 m brasse, Adam Peaty, n’étaient présents.

Ceci étant dit, voici les courses qui, selon nous, forment le top 5 de la deuxième journée de compétition :

1. La reconversion réussie de Ye Shiwen
Après avoir battu le record du monde du 400 m 4 nages à l’âge de 16 ans lors des jeux olympiques 2012, la carrière de Ye semblait avoir pris fin à l’aube de ses 20 ans, lorsque ses performances ont commencé à nettement régresser dans ses courses de 4 nages préférées. Elle est de retour dans la cour des grands, en nageant désormais le 200 m brasse. Elle l’a nagé en 2:22.53 dimanche, établissant par la même occasion la meilleure performance mondiale de la saison, devant les 2:22.63 de la Canadienne Sydney Pickrem.

2. L’impressionnant doublé de Sun Yang
Sun Yang est toujours impliqué dans une affaire de dopage, mais cela ne l’a pas empêché de réaliser de très bons temps ce week-end. Il a signé la meilleure performance mondiale de l’année en 3:42.75 en remportant le 400 m nage libre dimanche, devant les 3:46.45 de l’ancien numéro 1 mondial, l’italien Gabriele Detti. Quasiment une heure plus tard (un délai qui n’était donc pas aussi court que pour d’autres doublés), Sun a devancé de justesse le lituanien Danas Rapsys en gagnant le 200 m nage libre en 1:46.12.

3. Le 200 m 4 nages de Katinka Hosszu
Ce n’est plus la même Katinka Hosszu que celle que nous avons connu par le passé, celle qui pouvait gagner une demi-douzaine de courses en une seule soirée durant plusieurs jours. Désormais, elle économise davantage son énergie et repart de Guangzhou en ayant obtenu 3 victoires et 2 quatrième places en 6 courses. Mais Hosszu, reste l’une des meilleures nageuses du monde et elle l’a démontré sur le 200 m 4 nages en nageant 2:08.72. Seulement deux nageuses ont réalisé une meilleure performance cette année : elle-même, le mois dernier, en 2:08.55, et Sydney Pickrem en 2:08.71 pendant les Championnats du Canada. Elle avait auparavant également remporté le 200 m dos en 2:09.05, sans grande concurrence puisque Emily Seebohm souffrait d’une intoxication alimentaire.

4. Encore 2:07 pour Anton Chupkov sur le 200 m brasse
Même si ce n’est pas tout à fait les 2:07.00 qu’il a nagé aux championnats de Russie il y a quelques semaines, les 2:07.48 d’Anton Chupkov au 200 m brasse méritent d’être pris en considération. C’est le deuxième meilleur temps de sa carrière dans un championnat qui n’est ni mondial ni national, et la 12e fois qu’il passe sous la barre des 2:08. Il rejoint le japonais Ippei Watanabe, actuel détenteur du record du monde, pour avoir été le plus de fois en dessous des 2:08.

5. Sjostrom voit encore double
Après le doublé 200 m libre/100 m papillon samedi, la Suédoise Sarah Sjostrom a réalisé un autre doublé dimanche dans les épreuves de 50 m papillon et 100 m nage libre.
Elle a d’abord remporté le 50 m papillon en 25.55, soit 4 dixièmes devant l’Américaine Kelsi Dahlia et s’est imposée une quarantaine de minutes plus tard sur 100 m nage libre en 52.82. En ajoutant une deuxième place au 50 m nage libre, seulement 9 minutes avant le 50 papillon, Sjostrom a accumulé un total de 51 000 $ pendant cette étape, soit plus que n’importe quel autre nageur en lice.

Mention honorable pour le Britannique Ben Proud, qui a remporté le 50 m nage libre en 21.48. C’est plus rapide que les 21.50 qu’il a nagé aux Championnats de Grande-Bretagne la semaine dernière.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: FINA Champions Swim Series – Les 5 meilleures performances de la 2e journée

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

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But when Folsom Wahoos Swim Team head coach Kathleen Kinsey sent me an email about a system she’d developed to help her young swimmers learn to circle-swim, I became insanely jealous that I didn’t think of this as a summer league coach.

For about $20/lane, coach Kinsey has invented a simple system of “lane dividers” that simultaneously help her athletes stay safe, learn the all-important skill of circle-swimming, and helps keep the motivated during practices.

Anybody who has worked with young, novice swimmers knows that keeping them swimming in a straight line can be a huge challenge – on their stomachs or on their backs. Mid-lane collisions are frequent at these younger levels, and can be quite scary. In meets, these bad habits can lead to significant increase in the actual length swum in a 25 yard race. Here’s how to build simple and cheap lane dividers to keep your practices safer, and give your swimmers practice at swimming on a straighter path.

Note: with really young swimmers, there’s often still enough room to pass -even if the lane is split in half!

Shopping List:

• 4 bricks for retaining wall $1.98 each at Home Depot
• 2 cans yellow spray paint $7 for 2
• line from home depot – I purchased 100 feet with a reel and left the reel attached $5 each at Home depot — use the excess line to adjust enough line at each end to wrap around the brick when in use.
• 14 noodles from dollar store
• one cheap broom from dollar store to string the noodles on the line.  I alternated bright colors.  Take the broom off tie a knot to the loop in the end of the broom and thread the line through the noodles.
• Coach Kinsey’s note: Our pool has a raised deck makes it easy for young swimmers to get to the wall. A flush deck might require a 5 gallon bucket or similar to give the lane divider lift so that swimmers can turn at the wall.

Assembly:

1. Write inspirational phrases with waterproof markers on noodles
2. String noodles along line (about 7-per-lane seems to be enough, though you could use more if you want a more consistent divider)
3. Wrap line around brick. Coach Kinsey Safety Tip: Use the extra line to keep the bricks far away from edge of the pool in the event the kids pull on the center line. We put up safety cones (that we have for dry land) to keep people from tripping over the painted bricks.

Photos:

Yankee is a very g o o d b o y e who helped his mom shop at Home Depot. 13/10 would enter in the 25 doggy paddle. Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

Spray-painted bricks. Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

On-deck assembly. Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

Lane dividers in action. Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

Lane dividers in action Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

Lane dividers in action Courtesy: Kathleen Kinsey

Read the full story on SwimSwam: The Circle-Swimming Hack You Need to Survive Summer League Practice

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Founded in 1975, the Nashville Aquatic Club has grown to become one of the premier teams in not just the state of Tennessee, but in the entire country. In 2019, NAC was named as a USA Swimming Gold Medal Club for the 15th time and ranked 12th nation-wide in USA Swimming’s Club Excellence Program.

While NAC has a long history of success at the national level when it comes to competitive swimming, the club has also recently expanded its program offerings to serve a wide range of ages and levels. Its new mission statement states:

Through an intentional process based on education, safety, proper technique, personal achievement, and fun, the Nashville Aquatic Club aims to provide the finest swimming instruction in the United States.

That certainly doesn’t mean that NAC has reduced its focus on the top level of swimmers or has ceased to become a presence on the national stage. The team won the girls title at last winter’s Speedo Winter Junior Championships – East, led byAlex Walsh, Gretchen Walsh, and Ella Nelson, three of the top high school swimmers in the country. Additionally, NAC alumni dot many of the top college rosters.

BSN Sports Team Ambassador Jessica Hardy spoke with three of NAC’s top coaches — senior assistant coach Jack Folcarelli, head coach John Morse, and associate head coach Doug Wharam, who was recently named an assistant coach for this summer’s Pan American Games, where Alex Walsh and NAC alum Meagan Raab will both represent Team USA.

Asked to describe the team’s coaching philosophy in one sentence, the NAC staff respond by saying, “Fast is good. Our aim is to have every swimmer be in a position to be successful and improve at every practice.”

Every team that is clicking along like NAC has been has something right going on when it comes to team chemistry.

We have a great leadership team that has been together for 10 plus years. It makes it easy for everything to flow down from there, and we are always looking to hire professional coaches to help with that culture.

The swimmers work daily to prop each other up, get through a tough set or week of training, and they do a great job being supportive of individual goals.

Good team chemistry doesn’t mean everything is easy, however. Any time you talk to an experienced coach, or group of coaches, you’re going to hear them speak about the how the sport is constantly changing and how what worked at one time, or for one group of swimmers, may not work right now, or for everyone, and great coaches constantly have to work to adapt to that.

I think the biggest struggle is always how to keep it fresh for the athletes and yourself. We are always looking at what we can do better, more efficiently in our coaching and swimming. You have to adapt to the group and their needs. It is an ever changing landscape within each group, and we have to keep an eye on that to make sure everyone is getting what they need.

In addition, the NAC coaching staff strives to make sure that the lessons they teach will produce great individuals as well as great swimmers.

We teach swimmers to take accountability and responsibility for their own swimming, and also for their teammates and the culture they create at practice around them. We want swimmers to enhance each others experience and performance.

When a team has been around as long as the Nashville Aquatic Club has, there are plenty of great memories, but it can be tough to choose just one, as the coaches pointed out.

Its hard to pick one. Every time a swimmer achieves a goal, whether it be a small drop or a National Age Group record, it represents hours of practice and hard work. It is hard to distinguish because everyone’s goals are important no matter what level they are.

With an experienced coaching staff, some of the top swimmers in the country, and a team that serves swimmers at every level, NAC athletes are sure to be making many more memories in the months and years to come.

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Il y a un peu plus de 10 jours au Trophée Maria Lenk à Rio de Janeiro (Championnats nationaux du Brésil), pour sa deuxième compétition de la saison le nageur Brésilien Bruno Fratus a établi la meilleure performance mondiale de l’année sur 50 nage libre. Après avoir nagé 21.68 pendant les séries, Fratus a remporté la finale avec un temps de 21.47. Marcelo Chierighini prend la médaille d’argent en 22.05, plus tôt dans la semaine Chierighini a cassé le record sud-américain textile sur 100 nage libre en 47.68.  La performance de Fratus devance celle du britannique Ben Proud d’un petit centième pour prendre la première place au ranking mondial cette saison.

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5	Shinri SHIOURA	JPN	21.67	04/07

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Le meilleur temps de Fratus est de 21.27 des championnats du monde de Budapest en 2017. L’année dernière au trophée Maria Lenk il avait nagé deux fois 21.35, en dehors de ces performances il n’était pas descendu sous les 21.50 depuis 2014.

En 2017 Fratus était quasiment au meilleur de sa forme mais une blessure à l’épaule en 2018 a mis sa carrière en parenthèses, cela l’a notamment empêché de participer aux Pan Pacifiques et défendre son titre. Mais quelques mois après cette blessure et une grosse opération il s’est affirmé à nouveau comme le Roi du Sprint Brésilien et comme fort potentiel de médaille aux Championnats du monde cet été à Gwangju.

Fratus va tenter de compléter sa collection de médailles mondiales, une médaille aux Mondiaux de Gwangju cet été serait sa troisième consécutive sur l’épreuve (50NL) après le bronze en 2015 à Kazan en Russie, l’argent en 2017 à Budapest, il ne lui manque plus que l’or.

Vidéo de la course: Source: publiée sur Youtube par ZHL Swimming, diffusée sur TV CBDA/TV SPORTS

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Bruno Fratus de retour : #1 au monde sur 50 nage libre

By Paddy Baylis on SwimSwam

2019 World University Games/Summer Universiade.

• 2019 World University Games
• July 3-14
• Naplees, Italy
• New Zealand selection Criteria

Swimming New Zealand has announced a 10-strong team to travel to Naples, Italy in July for the 2019 World University Games (Summer Universiade). The team consists of 8 men and 2 women with 6 of the 10 being in their teens.

The team features Commonwealth Games bronze medalist and Pan Pacs finalist Lewis Clareburt (butterfly and IM). Also hailing from Clareburt’s home program are Thomas Watkins (backstroke) and Eliot Lundon Moore (breaststroke). The trio are coached by Gary Hollywood and make up 3/5 of the swimmers currently based in New Zealand.

Also making the cut was former World Junior record holder Gabrielle Fa’amausili (sprint freestyle and backstroke) who is currently based at the University of Georgia. The 19-year-old earned an Honorable Mention All-America honor as part of a 14th-place 200 free relay in March at the NCAA Championships. She suffered an ACL tear in early 2018.  

Other veterans on the team include 2017 World Champs qualifiers Daniel Hunter (sprint freestyle) at Bond University and Bobbi Gichard (backstroke) based at Queens, Oceania Championships ‘Swimmer of the Meet’ Jonathan Rutter (breaststroke and IM) based out of Virginia Tech, as well as NCAA finalist Kane Follows (backstroke) out of University of Hawaii. 

Rounding out the team are North Shore’s Callum Prime (IM) and Pukekohe’s Zac Dell (backstroke). Dell was also named in the team to the World Junior Champs in August so will be working with a tight turnaround in mind. 

To be eligible for the 2019 World University Games, athletes must have been born between January 1, 1994* and December 31, 2001, and have taken at least one course and be progressing toward a degree or diploma at an accredited post-secondary academic institution. There is no requirement of amateur status. To be selected for the New Zealand team, athletes had to record a time equal to or greater than those set out in the selection criteria linked above.

New Zealand sent a 10 person team to the 2017 event that came up short of medals and finalists. The last time New Zealand picked up medals at the event was 2011 where the team returned with 5 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes from Olympians Glenn Snyders, Lauren Boyle and Gareth Kean.

The team is as follows:

• Bobbi Gichard
• Gabrielle Fa’amausili
• Zac Dell
• Callum Prime
• Kane Follows
• Daniel Hunter 
• Jonathan Rutter
• Thomas Watkins
• Eliot Lundon-Moore
• Lewis Clareburt

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Swimming New Zealand Announces 10 Swimmer Team to World University Games

By Adrian Mancebo on SwimSwam

La campeona olímpica lituana Ruta Meilutytese enfrenta a una posible suspensión de 2 años por haberse saltado 3 controles de dopaje, según la federación de natación de su país.

Se informó de que Meilutyte se saltó 3 controles de drogas durante un período de 1 año, lo que viola el protocolo de la Agencia Mundial Antidopaje (WADA). De acuerdo con el Artículo 2.4 del Código Mundial Antidopaje, se considera que saltarse 3 controles de dopaje por parte del atleta y (o) una combinación de la falta de notificación en estos casos, según se define en la norma internacional para pruebas e investigación, durante un período de doce meses se considera violación de las normas antidopaje.

De acuerdo con el Código Mundial Antidopaje y las Reglas Lituanas Antidopaje, los atletas deben proporcionar información precisa sobre su paradero y cumplir con sus requisitos de ubicación. Dicha información debe proporcionarse en el Sistema de administración y gestión antidopaje (ADAMS).

Según la publicación de la federación lituana, la medallista olímpica de oro en 2012 no se sometió a los controles el 22 de abril de 2018, el 29 de agosto de 2018 y el 28 de marzo de 2019.

Aunque aún no se ha anunciado la penalización real, Meilutyte se enfrenta a una suspensión de 2 años. Incluso una suspensión de 1 año dejaría a la campeona olímpica, ahora de 22 años, fuera de los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio de 2020.

Recientemente hemos visto otros casos de atletas que se saltaron controles antidopaje,como los nadadores australianos Thomas Fraser-Holmes, Maddie Groves y Jarrod Poort. De los 3, TFH recibió una suspensión de 12 meses, al igual que Poort, mientras que Groves fue exculpada sin castigo.

Según Kristina Jagminiene, directora de la Agencia Antidopaje de la República de Lituania, “nuestra experiencia demuestra que, desafortunadamente, los atletas a menudo se niegan y rellenan sus datos de manera irresponsable, pensando que no importa. La negligencia y la irresponsabilidad pueden llevar a cambios en la carrera del atleta que pueden ser sensibles financiera y moralmente. Dudamos que las personas profundicen sobre por qué un atleta está suspendido. La violación de las sanciones antidopaje seguirá siendo el futuro de toda la carrera. El caso de cada atleta es diferente, por lo que el veredicto llama la atención sobre las circunstancias atenuantes y agravantes. La sanción más severa es la suspensión por hasta dos años. Las reglas antidopaje son estrictas y deben ser cumplidas por todos“.

Meilutyte ha realizado varios cambios de entrenador en su carrera desde que ganó la medalla de oro en Londres. Después de que su antiguo entrenador en Plymouth Leander en Gran Bretaña, Jon Rudd, asumiera el papel de director de alto rendimiento en Irlanda, Meilutyte regresó a Lituania para entrenar con Paulius Andrijauskas, un ex mariposista olímpico y vicepresidente de la federación lituana de natación. Sin embargo, este periodo no duró mucho, ya que la campeona olímpica viajó a Australia para entrenarse y competir de forma temporal antes de probar con el Team Elite en San Diego durante un mes a principios de este año.

Meilutyte se ha mudado recientemente para entrenar con Dave Salo, con quién planea quedarse hasta Tokio 2020.

En abril del año pasado, Meilutyte confesó al medio brasileño Globo Esporte que ha sufrido depresión desde 2016.

Artículo traducido del original de Loretta Race.

Read the full story on SwimSwam: Ruta Meilutyte podría ser suspendida por saltarse 3 controles antidopaje

By Sanuj Srivastava on SwimSwam

LithuanianRuta Meilutyte Jo Ki Olympic Champion Rah Huki Hai Possible Hai Ki Unko 2 Year Ka Suspension Mil Jaye, Aisa Kyu ? Kyuki Unhone Doping Tests Ko Miss Kiya.

Meilutyte Ne 1 Year Ke Time Me 3 Drug Tests Ko Miss Kiya Jo Ki World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Ke Testing Protocol Ko Violates Karta Hai. WADA Ke Article 2.4 Ke Tahat Ek Rule Ye Bhi Hai Jo Athlete 1 Year Me 3 Baar Tests Ko Miss Krta Hai. Wo Anti-Doping Rule Ka Violation Hoga.

WADA And Lithuanian Anti-Doping Rules Ke According Athletes Ko Apni Accurate Information And Location Ki Sahi Jankari Deni Hogi. Is Tarah Ki Information Anti-Doping Administration And Management System (ADAMS) Ke Pass Jana Jruri Hai.

Federation Ki Website, Ke Anusar 2012 Ki Olympic Gold Medalist Ne April 22, 2018, August 29, 2018 And March 28, 2019 Ko Tests Miss Kiya Hai.

Abhi Tak Actual Punishment Announced Nahi Hui Hai Lekin 2 Year Ka Ban Ya Sirf 1 Year Ka Ban Bhi Swimmer Ko 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games Me Jane Se Rok Sakta Hai.

Lithuania Ke Anti-Doping Agency Ke Director Ne Btaya Ki, “Bahut Baar Swimmer Ki Data Fill Karte Wakt Irresponsibly, Ya Unhe Lagna Ki Isse Kuch Nahi Hoga. Matlab Negligence And Irresponsibility Athlete Ke Career Ko Pura Change Kar Ke Rakh Skti Hai, Aage Se Log Iske Bare Me Or Ache Se Janna Chahenge Ki Kyu Ek Athlete Ko Disqualify Kiya Gaya, Har Athlete Ka Case Alag Alag Hota Hai. Or Iska Sabse Serious Result Athlete Ko 2 Saal Ka Disqualification De Skta Hai”

Originally posted by Loretta Race in English

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By Braden Keith on SwimSwam

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While his presence in the state finals has been consistent in his high school career, his breakout junior season brought 2 big changes: the first is that he swapped the 100 free for the 200 free, which resulted him him dropping a whopping 4.8 seconds in that event over the course of the 2018-2019 season.

The other is that as a junior he figured out how to hit his finals swims. As a freshman and a sophomore, all 3 of his individual finals swims were slower than his prelims swims. As a junior, he hit the same time in the 100 back twice, to the hundredth, and dropped 2-tenths in the 200 free.

Texas 5A State Championship Progression:

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La FINA a modifié l’ordre des épreuves pour les deux prochaines étapes de sa nouvelle Champions Swim Series, en éliminant les relais féminins et masculins pour inclure deux relais mixtes, et en changeant l’ordre des courses des deux journées de compétition sur chaque étape.

Le nouveau programme de la FINA Champions Swim Series sera le suivant :

L’ancien programme était :

Le changement majeur, c’est qu’au lieu d’avoir 4 relais (2 relais masculins et 2 relais féminins), le nouveau programme ne comportera que 2 relais : un relais mixte 4 nages et un relais mixte nage libre. Chaque journée sera clôturée par un relais, au lieu d’en avoir un au début et un à la fin, comme dans l’ancien programme.
De plus, l’ordre des courses a été légèrement modifié pour mieux répartir les épreuves de même style de nage. Les 100 m papillon, dos et brasse, ne tomberont plus en même temps que les 50 m, ni même les 200 m de chaque épreuve. Les 50 m et 200 m se nageront la même journée. Dans le précédent programme, les 100 m et 200 m brasse masculins étaient programmés le même jour, tout comme les 100 m et 200 m papillon, les 50 m et 100 m dos féminins, et les 100 m et 200 m dos masculins.

La première étape de la FINA Champions Swim Series s’est déroulée à Guangzhou, en Chine, les 27 et 28 avril. La Duna Arena, l’enceinte des championnats du monde 2017, accueillera la deuxième étape les 11 et 12 mai à Budapest (Hongrie) et Indianapolis, aux Etats-Unis, clôturera l’événement, les 31 mai et 1er juin.

Il n’y aura qu’un seul Français en lice à Budapest, Mehdy Metella, qui nagera le 100 m nage libre. Aucun Français ne s’est pour l’instant engagé à Indianapolis.

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Si vous vous êtes déjà demandé comment la natation affecte le cœur par rapport aux activités sur terre, une récente étude risque de vous intéresser.

Publiée par Frontiers in Psychology en Novembre, l’étude conduite par les chercheurs de l’université de Guelph au Canada et d’autres institutions se penche sur la structure et le fonctionnement du cœur des nageurs et coureurs de haut niveau.

La natation est unique au niveau du fait que notre corps et immergé sous l’eau où la gravité est différente, nous somme dans une position dans laquelle le haut du corps et le bas du corps sont engagés. De plus retenir sa respiration pendant la moitié de l’activité en nageant différencie beaucoup la natation de quelconque autre activité.

Les nageurs utilisés pour l’étude ont été recrutés aux championnats du Monde petit bassin en 2016 à Windsor au Canada et ont été testés après la fin de chaque compétition. Les coureurs ont été recrutés dans la saison de compétition dans un club élite local près de l’université engagée dans l’étude. Seize athlètes constituaient chaque groupe et étaient choisis en fonction de leur âge, sexe et ethnicité.

Même si l’étude a prouvé que l’exercice était bon pour le cœur, que ce soit hors de l’eau ou dans l’eau, des différences minimes ont été observées. Une d’elles : le ventricule gauche du cœur des coureurs se remplissait avec du sang plus rapidement que la moyenne et se détordait plus rapidement avec chaque battement de cœur. En théorie ces différences devraient permettre au sang de circuler en venant et en partant du cœur plus rapidement chez les coureurs que chez les nageurs.

En revanche, comme les nageurs s’entraînent dans une position horizontale, leurs cœurs n’ont pas à se battre avec la gravité pour pomper le sang vers leurs cœurs contrairement aux coureurs.

Vous pouvez en lire plus à propos de cette étude dans le résumé du The New York Times  et également en lisant l’étude ici: (étude en anglais).

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The Velocity Advantage is the newest member of S.R.Smith’s Velocity Starting Block Series, with a marine-grade box style base like other elite starting platforms, which are particularly suitable for bulkheads.  The blocks come with patent pending, integral backstroke starting ledges that can be adjusted from the pool deck to five positions per FINA guidelines.

As with Velocity Single and Dual Post Starting Platforms, the Advantage features a large (28” x 32”) fiberglass footboard  with a TrueTread non-slip surface. The footboard is also available with sand tread, which allows for custom colors and logos.

The track start wedge is adjustable to five positions, and easily tucks beneath the footboard (without detaching) to clear the surface for relay exchanges  For more information, including product specifications and engineering drawings visit srsmith.com/startwithvelocity or call 800.824.4387.

About S.R.Smith

S.R.Smith is a worldwide leader of residential, commercial and accessibility swimming pool deck equipment.  Founded in 1932, S.R.Smith is headquartered in Canby, Oregon with additional manufacturing facilities in Portland, TN; Memphis, TN; Tucson, AZ and Brisbane, Australia. S.R.Smith products are featured on some of the finest pools around the world.  For more information, visit www.srsmith.com.

Swimming news is courtesy of S.R. Smith, a SwimSwam partner. 

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Un relais unique en son genre s’est déroulé le weekend dernier à la piscine Life Leisure Grand Central à Stockport près de Manchester en Angleterre. En effet, les nageurs du Stockport Metro ont combiné leurs efforts pour battre le record du monde Guinness au relais 100 x 50m.

Organisé par Harry Needs, l’événement a permis de recueillir des dons pour l’organisme “The Mind Charity”, qui vise à soutenir les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale ainsi qu’à sensibiliser le public général aux problèmes liés à la santé mentale. Harry a lui-même vécu des difficultés personnelles en 2016-2017, et un retour à l’eau a fait partie de son plan de rétablissement. 

Ancien nageur de l’équipe de natation Stockport Metro, il est dorénavant entraîneur en plus de gérer le programme de la natation adultes. Il a également été marié à la championne olympique Rebecca Adlington, qui assistait à l’événement.

Au moment de la rédaction de l’article en anglais, l’événement avait amassé environ 3500 euros (5200 $ CA), ce qui représente 156 % de son objectif initial.

L’ancien record était de 46:38 et les nageurs de Stockport l’ont facilement battu en terminant le relais en 43:32.

Pour voir la liste des nageurs (et maintenant détenteurs d’un record du monde Guinness!), cliquez ici.

Vidéo : Stockport Metro

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Big Blue Swim School, the nation’s leading swim school franchise, is excited to announce a new partnership with Shorewood Development Group to bring 10 new locations to Chicagoland and an additional six locations to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Shorewood Development Group, a Buffalo Grove, Illinois-based commercial real estate firm specializing in infill retail shopping center development, brings a wealth of relevant experience to the Big Blue Swim School franchise family. Led by Louis Schriber III and Aaron Roth, SDG Swim, LLC’s 16 locations will be managed by Jeff Plazak and Rachel Chavez.

“I was first introduced to Big Blue Swim School when my children attended lessons in Glenview. Being in real estate development, we knew some early investors in the brand and were intrigued,” said Schriber. “Once the Level 5 team got involved with Big Blue, we knew this was of significant interest to us and started pursuing the brand as another business to grow within our Shorewood investment model.”

Added Roth, “My excitement about the opportunity and the brand increased after flying down to Atlanta and meeting the Level 5 team. Their energy, passion and vision for Big Blue Swim School was contagious, and made me a believer of the model, culture and future of the brand.”

Like Big Blue Swim School co-founder Chris DeJong, Schriber has a long history with competitive swimming. Raised on the water in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, swimming has always been a part of his life.

“Growing up both on and in the water, I recognize that not only is water safety extremely important, but also that being a skilled swimmer opens the doors to adventure and fun,” said Schriber. “As a result of always being in the water, I was a natural at swimming. I swam varsity all four years of high school and continued to swim competitively in college for the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.”

Fast forward to 2019, and the team at Shorewood Development Group is prepared and excited to tap into its vast knowledge and network in the commercial development space to expand Big Blue Swim School’s presence throughout Chicagoland and into the Twin Cities market.

“We have a deep understanding of the Chicago market and are extremely well-connected here, which gives us confidence in our ability to select the ideal locations for our swim schools,” said Schriber. “Signing on for the exclusive rights to the remaining Chicagoland territory was critical for us to be able to be hands-on and grow our schools to both our and Big Blue’s high standards.”

Thanks to Roth’s roots in Orono, Minnesota, Shorewood Development Group has a strong familiarity with the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and feel that is one of the premier markets in the Midwest for expansion. Coupled with Big Blue Swim School’s analytical ability to identify top markets, the brand’s new franchisees are well-equipped to execute.

“Other than just being my home state, Minnesota is truly an amazing, thriving market full of active, family-oriented people that really focus on their kids,” said Roth. “It also doesn’t hurt that Minnesota is ‘The Land of 10,000 Lakes’ — where people love the outdoors and regularly interact with water, marking swimming a must-have skill. This makes our schools and services very important to the families in the community.”

“Aaron and Louis both have large families, each with five children all under the age of 14. They are intimately familiar with the important role swimming plays in kids’ lives,” said Scott Thompson, Chief Development Officer of Big Blue Swim School. “Their experience as business owners and ability to take existing real estate, envision a totally new product and execute in accordance to that vision are exceptional. They have the same vision for Big Blue Swim School and there’s no doubt in my mind that their locations will be something to behold. Their ability to grow and retain top-tier employees gives us the utmost confidence that our schools will be in great hands with Jeff and Rachel leading the way.”

“We feel confident that our partnership has the necessary market knowledge, analytics and personnel to make the right decisions and get open quickly with the right locations,” Schriber said. “Our immediate goal is to fulfill our commitment to these 16 schools while continuing to evaluate new market options to expand into. We couldn’t be more excited to begin our journey with Big Blue Swim School and feel these 16 schools are just the beginning.”

ABOUT BIG BLUE SWIM SCHOOL

Big Blue Swim School was founded in 2009 by competitive swimmer Chris DeJong. The first location opened in Wilmette, Illinois, followed by Niles, Buffalo Grove and Hoffman Estates. In 2017, Level 5 Capital Partners acquired a majority stake in the brand, and is rolling out an aggressive strategy to grow through franchising to 150 locations by 2020. Big Blue Swim School’s real estate footprint, proprietary technology Lesson Buddy, coupled with its practice of employing full-time child engagement specialists that teach based on a proprietary distance-based swimming methodology sets Big Blue up for long-term success. To learn more about franchise opportunities with Big Blue Swim School, visit http://YourBigMomentStartsHere.com.

Big Blue Swim School is a SwimSwam Partner. 

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So, you think your child, or athlete, is about to do something special at their meet, and you want to get it on video, perhaps post to YouTube so that others can revel in the glory, or on special occasion, maybe even send it to SwimSwam?

We’d love nothing more – nothing beats more swimming videos on the internet. Below are 6 tips from SwimSwam’s professional videographers about how to capture the perfect race footage:

1. Hold your camera SIDEWAYS (landscape) – swimming is horizontal, this will capture more of the ‘good stuff.’ This is a general rule-of-thumb for anything you plan to put on the internet. Graphically, the internet operates mostly in the horizontal.
2. Don’t zoom in and out. Pick a good zoom that captures your swimmer and leave it. If it’s just for personal use, feel free to zoom right in on your swimmer. But, that takes a lot more work and camera movement to keep them in the frame. Best bet – stay zoomed out, show some context. Less movement of the camera allows for better post-race analysis, too, if that’s one purpose of the video.
3. Don’t cut to the scoreboard during the race. In the age of the internet, it’s very easy to get results online, and either edit in that context later, or simply add it to the video description (including splits). Really, don’t cut to the scoreboard after too – you only get one chance to catch that moment of jubilation after a big swim. The scoreboard results will be available forever.
4. When uploading, upload through either a reliable LTE cellular connection, WiFi connection, or better yet – through a hard-wire to your computer. That keeps you from losing quality. With so many people logged on, it’s hard to get good service at a pool – that’s why your quick-action, direct-to-YouTube (or email) upload usually comes out so poorly.
5. Cheering is great, but if you can sacrifice that, you’ll come up with a better video quality. Cheering causes you to move the camera, reducing video quality! This brings up a bigger point – your camera has sound. Be careful of what you say…:-)
6. Find an anchor point. Even if you don’t have a tripod/monopod (and many facilities don’t allow spectators to use these), try to anchor your camera/phone (or your elbows) on something stable. Worst case: anchor your elbows to your chest (if standing) or knees (if sitting). Turn the camera by turning your whole body, not just your arms. That will get a smoother video.

Look out Stephen Spielberg – armed with these tips, you’re going to be unstoppable in capturing award-worthy memories of your child’s big swim.

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