Courtesy: Swimming Australia
Australia’s premier Para swimmers are set for a showdown in Adelaide with the Australian Swimming Championships – Multi-Class confirmed for April 9-12 at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre (SAALC).
The Championships will also double as selection trials for the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira, Portugal in June.
In what shapes as a blockbuster festival of swimming in Adelaide, the Australian Swimming Championships – Multi-Class will also coincide with the Australian Age Swimming Championships at SAALC.
Swimming Australia General Manager – Paralympic Program, Adam Pine, believes the Championships will produce some outstanding competition.
“Following the move of the Australian Swimming Championships to May we worked quickly to find a solution for the Multi-Class Championships that would optimise the performance of our Para swimmers while causing as minimal disruption as possible to their High-Performance plans,” Pine said.
“It’s an important year of competition with the World Para Swimming Championships in June, followed by the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, and I have no doubt the incentive of these major international meets will bring the best out of our athletes in Adelaide.”
Information for the Australian Swimming Championships – Multi-Class and the Australian Age Championships, including the program of events, can be found on the respective event pages. Entries for both events will be open from Monday February 21.
Tickets to attend the Australian Swimming Championships – Multi-Class at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre will be available via Ticketek, with an on-sale date to be confirmed soon.
The 2022 Australian Swimming Championships – Multi-Class will also be streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in Australia and across 240 countries and territories, at no additional cost to Prime members. Swimming fans can watch the replays for all heats and finals and can sign up or start a 30-day free trial by visiting primevideo.com.
Adam Pine needs to be removed from the para swim team full stop. He is abusive, manipulative and plays with athletes careers for his own personal gain and for their punishment. Complaints have been made relating to all this but none have been addressed appropriately. Shame on Australia for keeping him in a position where he can choose to make or break an athletes career.
That Mr Pine, who has overall responsibility for the development and health & safety of minors and disadvantaged youth, is still a ‘valued’ employee and spokesperson for Swimming Australia speaks volumes about how seriously SAL, now spearheaded by women, took Barrister Ronalds and her female colleagues findings in what was SAL’s third damming cultural review in a decade. #46
They will never acknowledge the harm these people cause when they are “finding” champions to win medals. Amazing how they continue to find world beaters that weren’t swimming 2 years ago. Cannot fathom how half of the re-classifications that took place last week got approved. Hard to find a genuine para swimmer anywhere.