Africa

FINA Announces Dates for 2017 World Championships; Masters Worlds to Follow

The Scotiabank Aquatics Centre, built for the 2011 Pan Am Games, will host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.

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Swimming South Africa: “No Athlete Will Bear the Cost” for Commonwealth Games Participation

In response to media reports last week that the South African Olympic Committee (SASCOC) would not be covering the full…

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Ottesen Takes Top Seed in 50 Fly, Will Try to Hold Off Halsall in Final

The last preliminary session of the 2014 Mare Nostrum series, which closes Sunday in Barcelona, Still saw most competitors going…

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U.S.-Based South African Swimmers to Cover Portion of Own Travel Costs for 2014 Commonwealth Games

South African swimmers based in the United States were informed this morning that they would have to cover a portion…

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South Africa Announces Commonwealth Games Squad

South Africa will be sending a team of 21 athletes to compete at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow…

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Gabonese Swimming Federation Holds First National Championship Meet

Swimming on the continent of Africa continues to grow as Gabon held their first-ever National Championships.

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Adrian Wins 100 Free, 5 Meet Records Go Down on Day 1 of 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco

Nathan Adrian picked up a win in the 100 free and pushed through as the top seed in the 50 free on day of the 2014 Mare Nostrum-Monaco meet.

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The Mad Swim: Mozambique to Madagascar, 460km braving Sharks

Swimming News / Swimming video is courtesy of One Epic Show. Via Youtube: The mad swim a real true South…

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Start Lists for 2014 Monaco Mare Nostrum Stop

Double butterfly World Champion Chad le Clos will be racing at the 2014 Monaco stop of the Mare Nostrum series.

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FINA announces schedule for 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore

The meet will take place from September 1st to September 6th of 2015. See the full event schedule here.

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Rwanda Drops Swimming from Africa Youth Games Delegation

Rwanda will participate at the 2014 Africa Youth Games in Gaborone, Botswana from May 22nd-May 31st, but will not include a…

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Senegal to host African Swimming Championships in September

The African Swimming Championships have been officially cleared to move forward in Senegal, according to a press release from the Senegalese Press Agency

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FINA Bureau Member Lino Candido Lourenco from Angola Dies at 46

Below is a press release sent to us by FINA this morning about the passing of a member of the…

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Cameron van der Burgh Receives Prestigious National Order of Ikhamanga

Cameron van der Burgh has been awarded a National Order in South Africa, one of 54 recipients in 2014.

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Tandy joins South African Commonwealth Games roster on final day of SA Championships

NCAA co-champ Brad Tandy booked his ticket the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow with a big 50 free swim on the closing day of South African Nationals.

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