Oman Welcomes Asian Open Water Swimmers
The Oman Swimming Association will host over 80 swimmers from 17 countries at three major open water championships this weekend: the 4th Asian Open Water Swimming Championship, the 4th Arab Open Water Swimming Championship and the 10th Gulf Open Water Swimming Championship. The three 5K races will start simultaneously at Barr al Jissa (Qantab Beach). Additionally, the Oman Swimming Association has conducted a referee training clinic that serves as a refresher course for 30 domestic and international referees who will act as technical officials for the Asian Beach Games Muscat 2010 marathon swimming competition.
Delegations include teams from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. Among the sports leaders attending the event, FINA’s Vice President and Olympic Council of Asia Director General Husain al Musallam, FINA and Asian Swimming Federation’s Open Water Technical Committee Chairman Ronnie Wong and Vice President Andrea Kriaykov, and Rashad Ahmed al Hinai, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Sports Affairs of Oman.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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