Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. At the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai's Jinshan City Beach, FINA introduced high-tech sonar equipment from Japan as a means to keep athletes safe in the open water swimming championships. FINA invested US$300,000 in two sonar units that were used for the first time, sweeping the course every 20
Pierre Lafontaine stepped down after 8 years of heading Swimming Canada. His tenure was highlighted by numerous Canadian footprints that were increasingly seen all over the open water swimming world. The former CEO and National Coach for Swimming Canada between 2005-2013, he was named the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the
Pierre Lafontaine was among the 15 nominees for the 2012 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year that were announced today. [Read more...] Copyright © 2012 by Open Water Source
Ron Jacks, 3-time Olympian and coach of 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Richard Weinberger (shown on left), and Swimming Canada CEO Pierre Lafontaine, opened up the 2012 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships today with a 3-hour coaching seminar. The races begin tomorrow and extend through August 19th in Welland, Canada. The newest
The Government of Canada continues to step up in the world of open water swimming. Their investment is big-time and is generating big-time results. The support helps Canada host major international events on the global open water swimming calendar as well as help produce two Olympic 10km Marathon Swim finalists at the 2012 London Olympic Games: Richard
FINA President Dr. Julio Maglione announced the first FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships that will be held in the Niagara Falls area in Welland, Canada between August 16-19, 2012. "This new competition gives our young open water stars an opportunity to compete at the highest level." As the newest aquatic discipline governed by FINA,
SAN ANTONIO. Denny Ryther was appointed as chairman of the Unión Americana de Natación (UANA or the Amateur Swimming Union of the Americas) Technical Open Water Swimming Committee. His tenure will be from November 2012 to October 2015. Denny, a long-time USA Swimming national open water swim team manager and administrator, will head an esteemed group of
USA Triathlon is offering Continuing Education Units for its certified coaches to attend the Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California. USA Triathlon describes the Conference as "bringing together the world’s foremost experts on open water swimming including prominent triathlon coaches and personalities. World open water swimming
