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Japan collects 48 golds at Asian Games
Mr. Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al-Sabah, the president of Olympic Council of Asia called as OCA closed the 16th Asian Games on November 28, 2010. The largest ever Asian Games ended successfully. The Games was held in Guanzhou, China. China did a very good job not only building a huge sports complex but also conducting the Games.
All Asian countries, 45 participating delegations in all, did their best and enjoyed the Games. China won 199 gold medals, Korea 76 and Japan 48, out of a total 477 gold medals.
Aquatics festival CAMEX concludes on a high note in Guatemala
After San Jose, Costa Rica, in 2008, the 13th edition of CAMEX, an age-group aquatics championships featuring teams from Central America and Mexico, took place in Guatemala City, from November 10-19, 2010.
The CCCAN, the Central American and Caribbean Swimming Confederation, organised competition events in FINA's five aquatic disciplines: Swimming, Water polo, Open water swimming, Diving and Synchronised swimming.
In all, 232 male and 210 female athletes, plus 165 officials, attended the great event.
Colombian swimming team announced for Dubai
The Colombian Swimming Federation officially announced the list of swimmers to participate in the 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) from December 15-19, in Dubai (UAE).
The tricolor flag will be represented by Omar A. Pinzon Garcia, Julio C. Galofre Montes, Juan David Molina Perez, Andres F. Montoya Torres, Isabella Arcila Hurtado, Juan M. Cambindo R., Jorge Mario Murillo Valdes and Carmen G. Ciancia Maury.
The athletes will be under the leadership of coaches Jose Mendez and Fabio Arias Neber Toro.
Fine performances produced at nationals in RDC
The third COD championships were successfully held on October 20-21, 2010, in the Lubumbashi Pronvince, Katanga (RDC). Mbombo Soleil Kayowa was the sensation of the day, setting a national record in the 100m freestyle in 55.18. She performed also well in the 50m freestyle, clocking 24.59.
Swimming festival takes place in Israel
At this period of time the swimmers are busy with hard training and less competing. The traditional Open Water swim - Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) took place in Tiberius, with almost 8,000 participants in all categories. This swimming festival was divided into competitive and non-competitive races, allowing each participant to swim a major part of the largest lake in Israel. Fantastic open water swimmers,Daniel Katzir and Michael Dmitriev won the 1500m and 3000m races respectively.
Iran triumphs at Asian Junior Water Polo Championship
The Iran national Junior water polo team picked up gold at the 2nd Asian Junior Water polo Championship, taking place in Indonesia from October 6-12. In the final match, Iran defeated Uzbekistan 8-6 and was crowned champion. Kuwait finished in third place while Kazakhstan had to settle for fourth. The best player of the competition was Mr. Amir Hossein Baraei from Iran.
Japan's swimming team ready for upcoming World Cup
The Japanese leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup is coming up soon. It will be held on October 20-21, 2010 at the Tokyo-Tatsumi International Swimming Centre (T-TISC) in Tokyo. More than 17 of the world's biggest swimming stars - including Leisel Jones (AUS), Natalie Coughlin (USA), Cameron van den Burgh (RSA) and Roland Shoeman (RSA) just to name some - will attend the event.
Tokyo hosts a leg of the FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup for the first time. Such privilege shows that Japan is now strong on the international swimming scene. Japan sent eight swimmers (four women and four men) to the Brazilian leg of the World Cup, held on September 10-12 in Rio de Janeiro. The Japanese team collected seven gold medals there and is ready to win at home in the upcoming meet.
Kitajima leads Japan national team to Asian Games
The Japan Swimming Federation has announced the team to take part in the Asian Games at the Tokyo-Tatsumi International Swimming Complex in early September. The Asian Games will be held in November 12-27 in Guangzhou, China. 29 swimmers, with breaststroke ace Kosuke Kitajima in the lead, will compete at the Games.
Kitajima and Koga are Japan’s spearheads at Pan Pacs
The swimming season is at its height with the European Championships just ended in Budapest, the Pan Pacific Championships taking place in Irvine (Cal., USA) on August 18-22, 2010, and the Junior Pan Pacific Championships to be held on the island of Maui (Hi., USA) from August 26-30, 2010.
Japan sent a big team to both Irvine and Maui, including Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima, world 100m backstroke champion Junya Koga, Ryo Irie, Ryo Takeishi, Shiho Sakai, Aya Terakawa, Rie Kaneto, Risa Sekine just to name some.
Successful Masters Championships held in Japan
The Nationals 2010-Japan Masters Swimming ended successfully at the Tokyo-Tatsumi International Swimming Complex on July 19, 2010. Incredible but true, nearly 7,000 swimmers took part in the championships.
Twelve new world records were established; ten in individual events and two in relays. Mieko Nagaoka, 96 years old, broke the world record, timing 2:36.01 in the women’s 50m breaststroke in the category 95-99 years old. After she finished the race, she looked happy, wearing a broad smile.
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