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ISSN 2054-1082
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER (FREE)
BCN2013 GBR RESULTS
AN OVERVIEW OF THE BEST OF BRITISH IN THE CATALAN CAPITAL
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REVIEW OF AQUATICS AT BCN2013
THE WORLD’S PERFORMANCES AT THE 15TH FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, ESP
LATEST NEWS
TOP TWO EDITORIAL PICK NEWS FROM BRITISH SWIMMING
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CONTENTS
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF AQUATICSmedia
AUGUST-SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013
05 FOREWORD
By the Editor
06 SNAPSHOTS
Stunning sporting photos from the major event of the summer
08 TOP TWO BRITISH SWIMMING NEWS
The Editor’s pick of the two most important pieces of news
10 BARCELONA 2013: TEAM GBR RESULTS
An overview of the results of British Gas GBR Team at the 15 th FINA Worlds (LC)
- Swimming
- Diving + High Diving
- Water Polo
- Synchronised Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
18 BARCELONA 2013: REVIEW
An overview of the international aquatic world’s results at the 15th FINA Worlds (LC)
- The Challenges for British Swimming
- Thomas Lurz (GER)
- Hungary’s Reincarnation
- Rowena Webster (AUS)
- Germany’s Triumph
- Orlando Duque (COL)
- The Queens of Barcelona
- Svetlana Romashina (RUS)
38 PAST HEROES
Revisiting the previous legends in aquatics
- Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
43 NEWS
FINA NEWS: All the news from the International Federation of aquatics. Includes:
Upcoming Events, Change of Nationalities, Doping Offences and Bids on 2015
Events (Courtesy of fina.org)
QUALIFYING TIMES: Major GB and International Meet qualifying times
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France’s men’s freestyle relay team rejoice after their winning
performance at the Palau Sant Jordi.
AQUATICS Magazine
Editor in Chief
Hugo Lowell
Executive Editors
William Gilman, Robert Howat
Nikon Photography
Matthias Hangst
Florian Eisele
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CONTRIBUTIONS
FINA Aquatics World Magazine
(Interviews, main Diving and
Synchro articles, Pieter van
den Hoogenband article)
FOREWORD
This year’s summer was an eventful one for us; we started the summer months
with the British Gas Nationals, held once again this year in Sheffield, the home to
British Swimming, before making the journey to the Catalan capital Barcelona, where
the FINA World Championships returned to after a 10 years wait.
The British Nationals was once again a fun packet event but it was sad to see key
members of the international squad such as Liam Tancock and James Goddard left
out after not making the necessary qualifying times for BCN2013.
In Barcelona, the aquatics world was once again re-united with the Montjuïc (the
Palau Sant Jordi, the Piscines Picornell, the Port Vell etc.), as well as the fantastic
performances of the athletes trying to make their mark on the world stage. New stars
were born and the old dogs proved their credentials as the venues filled to the brim
with great crowds who buzzed with energy, enthusiasm and excitement.
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For British Swimming broadly, it has been a bittersweet year, claiming some medals
yet not quite reaching their target but with another chance for the athletes to prove
themselves in December as the “Duel in the Pool” returns to the UK – Glasgow, the
site of the Commonwealth Games which will arrive very shortly.
This is the final edition this year but we can look forward to three big events in 2014;
the European Championships in Berlin; the 2nd Youth Olympics in Nanjing and of
course the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. So stay tuned for more exciting action!
Hugo Lowell
Editor in Chief AQUATICS Magazine
Calm before the storm…hours of practice about to be put into minutes of
racing. Nikon
Photographers hard at work during a session at the 15th FINA World
Championships. Nikon
AQUATICS Magazine
In the coming months,
British swimmers will be looking
to lead a team of the best
swimmers of Europe as they go
head to head with the world’s
number one swimming nation,
team USA. Thus it has been
dubbed the ‘Duel in the Pool’.
This year’s edition is set to be held
in Glasgow, the site for the 2014
Commonwealth Games, after the
Tollcross International Sports Centre
received a revamp.
In the past, this event was staged in
Manchester in 2009 when it was last
held in the UK.
“For me it will be special as its being
held in my home town of Glasgow,”
said Olympic silver medalist Michael
Jamieson (GBR). “It will be a great
opportunity t
opportunity to try the newly
refurbished pool ahead of the
Commonwealth Games next year.”
Jamieson will be one of the Brits
looking to lead the European
contingent, hopefully beating the
Americans in this event for the first
time ever and in front of a home
crowd.
In this competition, the equivalent of
the Ryder Cup, 22 men and 22
women will take to the pool, with
each event held as a head-to-head
final in a short course (25m) format
pool.
British Swimming Chief Executive
David Sparkes commented, “we
look forward to seeing some great
swimming with the potential for
world records in what we anticipate
will be one of the fastest pools in the
world.”
The athlete line-ups are yet to be
finalized as both USA Swimming
and the European Federations are
currently in the process of filling their
ranks for a meet which is set to
display some of the best swimming
in the world. AM
AQUATICS Magazine
Between 2000 and 2012,
James Goddard was arguably the
most consistent swimmer on the
British Gas GBR Team, claiming 4
Commonwealth medals over his
long career, 3 of them gold. He
also won 3 European medals, 1
World SC medal and was a staple
on the World Championship and
GB Olympic teams, swimming 5
times and 3 times respectively at
the two highest events in the sport
of swimming.
After finishing seventh at last year’s
Olympics, the 30 year-old has
decided not to defend his
Commonwealth 200m IM and
backstroke titles next year.
After 12 years of swimming at the
highest levels in sport, the Stockport
Metro swimmer who had been racing
internationally since the age of 18,
explained that “It’s time to find
something new in my life.”
Although he won his international
titles at the Commonwealth Games,
his best success came in 2004 at
the Athens Olympics in the 200m
backstroke where he was promoted
to third place after the
disqualification of Aaron Piersol
(USA) who had earlier won the
event. However, following a
successful appeal from the US
Olympic Team, Goddard was once
again demoted to fourth place,
outside of the medals.
Goddard’s last event was the British
Championships, where he sadly
failed to make the team for the 15th
FINA World Championships. AM
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Barcelona: REVIEW
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On the last day of the 15th
FINA World Championships in
Barcelona, Fran Halsall managed
to win bronze in the 50m freestyle
clocking a 24.30, the third fastest
time of her career.
season bicep injury.
For the past week, Halsall kept
slipping from the podium spots,
ultimately finishing fourth in the 50m
butterfly by 0.17 seconds.
Commonwealth champion Robbie
Renwick finished sixth in Barcelona
with a 1:46.52 in the 200m freestyle
while both Dan Wallace and Craig
McNally set Scottish records in the
400 IM (4:13.72) and 200m
backstroke (1:55.67) respectively.
Andrew Willis and Jazz Carlin also
were just short of a medal, finishing
fourth in the 200m breaststroke
(2:09.13) and 400m freestyle
(4:04.03) respectively.
Michael Jamieson, London 2012
Olympic silver medalist in the 200m
breaststroke, was out-touched by his
teammate by 0.01 and finished fifth
after struggling with a late
Hannah Miley, like Jamieson
managed a fifth in the 200m IM
setting a season’s best time of
4:34.16.
Ultimately, for Great Britain, without
the likes of double Olympic
Champion Rebecca Adlington,
medals were going to be tough. Out
of 17 finalists, GB managed 1 medal
in the swimming medals table, 2
short of their target. AM
AQUATICS Magazine
Red Bull Cliff diving star
Gary Hunt added a much needed
and needed silver to GBR’s overall
medal tally, scoring a 589.30.
For Barrow, this was the first time
she dove individually rather than as
synchro. She scored 346.45 points
overall.
Jumping from a sheer 27m, hunt
delivered both blindingly fast dives
and blindingly bright silverware, all
under Barcelona’s blinding sun.
Tonia Couch, competing at her fifth
World Championship could not quite
make it to the final top eight, having
dropped a dive in the opening round
of the final after having qualified
second from the semi-finals.
Olympic bronze medalist Tom Daley
dove through a torn tricep injury
finishing sixth in the 10m platform
with a total score of 470.60.
Incidentally, Qui Bo (CHN), a
longtime rival of Daley, took the top
spot leading all the way through
scoring an impressive 581.00.
Sarah Barrow produced her best
performance to date at the Montjuic,
finishing fourth in the 10m platform.
Couch and Barrow later made it to
fifth in the 10m synchro, while Alicia
Blagg and Rebecca Gallentree
came sixth in the 3m synchro.
Jack Laugher did not make it to the
final after missing several dives in
the semi-final, having qualified first
so far. AM
Hannah Miley, like Jamieson
managed a fifth in the 200m IM
setting a season’s best time of
4:34.16.
Commonwealth Champion Robbie
AQUATICS Magazine
Although the GB men’s
team did not qualify for Barcelona,
the women’s team made their
return to the FINA World
Championships after a ten year
long wait.
In arguably the toughest group at the
Championships, the women’s team
gave a good fight against the world’s
best waterpolo teams including the
Olympic Gold medal winning team
(USA) and reigning World
Champions (GRE).
With five players playing in their first
ever World Championship, making
Canada, the 2009 World Champions
struggle for their victory over the GB
girls which they won 14-9.
Soon after, the GB team fell to
Greece in a very tough match where
multiple cross-cage shots ended in
the back of the GB net. The second
opening match ended in a 13-7
resulting in another defeat for the
Brits.
After a difficult two matches and
struggling to find team rhythm, team
GB had to bow down to the USA
after missing many potential shots ,
losing 16-4.
For their last match, team GB
bravely battled against Olympic
semi-finalists Hungary, losing 14-5,
ending a very tough week for
Britain’s water polo players who
finished fourth overall. AM
AQUATICS Magazine
After a beautiful London
2012 Olympics where Jenna
Randall and Olivia Federici
performed to finish ninth in the
Technical Routine, using a new
choreography and new music, at
Barcelona they went one step
further bettering their ranking to
joint eighth with Italy, a career
best finish for the two.
They then managed to retain their
ranking of ninth in the highly
competitive Duet Free. They scored
a total of 87.180 in their “Ravens on
the Tower of London” routine to
replicate their London 2012
performance.
Randall then went on to compete in
the Solo event, retaining the eighth
she earned at the 14th FINA World
Championships in Shanghai 2011.
For Barrow, this was the first time
she dove individually rather than as
synchro. She scored 346.45 points
overall.
Tonia Couch, competing at her fifth
World Championship could not quite
make it to the final top eight, having
dropped a dive in the opening round
of the final after having qualified
second from the semi-finals.
Couch and Barrow later made it to
fifth in the 10m synchro, while Alicia
Blagg and Rebecca Gallentree
came sixth in the 3m synchro.
Jack Laugher did not make it to the
final after missing several dives in
the semi-final, having qualified first
so far. AM
AQUATICS Magazine
Shanghai Open Water gold
medalist Keri-Anne Payne finished
14th after she could not manage to
keep a strong enough lead as she
fell back, overpowered on the final
lap.
She crossed the finish line in a time
of 1:58.25.8, as the other GB
swimmer, Danielle Huskisson in her
World Championship debut came
33rd in 2:01:35.5.
Although Payne navigated the buoys
well enough to be in the leading
pack, she was dragged back into the
main group amidst “heavy fighting”
for the cleanest positions.
In the men’s Open Water, Jack
Burnell swam himself to 15th in the
10k on his World Championship
debut. He swam with teammate
Daniel Fogg and both were also
taking the lead several times at
various stages throughout the race.
Burnell went on to finish in a
1:49:30.6, while Fogg, having been
unlucky in the jostling as much as
Payne was, unfortunately got
dragged back finishing 38th in a time
of 1:50:29.0.
Overall, considering the relative
inexperience (except for Payne) in
the GBR Open Water team, the
results were in fact very promising
leading on to Kazan World
Championships in 2015 and of
course, the real deal at Rio 2016.
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SWIMMING
Michael Jamieson could
only finish fifth in
Barcelona after clinching
silver at the London
Olympics last year.
THE CHALLENGES FOR BRITISH
SWIMMING
There is no doubt British
Swimming is going through
challenging times. At Barcelona,
British Swimming scooped a
grand total of a single bronze
medal when the lights went out at
the Palau Sant Jordi.
It was also so apparent at last
year’s London Olympics. Team GB
came away with a total of 2 bronze
and 1 silver, far less than
expectations.
So what happened?
Team GB Shined Before
At Rome for the 13th FINA World
Championships in 2009, Great
Britain stood at sixth in the final
medal table with fantastic
performances from Gemma
Spofforth who set a World Record in
the 100m backstroke and Liam
Tancock in the 50m backstroke,
who bettered his own World Record
and added another gold to the GB
medal count.
In Budapest in 2010 for the
Europeans, British Swimming did
even better in terms of success
stories. Fran Halsall led the GB
team on a rampage, the team
managing to amass18 medals in
total, Halsall herself claiming 5 on
the last day of competition. And
Beijing 2008 star Rebecca
Adlington also got into the medal
mix, coasting to gold in the 400m
freestyle after a disappointing swim
in her favourite 800m freestyle.
Back then, she said happily, “We
have such strength in depth now it
is incredible. The last time we
came here it was a completely
different team as none of us had
won a gold in an individual 100m.”
Riding on their victories over the
last two years, the GB International
team continued on to Shanghai in
2011, ready for more action.
Although this time in 2011, with the
presence of team USA, the world’s
biggest swimming nation, the medal
tally was not the same as that of in
Budapest, British Swimming still
came away with three gold medals
on the world stage; Rebecca
Adlington, back in her fine form
winning this time in the 800m
freestyle; Liam Tancock, defending
his crown in the backstroke sprint
dash event, the 50m backstroke
and Keri-Anne Payne, who
maneuvered the buoys so expertly
in the 10k open water event.
Overall, the team won 6 medals,
moving up to fourth in the medal
table, two places better than in
Rome just two years ago.
Unfortunately, this was when the
sky started to darken. With the
onset of 2012 and the ever looming
Olympics coming closer with every
passing day, preparations would
have to finish soon. But still, many
at the Olympic Trials, desperate to
secure their Olympic berth for a
home Games, had swum great
times in March. Everything was
looking hopeful as the Olympic
fever which grasped most of Britain
increased steadily.
From the very first day of
competition, team GB were down.
The athletes tried their best and
their races were full of desperate
passion – anyone could see that,
yet the swimming itself was sluggish
and slow. Perhaps it was the
immense pressure of a home
Games. Perhaps it was the poor
training leading up to the big
moment. Perhaps it was the bad
timing of the Trials. Ultimately, we
will never really know. What we do
know was that the results were less
than satisfactory compared to the
other sports where team GB had
their finest ever Games. British
Swimming was forced to completely
re-think their approach to the whole
process of nurturing toddler
swimmers to senior international
level swimmers who could
potentially win World and Olympic
medals.
The one swimming medal came in
the form of Fran Halsall, in a
desperate charge to avenge her
performances from London 2012,
clinched a bronze in her favourite
event on the last day.
Alas, it would always have been a
tough meet without the likes of
Rebecca Adlington (who could have
potentially added two more medals
to the tally) and Liam Tancock (who
had failed to make the team in the
100m backstroke and so could not
defend his 50m backstroke crown)
who are normally staple medallists
at major international meets.
Amidst all this downbeat news
however, there is at least some
glimmers of hope.
First, these two meets where things
have gone rather badly for team GB
will serve as a wake-up call. Resting
on the laurels from 2009 has
produced very negative effects in
terms of performance. Starting this
past year, a new Olympic cycle has
begun - it is a fresh start to Rio
2016. The current swimmers will
feel the need and want in their
hearts to perform better because
that is the nature of an athlete.
Secondly, we have a great
contingent of junior swimers
climbing up the ladder to the senior
team. At the FINA Hunior Worlds in
Dubai this summer past, out of the
14 swimmers sent by British
Swimming, ten swimmers came
home with a medal, including four
setting a championship record in the
men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
We will bounce back from the
disappointing events of London
2012 and BCN2013. Sometimes in
order for great success to happen,
we have to endure great hardships
first.
Hopefully the hardships are over
and British Swimming will only go
from strength to strength until the
lights go off at Rio 2016. AM
Fran Halsall takes off before her bronze medal winning performance.
Unfortunately for team GB, the bad
news from London 2013 continued
into Barcelona.
Just 4 weeks into the job after being
appointed the new performance
director, Bill Furniss, former coach
to Rebecca Adlington confessed
that it had been “a disappointing
week,” after UK Sport had set the
target at three to five medals.
Interview: THOMAS LURZ (GER)
He had previously taken
bronze in the 5km and silver in
the Olympic distance 10km. Now
Thomas Lurz surprised everyone
by winning the gruelling 25km on
his first ever swim in that event.
When he finished, he clenched
his fists and claimed his fourth
medal in the Catalan capital.
Yet, when asked how he felt before
his gold medal performance he
replied that “to be honest, I felt very
uneasy the day before the race, as I
couldn’t imagine what I had let
myself in for. And I had no idea how
to ration my strength over such a
long distance.”
He said, yet he also commented on
his great strategy which propelled
him to the title in Barcelona. “I think
I chose very smart tactics. It was
obvious I would never set the tempo
in my first
race over 25km, even if we were
treading water. But it was clear to
me that my competitors would take
care of the tempo. Spyridon
Glanniotis set an incredible pace. I
was hardly able to follow but he
soon got into trouble and lacked the
decisive power at the end. And then
I thought Brian Ryckerman began
his sprint finish much too early. I
benefited from this in the end.”
Although he won, swimming the
whole 25km in 4:47.27.0, equivalent
to swimming each 100m in 1:08.9,
he does not think he will ever swim
the long marathon again, “this was
my first and last time. I’m a tough
cookie but I had to go up and
beyond my limits in this race,”
having vomited twice as he
negotiated the salty water in the
Moll de la Fusta.
Lurz was truly enthralling at
BCN2013, winning not only his
individual 25km, getting a silver in the
10km, a bronze in the 5km and then
as team Germany, clinching gold in
the team 5km. And so we asked him:
will there be more to come? “I
definitely can’t say. I have to think
about my future career and that
clearly takes precedence now.
Winning medals is certainly a great
experience, but I won’t be able to live
on that in 2 years’ time. Open water
swimming is not like football or
tennis…”
And we must also remember his age.
Lurz first burst onto the international
scene in 2005 at Montreal and was
on the podium at his first senior
international meet as he remarked,
“ I’m not getting any younger, and this
is gradually becoming more
noticeable.” But whatever he does,
we know he will always do what he
does best – winning. AM
WATER POLO
Back on top – the
Hungarians came
back remarkably
quickly after their
losses at London
2012
HUNGARY REINCARNATED
At the Piscines Picornell
on the summit of the Montjuic,
the Catalan capital saw Hungary
return to the top of international
water polo, finishing top of the
podium for the third time after
their disappointing result last
year at London 2012.
They were last here in Barcelona 10
years ago, a distant memory now
after the team’s recent exploits. The
Magyars, as they are known, have
now only lost 6 of the tournaments
they have ever participated in. "We
are very happy, it´s nice to get this
feeling again for me since I also
won here 10 years ago. We are a
new team and it´s so great what we
have achieved," said an ecstatic
Norbert Madras, after adding a
second world title to his two
Olympic gold’s and a euro league
winners medal.
Leading from the Front
First, Hungary won in a close fought
8-7 against Montenegro. Hungary
defended well and conceded no
goals in the first quarter and scored
four themselves (Varga with one
and Hara the other two). But after
conceding two late goals in the
second quarter, Montenegro were
only one behind at half time.
With 1:19 minutes on clock the
scores were equal at 7-7. With one
of the last throws of the
game, Marton Szivos scored the
decisive goal of the tournament and
shattered Montenegro’s dreams of
their first gold medal since their
independence from Serbia “This
was our chance to win our first ever
gold medal, but it wasn’t meant to
be, nothing was going right for us.
We started badly and ended up
chasing their score for the entire
game and on top of that we lacked
the luck we needed in the last
moment,” said Coach Rankoin
Perovic.
And as icing on the cake: Darko
Brguljan received the honour of best
goalkeeper of the tournament.
The Legendary Magyars
Hungary is a giant of international
water polo, literally and
metaphorically, with not a single
player under 6ft 3. They have won
9 Olympic golds, 12 European titles
and now their third world title. But
it’s not just the men who impressed,
for the woman’s team also
managed to win the bronze in
Barcelona.
After narrowly missing out on the
final (in a close fought game against
the eventual winners Spain),
Hungary’s women had a point to
prove in their match against Russia.
They showed their mettle and got
their revenge in beating Russia in a
replay of the world league semi-final
previously this year.
The Russians started strongly
leading 2-0 and 3-1. But Hungary
fought back to level the scores after
the first period. The scores were
still tied at the third quarter, until
Hungary scored two quick
consecutive goals to give them a 97 lead. Russia quickly replied with a
goal from Olga Bevola. A few 22
seconds later Orsolya Takacs
scored to put the game to bed and
ended a fantastic contest.
“My team was physically and
mentally strong after the semi-final
loss against Spain and we
deserved the victory. The girls
played as a team, as a unity,” said
Hungary’s head coach Andras
Meresz.
To finish it off, Lieke Klaasen
played especially well to receive the
award for top scorer (25). After
narrowly missing out in both
London and Beijing it was
Hungary’s turn to taste some
victory.
But will their luck run out? Who
knows. We can only wait and watch
to see if the legendary Magyars can
make the 4 years from London to
Rio golden years, replicating their
success everywhere. AM
The title given back to whom it should belong…or that’s certainly how the Magyars feel about it.
Interview: ROWENA WEBSTER (AUS)
Rowena Webster (AUS)
tackles Anna Espar
(ESP) during the closing
stages of the women’s
water polo gold medal
match.
Dubbed the ‘Star of the
Stingers’, London 2012 bronze
and BCN2013 Silver medalist
Rowena Webster has pretty
ambitious goals set for herself.
Raised in bush-fire prone state of
Victoria in Australia, her dream after
she finishes her water polo career is
to become a firefighter. Yet, before
she starts that new chapter in her
life, as the eldest of the Aussie
Stingers team at 25, she also wants
to win the ultimate Olympic crown in
Rio 2016.
have been on the journey,” she will
need to prove herself all over again.
Since her breakthrough into senior
She did in 2013, so why not 3 years
international level polo in 2008, she
later…?
has amassed a fine collection of
medals from the most prestigious of Rowie, as she likes to be known, is
tournaments – but one still is not in currently finishing her physical
her grasp. Come summer 2016,
education teaching degree at
Rowena Webster believes that will
Deakin University, Melbourne while
change.
she juggles water polo training and
working as a receptionist at the
“My ambition is to be the best in the
Victorian Institute of Sport.
world,” she said. “I want to be
among the world’s best attackers
Coming from Victoria, which,
and also be a dominant force in
compared to other states like
defense.” And no doubt she is doing Queensland or New South Wales is
that. But in order to hear the
not a water polo power-house,
Australian national anthem being
meaning, as Rowie put it, “We just
played and stand “alongside the 12 don’t have the depth of talent other
other girls with linked arms, who
states have.”
But, nonetheless, Rowie made it to
the Aussie Stingers team which
makes her very proud. And so she
should be as since her London
2012 experience, she is only going
from strength to strength in all areas
of the game.
“When Rowie first joined the team,
she was mainly known for her
strong shot. She wasn’t a very good
defender. Now I believe she is close
to being the best all round player in
the world,” said coach McFadden.
So maybe she can get to the top of
the podium in Rio. At least one thing
is certain in her life, as her tattoo
says – ‘One life, no regrets’ AM
DIVING
Sascha Klein reached
the highest heights
with Hausding in
Barcelona.
GERMANY’S TRIUMPH
“It’s crazy – we’re World
Champions. Nothing else matters
now,” said the pair. It seems that
The duo scored a total of 461.46,
the experience of the two put
beating Russia into second place
together - one a multiple World
(Victor Minibaev and Artem
Series medalist and the other an
Chesakov scored 445.950). To top eight-time European Champion has
it, Klein and Hausding also shoved paid off at last.
Only one German has ever
Olympic Champions Yuan Cao and
Despite injuries, victory!
managed a diving world title but
Yanquang Zhang into the bronze
Christa Kohler took the victory in
medal position, inflicting a rather
Although everything came together
Belgrade in 1973, competing for the painful defeat on the Chinese after
on the day, their preparations had
former Germany, GDR not GER as they only managed a 445.56.
been anything but easy. A year after
we know the country today.
London 2012, Sascha Klein had a
“So we have made history”
“We’re World Champions remarked a victorious Sascha Klein very rollercoaster year-at first it was
his elbow playing up. Then an
now. Nothing else matters” when he heard about their
inflammation of the inner ear, then
performance. Long time synchro
issues with his back. It was a
partner Hausding was in a similar
In Beijing 2008, it was Mathew
miracle that they even got to train
state of shock after their dive into
Mitcham of Australia who caused
synchro diving. It was only a day
the history books; “I don’t usually
the upset by taking the crown from
before the World Championships
the hosts at the Water Cube. Come look at the scoreboard” was all he
the Klein felt better enough to
Barcelona 2013, it was the German could manage while he and his
compete. Not only had he missed
pair who caused the upset denying partner digested their success.
chunks of training, but
In Barcelona, the German
Swimming Federation’s dream to
win a world title was realized.
Sascha Klein and Patrik
Hausding finally put an end to the
Germans’ misery and left their
mark in the history books.
the Chinese of another set of gold
medals.
he also missed many of the diving
world series events.
reflective and pensive Klein. “It’s getting increasingly difficult to keep up
with the world’s best but somehow I just keep getting there.” AM
To add insult to injury for the pair,
Hausding had repeated knee
problems in the lead up to
BCN2013, until he developed
tendinitis in his left biceps which
caused him to miss his individual
platform event.
According to Lutz Buschkow, the
Head diving Coach to German
Diving, none of the performances
would have been possible without
the wonders worked by their
support staff. He said later on, “The
performance of our medical
department was simply
phenomenal.” Also helping the
athletes were their coaches, offering
support where they could hoping
the best for their athlete for an
athlete-coach relationship is a very
fragile yet loving thing. Perhaps this
was the key to their rapid recovery.
Another medal for Klein
After his (surprise) victory in the
synchro, Sascha Klein kept riding
the wave and with 508.55 points,
had the opportunity to step on that
podium once more but this time with
a bronze medal. Incidentally,
London 2012 Champion David
Boudia (USA) finished second with
517.40 and the defending World
Champion, Qui Bo (CHN), perhaps
as consolation for his Olympic run
where he did not manage to take
the gold, was in a class of his own,
scooping the title with an easy
581.00 points.
Although Barcelona was an
excellent meet for Klein, his age,
which most people would call
young, is catching up with him in
this young people’s sport. “Diving is
a tough sport and my bones are not
getting any younger” remarked a
Marco Koch (GER) on top of the world this summer past.
High Diving made its
debut in Barcelona this
year…and it looks as if it
will stay.
Interview: ORLANDO DUQUE (COL)
He is the 38 year-old
Columbian who lives in Hawaii
and stopped doing ‘normal’ pool
diving to pursue what he calls a
‘more natural form of diving.’
Orlando Duque came to
Barcelona with one goal in mind,
to win, and he accomplished it.
In the second week of competition
in Barcelona at the FINA press
conference, Duque explained the
two main issues with high diving.
“There are two problems: the entry
in the water and getting disoriented
in the air. The first one is clearly
vital, as we reach a very high
According to him, when asked how acceleration and if you don’t enter
the water in a vertical position, it will
he got into the sport, “when you
hurt a lot,” he said. However to him,
dive into a pool, it gets a bit boring
the benefits clearly outweighs the
after a while. All the pools look the
difficulties as he outlined next; “The
same and you want to look for
something different. Then you start feeling in the air must be like the
thinking of diving a bit higher, then a one a dog is experiencing when it
has its head out of a window of a
gain a bit higher and then you end
up doing the 27m platform. It’s kind moving car. We feel the air, the sun
and the water approaching fast.
of a new challenge. This was the
Those are three seconds of plenty
case with me,” reflects the high
of nice sensations!”
diver who has won nine ‘World
Championship titles’ in cliff diving,
Diving is definitely a sport where
some at the prestigious Red Bull
Cliff Diving World series.
injuries occur a lot. And therefore,
almost unsurprisingly, Duque dove
in Barcelona with an ankle injury
(this time caused by skydiving not
high diving) but still managed to get
the gold, Columbia’s first at a World
Championships scoring 590.20.
Asked about his emotions on the
dive, he recalls, “It was quite hard
for me – I had surgery in November,
I was out of the water until March,”
but it seems he still felt well enough
to dive.
“The pressure is huge!” he
exclaimed. “But I stayed steady,
consistent and, despite mistakes in
my second dive I managed to get
the gold!”
He finally ended the questions on a
last positive note - “It’s huge…it
feels so great.” AM
SYNCHRO
The whole Russian team
romped to victory in
Barcelona. No doubt they
will be even better in
Kazan 2015 in front of a
home crowd.
THE QUEENS OF BARCELONA
Before the swimming even
started at the Palau Sant Jordi,
Russia made their second clean
sweep of gold medals in the
synchro events at the FINA World
Championships, also managing
to snatch the competition’s best
team trophy from the grasp of
their rivals. China won 4 silver
medals in solo and duet and
hosts Spain walked home with 3
silver and 4 bronze in their
pockets.
Romashina, the
Golden Girl of Synchro
Russia’s 24 year-old triple Olympic
Champion Svetlana Romashina
was dubbed the “Tsarina” of
BCN2013 after her beautiful
performances in the free and solo
technical events. Romanisha won
her first solo crown, following in the
footsteps of what some people see
as her mentor, Natalia Ishchenko,
the most decorated synchro
swimmer in history.
On Day 1, Romashina started her
bid for World Championship
medals, bagging the gold after
getting a score of 96.800. Then, on
Day 4, the Russian continued her
medal bid, clinching gold in the solo
free, securing the third consecutive
win for Russia in this event as
Romashina danced on the water to
a Marilyn Monroe song.
who made her mark more than a
decade ago claiming Spain’s first
medal at this international level. “It’s
very exciting to compete here after
Spain’s first success, because we
are at home, I felt the support in the
crowd,” remarked a smiling
Carbonell.
China’s Xuechen Huang placed
second and local girl Ona Carbonell
placed third in both solo events.
Her moving routine paid tribute to
the home Olympics in 1992, making
it even more special for the
Barcelona based Carbonell. A
routine where she swam with the
soprano Montserrat, Freddie
Mercury being the backdrop for
Cabelle’s duet touched the judges
who duly rewarded her with a score
of 94.290.
Echoes of the Past
The double Svetlanas
In many ways, Carbonell’s
performance echoed that of Gemma
Mengual, Spanish synchro swimmer
On Day 2, Romashina teamed up
with her new partner Svetlana
Kloesnichenko in the duet tech
routine, ended up winning it, and
thus making this Russia’s tenth
world title in the event since they
first won it in 1998. The pair scored
a 97.300.
Previously winning this event in
2009 with Anastasia Davidova and
in 2011 with Ischenko, this crown at
Barcelona will be her third.
Commenting on her new partner,
Romashina said, “We felt
comfortable from the very first day
we started training together. I’m
very happy to partner with her.” She
added, “We never had any
conflicts....she’s very calm.”
The medals she has won so far,
including those from Barcelona,
total to a magnificent 15.
Romashina currently sits third in the
all-time synchro medal winners list
with only her former teammates
Davydova (18 medals) and
Ishchenko (19 medals) standing in
her way until she is in a league of
her very own.
Her incredible record so far
compromises nothing but gold. AM
Interview: SVETLANA ROMASHINA (RUS)
The new star of the
Russian team: Svetlana
Romashina has reached
the highest heights in
synchro.
She has become the
Olympic Champion 3 times, the
World Champion 15 times, the
European Champion 5 times. At
the Palau Sant Jordi, Svetlana
Romashina, on her first attempt
at the solo event, struck gold.
Possibly the best at synchro overall
in the world right now, and yet most
sports fan don’t even know her
name, let alone recognize her face.
But, she doesn’t seem to mind too
much, “why should I mind? In a way
it’s an advantage – I don’t have to
waste my energy on that. I never
cared much about it.”
Perhaps not noticed by the majority
of sports fans around the world,
thanks to her international
successes, now the only one on her
team with that many titles. “It’s nice
on the one hand,” she said. “On the
other, I miss the girls whom I
I spent most of my career. Natalia
Ishchenko in particular. She
became my family, person I spent
more time with throughout the years
than with my real family.”
Unknown to most people, being in a
synchro team and not being the top
girl can be tough. Only that top
athlete from each country can
perform in the solo and the duet,
thought to be the events which
determine the ‘face’ of the team.
So when Romashina first joined the
team in 2005, at the age of 15, she
was very much the ‘new girl’, while
Ishchenko, her future partner, was
the, ‘face’ of the team. “I was never
jealous about Natalia Ishchenko,”
she reminisces, “you see, when you
work in the group sometimes you
get a feeling you are the most
hardworking people around. Just
imagine the pressure those who
participate in both solo and duet are
under.”
Since Ishchenko’s retirement after
London 2012, Romashina has now
moved in to take her place. Maybe
Romashina had not expected this
as part of her future plans, but she
commented, “frankly, Natasha and I
only started discussing our future
only after the London Olympics. We
had no strength to think about
anything but the practices before
that. And Ishchenko has not retired
yet. She just took a break.”
One wonders if synchro wasn’t an
Olympic sport, would the athletes
train and scare themselves so much
for a rather less known sport? To
this she answered, “Everyone works
so hard. I don’t know how they can
motivate themselves to work so
hard without having the highest
goal.” AM
PAST HEROES
Pieter van den HOOGENBAND
(NED)
Pieter van den HOOGENBAND (NED)
When, back before the
London Olympics in Eindhoven
at the European Water Polo
Championships at the pool
named after him – the Pieter van
den Hoogenband Swim Stadium,
he looked very much the same as
in his heyday when the ThorpeHoogenband rivalry was at its
peak.
Apparently, the answer to him was
just as simple. “Oh, no, no way. I
wish Ian all the best; he is a
wonderful guy, a great swimmer
who deserves the attention. It’s
great he is back, but for me it was
over a long time ago,” he said.
“Returning has never crossed my
mind.”
In fact Hoogie, as he used to be
Training with Gennady Touretsky,
called in the good old days of
the former Soviet coach who
swimming, had not hit a racing pool
propelled the legendary Alexsandr
since he quit after the 2008 Beijing
Popov and Michael Klim to great
Olympics. Perhaps it brings back
heights around the time of the turn
memories he would rather keep to
of the millennium now was coaching himself.
arch-rival Ian Thorpe for a
The times he does swim are when
comeback after he retired shortly
he is with family, during holidays
after the 2004 Athens Olympics.
mostly in the sea. “This doesn’t
The question put forward was
mean I hate the water. No, my love
simple – Thorpie has returned; what for it never ceased, its touch still
about you?
feels great.” After he finally hung up
his swimsuit, having made the
Olympic final in the 100m freestyle
for the fourth time at Beijing 2008,
he stayed in the aquatics world for
one year before trading his goggles
for a bike to stay in shape.
Today he runs his own business
which helps other companies to be
better, applying what he learnt in
swimming at the very top to the rest
of the world much like how his
father, now the Chairman of the
FINA Sports Medicine Committee,
initiated the “Let Pieter swim faster”
program, building up a team around
him. The team was made up from
the best of what sport could offer –
Pieter had a nutritionist that
originated from speed skating, the
dry-land trainer came from
basketball and the best weightlifting
coach was plucked from football.
And the results were phenomenal.
When asked which his best triumph
was, he picks the titles in Athens as
his favourite of the three Olympic
crowns he won. “Without question it
was the best of all. Winning two
gold medals in Sydney was natural
for me. I couldn’t imagine it any
other way. But I had to overcome a
handful of problems afterwards, a
hernia was the worst one, so
recovering from it and getting
through everything and finally
reaching the top again in 2004 was
a huge relief. I never felt the same
before…”
Calling it a day is not easy for most
great athletes, alas we saw Boris
Becker go through a very tough
time after his career came to a
close, yet Pieter seemed to have
taken it all in his stride. “For me, it
has never been a problem that I
cannot be the best in the world any
more. I knew that I had to start a
new chapter in my life. And I enjoy it
very much. I don’t have to train six
hours a day but I have plenty of new
challenges, new targets, I have a
great family, two children- what else
would I need?”
To him, although he never really
had an idol, it was America’s loss to
Anthony Nesty in the 100m butterfly
at the 1988 Seoul Games that
influenced him the most. “That told
me that, hey, you don’t have to
come from the US to become an
Olympic Champion. You can do it
even if you were born in such a
small country as Surinam. Or the
Netherlands…”
Although luck was strangely never
on his side at the FINA World
Championships not winning a single
gold, at the Olympics, he did bag 3
gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze between
2000 and 2004. Now he has
different ambitions: “I hope we will
have looked back on an Olympic Games in Holland organized with big
success. And im heading a successful company and enjoying watching
my kids raised.”
We wish him the best of luck on a new chapter in his life. AM
FINA NEWS
UPCOMING FINA EVENTS:
2013
05 OCTOBER 2013 - FINA 10 KM MARATHON SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - HONG KONG (HKG)
12 OCTOBER 2013 - FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - MOSCOW (RUS)
17 OCTOBER 2013 - FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - DUBAI (UAE)
20 OCTOBER 2013 - FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - DOHA (QAT)
05 NOVEMBER 2013 - FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - SINGAPORE (SIN)
09 NOVEMBER 2013 FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - TOKYO (JPN)
12 NOVEMBER 2013 - FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE 2014 - EUROPE PRELIMINARY ROUND 1ST MATCH VARIOUS CITIES
13 NOVEMBER 2013 - FINA SWIMMING WORLD CUP 2013 - BEIJING (CHN)
19 NOVEMBER 2013 - FINA WOMEN'S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE 2014 - EUROPE PRELIMINARY ROUND 1ST MATCH
- VARIOUS CITIES
29 NOVEMBER 2013 - 8TH FINA SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING WORLD TROPHY 2013 - MEXICO CITY (MEX)
10 DECEMBER 2013 - FINA MEN'S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE 2014 - EUROPE PRELIMINARY ROUND 2ND MATCH VARIOUS CITIES
17 DECEMBER 2013 - FINA WOMEN'S WATER POLO WORLD LEAGUE 2014 - EUROPE PRELIMINARY ROUND 2ND MATCH
- VARIOUS CITIES
2014
16 AUGUST 2014 – 2nd YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES – NANJING (CHN)
28 AUGUST 2014 – 2nd FINA WORLD JUNIOR OWS CHAMPIONSHIPS – EILAT (ISR)
8 SEPTEMBER 2014 – 20th FINA JUIOR DIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS – PENZA (RUS)
22 OCTOBER 2014 – 14th FINA WORLD JUNIOR SYNCHRO CHAMPIONSHIPS – TAMPERE (FIN)
29 NOVEMBER 2014 – FINA AQUATICS WORLD CONVENTION – DOHA (QAT)
3 DECEMBER 2014 – 12th FINA SC WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – DOHA (QAT)
2015
19 JULY 2015 – 16th FINA LC WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – KAZAN (RUS)
FINA NEWS
CHANGE OF NATIONALITY:
Ms. Ellen GANDY: From Great Britain to Australia.
Ms. Uschi FREITAG: From Germany to Netherlands.
Mr. Gavrll SUBOTIC: From Montenegro to Serbia.
Mr. Sasa MISIC: From FYR Macedonia to Montenegro.
Mr. Ugo CROUSILLAT: From France to Montenegro
DOPING OFFENCES:
Tudor DOBRE (ROU): May 12 2013, tested positive to substance THC/Cannabis (Class S.8 Cannabinioids) following a doping test at the
National Water Polo Competitions in Romania. Starting June 11 2013, the athlete has a period of 6 months ineligibility.
Nikita MAKSIMOV (RUS): March 3 2013, tested positive to substance Dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (Class S.1.1.a Exogenous Anabolic
Androgenic Steroids) following an out of competition doping test in Krugloe (RUS). Starting April 4 2013, the athlete has a period of 2 years
ineligibility.
Anita STEPANENKO (EST): May 24 2013, tested positive to substance Stanozolol (Class S.1.1.a Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids)
following a doping test at the Estonian-Finnish competitions in Tallinn (EST). Starting July 23 2013, the athlete has a period of 1 year
ineligibility.
Following a hearing, it has been established that the coach of Anita STEPANEKO, Nikolai BORZOV (EST) had administered the
prohibited substance in his swimmer’s drink without notifying the athlete. Starting July 23 2013, the coach has a period of lifetime ineligibility.
Jakub JONCZYK (POL): June 15 2013, tested positive to substance Methylhexaneamine (Class S.86.b Specified Stimulants) following a
doping test at the Polish Championships in Olsztyn, Poland. Starting June 15 2013, the athlete has a period of 1 year ineligibility.
Alexandr RAZDROBENKO (BLR): August 17 2012, tested positive to substance Clenbuterol (Class S.1.2 Other Anabolic Agents) following
an out of competition doping test. Starting August 17 2013, the athlete had a period of 1 year ineligibility.
Following reports which were confirmed, it was revealed that the athlete took part in national level competitions and thus violated
FINA DC Rule 10.5.2. Consequently the period of ineligibility has restarted from February 2013.
BIDS FOR 2015 FINA EVENTS:
FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS, BIDS MUST BE PRESENTED NO LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 2013.
2015 EVENTS:
2015 - 11th FINA WORLDJUNIOR WOMEN’S WATER POLO CHAMPS (20 & U).
2015 – 18th FINA WORLD JUNIOR MEN’S WATER POLO CHAMPS (20 & U).
2015 – FINA SYNCHRO WORLD TROPHY.
FINA NEWS
BIDS FOR 2016 FINA EVENTS:
FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS, BIDS MUST BE PRESENTED NO LATER THAN 31 DECEMBER 2013.
2016 EVENTS:
2016 - 15th FINA WORLD JUNIOR SYNCHRO CHAMPS.
2016 – 3rd FINA WORLD YOUTH MEN’S WATER POLO CHAMPS (18 & U).
2016 – 3rd FINA WORLD YOUTH WOMEN’S WATER POLO CHAMPS (18 & U).
2016 – 3rd FINA WORLD JUNIOR OPEN WATER SWIMMING CHAMPS.
2016 – OLYMPIC MARATHON SWIMMING QUALIFIER.
2016 – OLYMPIC GAMES WOMEN’S WATER POLO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT.
2016 – OLYMPIC GAMES MEN’S WATER POLO QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT.
FINA STRUCTURE:
FINA BUREAU 2013 -2017
President: Dr Julio C. Maglione (URU) [email protected]
Honorary Secretary: Paolo Barelli (ITA) [email protected]
Honorary Treasurer: Pipat Paniangvait (THA) [email protected]
Vice Presidents: Husain Al Musallam (KUW), Tamas Gyarfas (HUN), Dennis Miller (FIJ), Dale Neuberger (USA),
Sam Ramsamy (RSA)
Members: Fernando Carpena (ESP), Errol Clarke (BAR), Dimitris Diathesopoulos (GRE), Dr. Mohamed Diop
(SEN), Matthew Dunn (AUS). Ben Ekumbo (KEN). Erik van Heijningen (NED), Andrey Kryulov (KAZ), Lino Candido
Lourenco (ANG), Eugenio Martinez (CUB), Jesus Mena (MEX), Dr. Margo Mountjoy (CAN), Coaracy Nunes Fihlo
(BRA), Vladimir Salnikov (RUS), Kazuo Sano (JPN), Qiuping Zhang (CHN).
Honorary Life President: Mustapha Larfaoui (ALG) [email protected]
Honorary Members: Gennady Aleshin (RUS), Rafael Blanco (ESP), Bartolo Consolo (ITA), Eldon C. Godfrey
(CAN), Nory Kruchten (LUX), Francis Lyuce (FRA), Guillermo Martinez (CUB), Chief Olatokumbo Thomas (NGR),
Gunnar Werner (SWE).
Executive Director: Cornel Marculescu
For information on the structures of the FINA Technical Committees, please visit fina.org
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