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SYNCHRONISED
SWIMMING
24
duets and eight teams will be competing in the synchronised
swimming competition at the Maria Lenk Aquatic
Centre in Rio from August 14-19.
DUETS HERE
TEAMS HERE
MARATHON
SWIMMING
In
marathon swimming, the lists include, 50 athletes, 25 men and 25 women, from
28 countries
The
first 10 spots on both lists were awarded on the basis of the results of the 2015
FINA World Championships 10km race, in Kazan (RUS).
20
more spots (10 men, 10 women) were attributed to the best of the Marathon
Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Setubal (POR)
in early June. In addition, the next-best from each of the five continents
also earned a berth in Setubal.
MEN
+ WOMEN HERE
DIVING
The
Olympic diving programme consists of eight events
as follows: men's 3m, men's 3m synchro, men's 10m, men's 10m synchro, women's
3m, women's 3m synchro, women's 10m, women's 10m synchro.*
A
total of 136 divers, represented by 68 men and 68 women, are confirmed. 29
nations will be going to Brazil.
MEN
+ WOMEN PER EVENT HERE
WATER
POLO
In
water polo, 12 men's teams will battle for the Olympic titles, while eight
women's squads are taking part in the Olympic tournament.
The
men's groups are composed as follows:
GROUP
A: Serbia, Greece, Brazil, Australia, Japan, Hungary
GROUP B: USA, Spain, France, Montenegro, Italy, Croatia
And
the women's groups as follows:
GROUP
A: Italy, Russia, Australia, Brazil
GROUP B: Spain, China, Hungary, USA
MEN
+ WOMEN TEAMS HERE
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2016
10km circuit to resume in Canada
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In the spotlight
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 Lac St Jean, Quebec, Canada, is
about to host the fourth leg of the FINA/HOSA
10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2016.
36
swimmers*, 22 men and 14 women, will take the departure on Thursday July
28.
Open
Water greats such as Germany's 2009 World Champion Angela
Maurer and Kazan 2015 Team event winner Christian
Reichert or Rio 2016 hope Diogo Villarinho of Brazil and
national favourite Richard
Weinberger are among the athletes to watch.
*Countries
taking part are: Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Netherlands, Russia, USA
Men's
race starts at 1:30pm (GMT-4)
Women's
race starts at 1:40pm (GMT-4)
Both
races will be live streamed HERE
FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup calendar
1. Patagones-Viedma (ARG)
February 7, 2016
2. Abu Dhabi (UAE) February 26, 2016
3. Balatonfured (HUN) June 18, 2016
4. Lac St-Jean (CAN) July 28, 2016
5. Lac Megantic (CAN) August 13, 2016
6. Chun'An (CHN) October 9, 2016
7. Honk Kong (HKG) October 15, 2016
In
addition to the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup, Lac St Jean
will also stage the third leg of the FINA Open Water Grand Prix, on July
30.
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More
about the ow grand prix on fina.org
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The 2016 SWC calendar announces six legs
beginning in August
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As
FINA is entering in the second semester of the aquatic calendar, the FINA/airweave Swimming World Cup 2016 is around the
corner.
The
prestigious annual circuit will kick-off on August 26 in Paris-Chartres,
France.
The
competition will be divided into three clusters with prize
money up for grabs and will conclude on October 30 in
Hong-Kong. The competition will take place in 25m pools this year.
The
2016 calendar is as follows:
1. Paris-Chartres
(FRA) - August 26-27
2. Berlin (GER) - August 30-31
3. Moscow (RUS) - September 3-4
4. Beijing (CHN) - September 30 - October 1
5. Dubai (UAE) - October 4-5
6. Doha (QAT) - October 8-9
7. Singapore (SIN) - October 21-22
8. Tokyo (JPN) - October 25-26
9. Hong-Kong (HKG) - October 29-30
THANX to UANA
News / GRACIAS a Noticias UANA
https://www.teamunify.com/Home.jsp?team=uana
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