"Swedish Swimming Federation The Swedish Swimming Federation (SSF) () is the national federation for Aquatics in body of Swimming in Sweden, as well as the other Aquatics sports: Diving, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water Swimming. It was founded on 23 March 1904 and is a member of LEN and FINA. The Swedish Swimming Federation organizes the Swedish Swimming Championships, the Elitserien, the Women's Elitserien, the Swedish Synchronized Swimming Championships, the Swedish Diving Championships, the Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series and the Swedish Open Water Swimming Championships, national junior and youth championships and the national teams in the swimming"
"swimming, diving and high diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo) in three main competition venues. The new FINA High Diving discipline has been presented on the XX FINA Technical Congress and has been officially included to the FINA World Aquatics Championships program starting from the 15th FINA World Championships 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. In this 16th FINA World Championships first time the mixed-pair (female-male) duets in the synchronized swimming were included and first time the mixed command competitions in each sports were carried. This Championship is one of the qualifying events for the 2016 Summer Olympics. At these Championships 31"
"strokes, the individual medley, as well as in relays. There are also two mixed relays. Updated after the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m): FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or ""Short Course Worlds"" as they are sometimes known, is an international swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its main World Championships (currently this means in even years). Unlike the FINA World Aquatics Championships, this championship is swimming-only (the World Championships feature all 5 Aquatics disciplines),"
"2012, Canada, Japan and the USA are the only nations to have swum at all editions of the Cup. FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup The FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA and currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level international 'synchro' competition. It was first held in 1979, and 2010 saw its twelfth edition. The event features competition in four different synchro events (Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination), and allows each entered nation to have 1 entrant per event. The winner of the event is determined by adding a"
"FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup The FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup is an international, synchronized swimming event organized by FINA and currently held every 4 years. It is a top-level international 'synchro' competition. It was first held in 1979, and 2010 saw its twelfth edition. The event features competition in four different synchro events (Solo, Duet, Team and Free Combination), and allows each entered nation to have 1 entrant per event. The winner of the event is determined by adding a nations points from the four events. (Note: Free Combination was added to the event beginning in 2006.) As of"
"FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly ""Open Water Worlds"", was a bi-annual FINA championship for open water swimming. They were held in even years, from 2000 to 2010. Race distances were 5, 10, and 25 kilometers (also known as 5K, 10K, and 25K). The 10 km race at the 2008 edition served as the main qualifying event for the 2008 Olympics 10 km event. Twelve editions was part of the World Aquatics Championships, and six edition was ""stand alone"" editions. From 2011 the biannual event is included only into the"
"Synchronised swimming Synchronised swimming, officially known as artistic swimming since 2017, is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, trio, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Artistic swimming is governed internationally by FINA, and has been part of the Summer Olympics programme since 1984. Synchronised swimming demands advanced water skills, requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater. Competitors show off their strength, flexibility, and aerobic"
"Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships The aquatics discipline of swimming has been the core component of every edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships since its introduction in 1973. In 1991, open water swimming events were introduced to the program of the World Championships. The number of events competed for at each edition of the championships has grown steadily through the years. In 1973, 29 events were swum: 15 for men and 14 for women, all in the pool. Since 2015, the combined number of events for men and women including pool and open water events has been 49,"
"FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) or ""Short Course Worlds"" as they are sometimes known, is an international swimming competition. It is swum in a short course (25m) pool, and has been held in the years when FINA has not held its main World Championships (currently this means in even years). Unlike the FINA World Aquatics Championships, this championship is swimming-only (the World Championships feature all 5 Aquatics disciplines), and is contested in a short course, 25-meter pool (rather than a long course, 50-meter pool). There are men's and women's events in all four"
"FINA Swimming World Cup The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course (25 m) swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. The series was started in the 1988/1989, and is open to swimmers from FINA member countries. For the 2015 edition, the series were held in long course pools instead of short course. The series has traditionally been held in the northern hemisphere's winter-time (October–February range), placing it within the normal short course competition times for many countries (with long course competition predominating in the northern hemisphere's summer months). Currently, the overall 1st,"
"considered a women's sport, with the Summer Olympics only featuring women's duet and team events. However, international, national and regional competitions may allow men to compete, and FINA introduced a new mixed duet competition at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships. FINA officially renamed the sport from ""synchronized swimming"" to ""artistic swimming"" in 2017—a decision that has faced mixed reception. At the turn of the 20th century, synchronised swimming was known as water ballet. The first recorded competition was in 1891 in Berlin, Germany. Many swim clubs were formed around that time, and the sport simultaneously developed in Canada. As well"
"one technical and one free, as well as age group routines and figures. Synchronised swimming is both an individual and team sport. Swimmers compete individually during figures, and then as a team during the routine. Figures are made up of a combination of skills and positions that often require control, strength, and flexibility. Swimmers are ranked individually for this part of the competition. The routine involves teamwork and synchronization. It is choreographed to music and often has a theme. Synchronised swimming is governed internationally by FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Underwater Hockey, (also called Octopush (mainly in the United Kingdom))"
"a set of competition rules that are used by affiliated organisations. Synchronized swimming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers (either solos, duets, trios, combos, or teams) performing a synchronised routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Synchronised swimming demands advanced water skills, and requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater. During lifts swimmers are not allowed to touch the bottom. Traditionally it was a women's sport, but following the addition of a new mixed-pair event, FINA World Aquatics"
"often suffer from tendon injuries, as the sport tends to cause muscle imbalances. Common joint injuries include the rotator cuff and the knees. Synchronised swimming Synchronised swimming, officially known as artistic swimming since 2017, is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, trio, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Artistic swimming is governed internationally by FINA, and has been part of the Summer Olympics programme since 1984. Synchronised swimming demands advanced water skills, requires great strength, endurance, flexibility,"
"FINA FINA or ""Fédération internationale de natation"" (English: ""International Swimming Federation"") is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competition in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for the IOC and international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. FINA also oversees ""Masters"" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. On 24 July 2009, Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President. FINA was founded"
"Finswimming Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or using open circuit scuba diving equipment. Events exist over distances similar to swimming competitions for both swimming pool and open water venues. Competition at world and continental level is organised by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). The sport's first world championship was held in 1976. It also has been featured at the World Games as a trend sport"
"one of four members of the USA team. The World Championships have often been the occasion at which elite swimmers reach the peak of their season, and hence numerous world records are often broken. Swimming at the World Aquatics Championships The aquatics discipline of swimming has been the core component of every edition of the FINA World Aquatics Championships since its introduction in 1973. In 1991, open water swimming events were introduced to the program of the World Championships. The number of events competed for at each edition of the championships has grown steadily through the years. In 1973, 29"
"Competitors swim different distances in different levels of competition. For example, swimming has been an Olympic sport since 1896, and the current program includes events from 50 m to 1500 m in length, across all four main strokes and medley. The sport is governed internationally by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), and competition pools for FINA events are 25 or 50 meters in length. In the United States, a pool 25 yards in length is commonly used for competition. Other swimming and water-related sporting disciplines include diving, synchronized swimming, water polo, triathlon, and the modern pentathlon. Some occupations require"
"World Aquatics Championships. The Open Water Worlds were held in the years between the FINA's main World Championships, providing an annual championships for Open Water Swimming. At its January 2010 meeting, the FINA Bureau decided that to replace this event with a junior (18 and under) championships, making the 2010 Open Water Worlds the last edition of these championships, and 2012 seeing the first of a Junior Open Water Worlds. The best swimmers. FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships The FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, or more commonly ""Open Water Worlds"", was a bi-annual FINA championship for open water"
"Championships was the first time men were allowed to compete at the European Championships. While men are allowed in more events, they were still barred from competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics. FINA did propose adding the mixed duet competition to the 2020 Summer Olympics. In July 2017, following a request by the IOC, FINA approved changes to its constitution that renames synchronised swimming to artistic swimming. FINA justified the change by stating that it would help to clarify the nature of the sport (with the new name being similar to artistic gymnastics), and would help ""enhance its popularity"". The"
"than 35 participating athletes are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Kazakhstan, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine and the United States. First time Kosovo Swimming Federation participates in this FINA World Championships. 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the"
"swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, open water swimming, and high diving (the last of which is a non-Olympic discipline), since all these disciplines are governed at international level by the International Swimming Federation. Skating is a winter Olympic sport represented by the International Skating Union, and includes four disciplines: figure skating, speed skating (on a traditional long track), short track speed skating, and synchronized skating (the latter is a non-Olympic discipline). The sport with the largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing, with six: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, snowboarding, and freestyle skiing. Other notable multi-discipline"
"2017 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2017 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight two-day meets in eight different cities between August and November 2017. This edition was held in the usual short-course (25 meter pool) format. Like the previous short course World Cup in 2016, 36 events were scheduled. The 2017 World Cup consisted of the following eight meets, which were divided into three clusters. Eindhoven returned after having been omitted for the last two editions, while Paris and Dubai were dropped in comparison to the previous year. The other seven cities were the same as the"
"the meets held in Brazil, where prelims have been in the evening with finals the following morning (and hence a three-day format). Current series events (all in short course pools): FINA Swimming World Cup The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course (25 m) swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming. The series was started in the 1988/1989, and is open to swimmers from FINA member countries. For the 2015 edition, the series were held in long course pools instead of short course. The series has traditionally been held in the northern hemisphere's"
"2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Championships (), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes (near 5,500), countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also. Competitions were held in six sports (swimming, open water"
"included high diving. The opening ceremonies took place on July 19, 2013. On the first day of competition on July 20, American Haley Anderson won the first gold of the competition in the women's 5 km, just beating Brazilian Poliana Okimoto 56:34.2 to 56:34.4. In the second event on day one, Tunisian Oussama Mellouli won the men's 5 km race with a time of 53:30.4. The following world records were established during the competition: 181 nations entered the competition. Ecuador, currently suspended by FINA, participated under the FINA flag as independent athletes. 2013 World Aquatics Championships The 15th FINA World"
"events Women's events Mixed events Men's events Women's events Mixed events FINA Diving World Series The FINA Diving World Series is a diving competition series held annually since 2007. This series is held around the world (the current series includes 4 events) where the divers collect points depending on their results to determine the World Series champions. This series is reserved for only the best divers in the World and national wild cards. Most of the divers are medallists from previous Olympics, World Championships and World Cups. Overall ranking is based on the combined results from the legs of the"
"2015 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2015 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, long course swimming meets in eight different cities between August and November 2015. Airweave was the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer. This was the first World Cup edition held in a long-course pool, allowing swimmers to prepare for next year's Olympics, which are also held in long course. The 2015 World Cup consisted of the following eight meets: <nowiki>*</nowiki> The finals session of the first day of the Singapore meet was canceled due to haze conditions. On"
"2013 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities between August and November 2013. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer. As of June 2013, the 2013 World Cup consists of the following eight meets: Official overall scoring: Official overall scoring: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Katinka Hosszú set a new World record of 57.45 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin. Legend: NOTE: The mixed relay is not included in the overall scoring of the World Cup. <br>"
"2013 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of eight, two-day, short course meets in eight different cities between August and November 2013. Arena was again the title sponsor for the series, with Omega serving as official timer. As of June 2013, the 2013 World Cup consists of the following eight meets: Official overall scoring: Official overall scoring: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Katinka Hosszú set a new World record of 57.45 seconds in the heats of this event in Berlin. Legend: NOTE: The mixed relay is not included in the overall scoring of the World Cup. <br>"
"the five LEN disciplines (swimming, diving and synchronized swimming). LEN organizes four more discipline championships (swimming (25m), diving, water polo and open water). LEN also runs various competitions restricted to a younger age: The following national federations are part of LEN: 2008: Peter Biros (Hungary)<br> 2009: Filip Filipovic (Serbia)<br> 2010: Vanja Udovicic (Serbia)<br> 2011: Stefano Tempesti (Italy)<br> 2012: Miho Boskovic (Croatia)<br> 2013: Denes Varga (Hungary)<br> 2014: Filip Filipovic (Serbia)<br> 2015: Dusko Pijetlovic (Serbia)<br> 2008: Danielle De Bruijn (Netherlands)<br> 2009: Iefke van Belkum (Netherlands)<br> 2010: Sofia Konukh (Russia)<br> 2011: Alexandra Asimaki (Greece)<br> 2012: Anni Espar (Spain)<br> 2013: Jennifer Pareja (Spain)<br> 2014:"
"won her sixth individual gold. The water polo events were held at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center from July 17–30. In the men's tournament, Italy upset the defending champions Serbia for the gold. In the women's tournament, Greece won the gold over China. 181 nations have entered at least one athlete in one of the five disciplines; diving, open water swimming, swimming, synchronized swimming, and water polo. 2011 World Aquatics Championships The 14th FINA World Championships () were held on July 16–31, 2011 in Shanghai, China at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. The 2011 World Championships featured five aquatics disciplines:"
"2015 FINA world championships. The average age of the participants in this event was 30. Efforts are being made by gymnasts to make this sport an Olympic event for the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. If not for 2020 than for the 2024 Summer Olympics which its host city will be Paris, France. There is considerable debate surrounding record claims for the highest dive, which largely revolves around criteria for what constitutes a valid dive. ABC's Wide World of Sports produced world record high dives for its Emmy award-winning sports anthology show for more than a decade. They"