I've heard two people now tell me that 2010 Worlds will be in Sweden. They're pretty reliable sources, but they didn't know dates. Does anybody know the dates? I'd like to go :]
(Just out of curiosity, I pulled up airfares- cheapest I've found is $990 roundtrip. With 6 of us, it's time to start saving now!)
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Anyone else tried to open the doc? I can not get it to open no matter what I try.
It opened for me. Here it is:
FINA BUREAU MEETING
‘Water is Our World’ will be the motto of the FINA Centenary
Lausanne (SUI), February 12, 2008 – The first meeting of the FINA Bureau in 2008 took place in Lausanne (SUI) on February 7-8 and approved a Message (see attached) on ‘Water and Environmental protection’ within the frame of the celebration of the FINA Centenary in 2008.
This Message will be spread out to all the FINA 194 National Member Federations, clubs, athletes, officials, organisers, media and public at large throughout the year of 2008.
Other topics discussed by the FINA Bureau were as follows:
- approval of the proposal for changes in the FINA Rules to be presented at the FINA Extraordinary Congress, to be held on April 8, 2008 in Manchester (GBR);
- allocation of FINA competitions:
o 3rd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy 2008 – Madrid (ESP, December 6-7)
o 4th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy 2009 – Montreal (CAN, dates to be confirmed)
o 15th FINA Junior Men’s Water Polo World Championships 2009 – Split and Sibenik (CRO, August 22-30)
o 15th FINA Women’s Water Polo World Cup 2010 – Wellington (NZL, dates to be confirmed)
o 12th FINA Synchronised Swimming World Cup 2010 – Changshu (CHN, September 16-19)
o 18th FINA World Diving Junior Championships 2010 – Tucson (USA, September 2-6)
o 13th FINA World Masters Championships 2010 – Göteborg and Boras (SWE, July 28-August 7)
- acknowledgement of the positive financial outcome of the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne (AUS): the event brought a AUS$105 million impact to the local economy and allowed the creation of 660 jobs. Moreover, a new record of 219,317 spectators attended the championships, while the competition was seen by over a billion TV viewers worldwide;
- encouraging reports were received from the organisers of the upcoming main championships, which will be successfully delivered according to high FINA standards: 9th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Manchester 2008 (April 9-13), 12th FINA World Masters Championships Perth 2008 (April 17-25), 5th FINA Open Water Swimming Championships Seville 2008 (May 3-8), 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships Monterrey 2008 (July 8-13), 13th FINA World Championships Rome 2009 (July 19-August 2), 10th FINA World Swimming Championships Dubai 2010 (April 7-11), 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 (July 16-31);
- presentation, by the Organising Committee (BOCOG), of the latest report concerning the preparation of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (CHN). In this regard, FINA praised the excellent work done so far by BOCOG and underlined the high quality of the venues where the FINA aquatic competitions will take place;
- attribution of FINA awards:
o FINA Prize – Mr. John Devitt (AUS)
o FINA Gold Pin – Mr. Yury Zaytsev (RUS)
o FINA Silver Pin – Dr David J. Hunt (GBR)
o FINA Certificate of Merit – Mr. Alexandr Tudose (MDA), Mr. Grigoriy Bukakov (UZB) and Mr. Alexander Gnedovskiy (UZB)
