Why aren't we seeing questions and discussions about the World FINA championship problem? The issue is apparently that Sweden was the only nation to volunteer to host the 2010 world championships - but Gothenburg Sweden does not have a site with two 50 meter pools in the same location. So the meet will be apparently be conducted in two separate pools in different parts of the city. Our and probably many other teams will be impacted by separating male and female swimming events. It's not only team cohesiveness and support, but the important role of our coach that's affected. He can't be in two places at once. Our team from Reston was planning to have a good turnout - but now those plans are cancelled.
I hope to contact USMS officials to see if any other options are possible - even startiing early in the morning and ending late at night.
If anyone has further info or insights we'd welcome hearing them, because my wife and I had looked forward to this opportunity.
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I posted something similar in the other thread, but yes, I'm very disappointed in having men/women split up and it's pretty much a deal-breaker for me as well. That said I realize that there are few locations in the world with multiple 50 meter pools and warmup space and there's no good way to split it up, which you really need to do for a meet which could potentially be huge.
All that said I don't understand why worlds can't be short course meters instead. Yah, long course is fancier and more "upscale" but the problem would be solved by swimming short course. Then there are tons of pools where they could run two courses and have separate warmup. Most masters seem to prefer short course anyway, for all the extra turns, and the 100 IM. It can be long course when suitable locations are available, like Stanford.
Knowing FINA though I'm sure a change like this is much easier said than done.
I posted something similar in the other thread, but yes, I'm very disappointed in having men/women split up and it's pretty much a deal-breaker for me as well. That said I realize that there are few locations in the world with multiple 50 meter pools and warmup space and there's no good way to split it up, which you really need to do for a meet which could potentially be huge.
All that said I don't understand why worlds can't be short course meters instead. Yah, long course is fancier and more "upscale" but the problem would be solved by swimming short course. Then there are tons of pools where they could run two courses and have separate warmup. Most masters seem to prefer short course anyway, for all the extra turns, and the 100 IM. It can be long course when suitable locations are available, like Stanford.
Knowing FINA though I'm sure a change like this is much easier said than done.
