Wednesday, July 6, 2011

"Este mai usor sa gasesti o ideie...,

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Beti prea multa apa....?

Are you drinking too much fluid?
Monday, July 4, 2011 11:12 AM
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Overhydration

Hi Mircea,

Well the warmer weather has (intermittently) hit us here in England. We’ve had very little consistency of temperature. Our game the weekend before last was played in 30 degrees, but today, for example, we hit a maximum of 12 degrees.

This sort of temperature fluctuation is hard to dress for, let alone plan for from a sports science perspective. In the past, we’ve talked a bit about hydration and the impact that it can have on performance, as well as the use of slushies for cooling core body temperature but this week, I thought I’d tackle hydration from a slightly different angle and look at overhydration.

There are two main issues to consider here:

  • Performance; and
  • Health and safety

In terms of performance, it basically boils down to not wanting to have too much fluid ‘on board’ because this is essentially excess weight that you have to carry around the pitch, court or track. There is not much evidence to say that a moderate reduction in hydration status during a match affects performance and so I can tolerate a slight weight reduction due to perspiration without being unduly worried (although I do require my players to get back to their starting weight within 24 hours). We don’t want our players to be ‘hyperhydrated’ because this means they are carrying too much weight onto the pitch, thus reducing the power-to-weight ratio.


"I think it’s good practice to weigh yourself before and after training / competition on a number of occasions to get a feel for how fluid you lose."

In terms of health and safety however we are more concerned with a condition known as hyponatraemia. This is where there is a marked reduction in the levels of sodium in the blood. We need sodium for our muscles (including our heart) to function effectively. The way the body tries to correct this is by changing the amount of water in the bloodstream and allowing it to enter the cells of the body, including within the brain, which can lead to brain swelling and sometimes coma and death.

It’s difficult to ingest the quantities of water required to make you hyponatraemic during a sporting event. The events that are most likely to be at risk are endurance events where the intensity is not high but the drink breaks are frequent. An example might be the slow marathon runner who stops and guzzles loads of water at every drinks station, in an attempt to not become dehydrated. In effect, they consume too much water.

It’s normal to lose some weight due to perspiration during athletic activity. It’s not normal to put on weight. Not only are you not doing yourself any good, you may in fact be doing yourself some harm by dropping your sodium levels to dangerously low levels. I think it’s good practice to weigh yourself before and after training / competition on a number of occasions to get a feel for how fluid you lose and so you have an idea of how much you need to consume during exercise and afterwards.

‘Til next week,

Stay robust, amigos!

Joycey

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I enjoyed a glass or two of red wine over the cold winter evenings, and nothing warms me up more than a strong espresso after walking my dog.

But with Spring slowly giving way into Summer there comes a shift in emphasis from keeping the cold out to keeping the fluid in. It’s time for us to spring clean our hydration habits – as well as our houses! I knew I needed to find out more about hydrating my body – but I didn’t know where to start.

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Friday, July 1, 2011

O inotatoare - Printesa de Monaco ....

Oricat ar fi de prisos, noi ii dorim 'colegei noastre' :
CASA DE PIATRA, bucurii si un dram de noroc...


Charlene Wittstock s-a născut în Zimbabwe, dar s-a mutat în Africa de Sud încă din copilărie, ajungând să reprezinte această ţară la înot, la Olimpiada din 2000 de la Sydney. [imi cer scuze dar a fost singura foto necenzurata de media....,]



deschideti:
pai aici

http://www.videoportal.sf.tv/video?id=443e3ca0-14a7-4de1-be34-6b4a720abc83

aici

http://www.zimbio.com/Charlene+Wittstock


si aici

http://videos.leparisien.fr/video/iLyROoafziN3.html

chiar si aici

http://www.antena3.com/especiales/celebrities/boda-alberto-monaco/ultiman-detalles-boda-alberto-monaco-charlene-wittstock_2011062700019.html

dar si aici

http://mmedia.kataweb.it/video/28233961/monaco-la-principessa-va-in-vasca-per-la-maratona


dupa parerea mea....; Fosta inotatoare, actuala principesa... va avea nevoie, imediat, de un program de gimnastica compensatorie pentru a diminua atitudinea cifotica, specifica inotatorilor de craul; in apa ar trebui sa inoate mai mult in procedeul Spate dar, pe uscat, trebuie sa intre zilnic in sala de gimnastica....


Traducere din Română în Engleză by Google translate:

former Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock, the current Princess ... will need immediately a program of gymnastics compensatory for reduce cifosis attitude specify the crawl swimmers; in the water should swim more in the Backstroke, but on land, she must enter every day in the Gym ... .

Va 'vand' un secret...: cel mai mult stau pe blog cei din Alba, apoi Sibiul, apoi Galatiul.....; oare dece...?


iar dintre alte tari, in ordine: Kenya, Qatar, Franta, Suisse, Rusia, Bahrain

Thursday, June 30, 2011

Calendarul oficial FINA Iulie-Sept. 2011

Saturday, 16 July 2011 - Sunday, 31 July 2011
  • 14th FINA World
  • Championships - Shanghai (CHN) :: World Championships
  • Thursday, 21 July 2011
    FINA Extraordinary Congress - Shanghai (CHN) :: Conferences
  • Sunday, 24 July 2011
    FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2011 #4 - Lac St. Jean (CAN) :: Open Water
  • Saturday, 30 July 2011
    FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2011 #7 - Lac St. Jean (CAN) :: Open Water

August 2011

  • Saturday, 06 August 2011
    FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2011 #8 - Lac Magog (CAN) :: Open Water
  • Sunday, 07 August 2011
    FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2011 #9 - Sabac (SRB) :: Open Water
  • Friday, 12 August 2011 - Monday, 22 August 2011
    Universiade 2011 - Shenzhen (CHN) :: Other International Competitions
  • Saturday, 13 August 2011
    London 2012 Olympic Games Test Event for Marathon Swimming - London (GBR) :: Olympic Games
  • Saturday, 13 August 2011
    London 2012 Olympic Games Test Event for Marathon Swimming - London (GBR) :: Open Water
  • Saturday, 13 August 2011
    FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2011 #5 - Lac Megantic (CAN) :: Open Water
  • Sunday, 14 August 2011
    FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2011 #10 - Ohrid Lake (MKD) :: Open Water
  • Tuesday, 16 August 2011 - Sunday, 21 August 2011
    3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships - Lima (PER) :: Swimming

Saturday, 03 September 2011 - Sunday, 18 September 2011
African Games - Maputo (MOZ) :: Other International Competitions

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FINA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other uses, see Fina (disambiguation).

Fédération Internationale de Natation


Logo of FINA prior to 2008

Motto

Water is Our World

Formation

1908

Headquarters

Lausanne, Switzerland

Membership

202 national federations

President

Dr. Julio César Maglione

Website

www.fina.org

Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) is the International Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in the aquatic sports (its name translated from French is "International Swimming Federation"). It is one of several IFs which administers a given sport/discipline for the IOC and/or international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

FINA currently oversees competition in five aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming.

On July 24, 2009, Dr. Julio Maglione of Uruguay was elected FINA President.

History

FINA was founded on July 19, 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations.[3]

Number of national federations by year:

  • 1908: 8
  • 1928: 38
  • 1958: 75
  • 1978: 106
  • 1988: 109
  • 2000: 174
  • 2008: 197

Members

At the January 2010 FINA Bureau meeting, Tonga became the 202nd National Federation of FINA.[4] Members are grouped by continent, and there are 5 continental associations of which they can choose to be a member:



Note: The number following each continental name is the number of FINA members which fall into the given geographical area. It is not necessarily the number of members in the continental association.

Organization

The FINA membership meets roughly every two years in a regularly scheduled Congress; typically coinciding with the World Championships. Congresses are held to determine the direction the body would like to take. There are two types of normal or "ordinary" Congress: General and Technical, and these are normally alternated. "Extraordinary" Congress are also called-up from time to time, and deal with a specific topic or area of concern (e.g. an Extraordinary Congress was held with the 2009 World Championships to review the Masters swimming rules; there was a General Congress at the 2009 Worlds[5]).

Between Congress meetings of the entire membership, a smaller 22-member representative board, called the FINA Bureau, meets to act in a timely manner on items which cannot wait until the entire body can meet. It is the Bureau that elects the FINA Executive Officers.[6]

Various committees and commission also help with the oversight of individual disciplines (e.g. the Technical Open Water Swimming Committee helps with open water), or topic-related issues (e.g. the FINA Doping Panel).[7]

FINA Presidents

Name

Country

Term

George Hearn

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain

1908–1924

Erik Bergvall

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png Sweden

1924–1928

Émile-Georges Drigny

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png France

1928–1932

Walther Binner

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Germany

1932–1936

Harold Fern

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png Great Britain

1936–1948 (*)

Rene de Raeve

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png Belgium

1948–1952

M.L. Negri

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png Argentina

1952–1956

Jan de Vries

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png Netherlands

1956–1960

Max Ritter

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png Germany

1960–1964

William Berge Phillips

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png Australia

1964–1968

Javier Ostos Mora[8]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png Mexico

1968–1972

Dr. Harold Henning

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States

1972–1976

Javier Ostos Mora (2nd term)[8]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png Mexico

1976–1980

Ante Lambasa

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.svg/22px-Flag_of_SFR_Yugoslavia.svg.png Yugoslavia

1980–1984

Robert Helmick

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png United States

1984–1988

Mustapha Larfaoui

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png Algeria

1988–2009

Dr. Julio Maglione

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png Uruguay

2009–present
(term is through 2013)

Presidential terms are four-years long, beginning and concluding with the year following the Olympics (i.e. 2009-2013 is the current term).

Events

FINA organizes one (1) championship involving each of the five disciplines it oversees (the "World Championships"), as well championships and circuits in each of the disciplines.[9]

World Championships

Main article: FINA World Aquatics Championships

The biggest FINA event is the biennial World Championships, currently held every odd year. It features competitions in all five aquatic disciplines. Prior to 2000, the event was held every 4 years, in the even year between (Summer) Olympic Games.

Discipline championships

Other events

In addition to the championships events listed above, FINA also organizes the following annual events, and sub-championships:

  • World Cups: Annual race/competition series of multiple meets/tournaments/races/competitions in swimming, water polo, diving, open water (10Ks) and synchronized swimming.
  • Grand Prix: Annual race/competition series of multiple events in diving and open water (races over 10-kilometers).
  • Junior Worlds: A world-level championships restricted to a younger age population (typically under-18, though can vary by discipline/gender). Held in swimming, water polo, diving, and synchronized swimming. Open Water is to begin one in 2012.
  • World Men's Water Polo Development Trophy

See also

Notes

1. ^ The International Olympic Committee online listing of the International Federations.

2. ^ Report from/on the 2009 FINA General Congress held on July 24, 2009 and published by FINA on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

3. ^ The National Federation page on the FINA website.

4. ^ FINA Press Release 2010-02: FINA Bureau Meeting in Bangkok (THA) - Main decisions (a report on the January 14+15, 2010 FINA Bureau meeting). Published 2010-01-16; retrieved 2010-01-25.

5. ^ FINA calendar of upcoming meetings. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

6. ^ FINA Bureau page of the FINA website.

7. ^ FINA Committee list

8. ^ a b FINA Honorary Life President Lic. Javier Ostos Mora passes away at 92. Published 2008-11-07 by FINA. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

9. ^ FINA Media Kit for the 2010 FINA World Aquatics Convention; published by FINA on 2010-02-22; retrieved 2010-02-25. (The listing and structure of the "Events" section is based on the event listing in this packet.)


Introduction

The 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011, an internationally grand event succeeding Expo 2010 Shanghai China, will be held from July 16 to 31, 2011. Created in 1973 and held biennially, the competition, a major aquatic sports meet of the largest scale in the world, consists of five major disciplines, namely swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. Presently, second only to FIFA in the number of members, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) wields extensive great influence with 202 national federations.
Shanghai won the bid for the 14th FINA World Championships on 24 March 2007. The 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 to be held in China for the first time will be the highest-level single sporting event that Shanghai has ever sponsored with the highest attendance and the largest scale. Following Fukuoka, Japan in 2001, Shanghai will be the second host city of the FINA World Championships in Asia. The competition is scheduled to span 16 days, with the participation of over 5,000 athletes, coaches and officials from more than 180 countries and regions. In addition, some 1,500 correspondents both from home and abroad will cover the event on the site.

Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Diving











Introduction

The 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011, an internationally grand event succeeding Expo 2010 Shanghai China, will be held from July 16 to 31, 2011. Created in 1973 and held biennially, the competition, a major aquatic sports meet of the largest scale in the world, consists of five major disciplines, namely swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming. Presently, second only to FIFA in the number of members, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) wields extensive great influence with 202 national federations.
Shanghai won the bid for the 14th FINA World Championships on 24 March 2007. The 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011 to be held in China for the first time will be the highest-level single sporting event that Shanghai has ever sponsored with the highest attendance and the largest scale. Following Fukuoka, Japan in 2001, Shanghai will be the second host city of the FINA World Championships in Asia. The competition is scheduled to span 16 days, with the participation of over 5,000 athletes, coaches and officials from more than 180 countries and regions. In addition, some 1,500 correspondents both from home and abroad will cover the event on the site.

Date Time Event Session Price/(RMB)
07/24(SUN) 9:00 W Butterfly and 7 other events: heats 1 380 180 100 30
18:00 W Butterfly and 7 other events: semi-finals and finals 2 580 380 180 80
07/25(MON) 9:00 W Backstroke and 4 other events: heats 3 380 180 100 30
18:00 M Butterfly and 7 other events: semi-finals and finals 4 580 380 180 80
07/26(TUE) 9:00 M Breaststroke and 3 other events: heats 5 380 180 100 30
18:00 M Freestyle and 7 other events: semi-finals and finals 6 580 380 180 80
07/27(WED) 9:00 W Backstroke and 3 other events: heats 7 380 180 100 30
18:00 M Freestyle and 7 other events: semi-finals and finals 8 580 380 180 80
07/28(THU) 9:00 W Freestyle and 4 other events: heats 9 380 180 100 30
18:00 W Freestyle and 8 other events: semi-finals and finals 10 580 380 180 80
07/29(FRI) 9:00 M Freestyle and 5 other events: heats 11 380 180 100 30
18:00 W Freestyle and 8 other events: semi-finals and finals 12 580 380 180 80
07/30(SAT) 9:00 W Freestyle and 4 other events: heats 13 380 180 100 30
18:00 W Butterfly and 8 other events: semi-finals and finals 14 580 380 180 80
07/31(SUN) 9:00 M Medley and 2 other events: heats 15 380 180 100 30
18:00 W Breaststroke and 6 other events: finals 16 580 380 180 80

Schedule
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Diving
Men’s Water Polo
Women’s Water Polo
Open Water Swimming
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2. Ticket Sales inside the venue:
On-site Ticket Office:
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3. Telephone booking hotline: 021-64265678
4. Online booking: http://www.eaticket.com/swimming/
5. The details of the tickets deliveryhttp://www.eaticket.com/docs/help/shippingway
6. The details of the tickets agenthttp://www.eaticket.com/info/483

Notes: Means of remittance:
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Corporate title: Shanghai East Asia Ticket Marketing Co., Ltd., China Construction Bank, Shanghai Stadium Sub-branch
Address for ticket pickup: No.1111, North Caoxi Road (Lingling Road Intersection) (Map 1 Attached)






























































nd 6 other events: finals 16 580 380 180 80
Schedule
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Diving
Men’s Water Polo
Women’s Water Polo
Open Water Swimming
Notes:There match that day.Click the image to buy.
Traffic Ticket services:
1. Ticketing center: No.6 Staircase, Shanghai Stadium; at the intersection of North Caoxi Road and Lingling Road (Map 1 Attached)
2. Ticket Sales inside the venue:
On-site Ticket Office:
Ticket Office, Oriental Sports Center Opening Hours: 8:00—20:00, July 16 to July 31 No. 701, Yaoti Road, Shanghai (Map 2 Attached)
3. Telephone booking hotline: 021-64265678
4. Online booking: http://www.eaticket.com/swimming/
5. The details of the tickets deliveryhttp://www.eaticket.com/docs/help/shippingway
6. The details of the tickets agenthttp://www.eaticket.com/info/483

Notes: Means of remittance:
Account No. for Corporate Remittance: 31001632504052503698
Corporate title: Shanghai East Asia Ticket Marketing Co., Ltd., China Construction Bank, Shanghai Stadium Sub-branch
Address for ticket pickup: No.1111, North Caoxi Road (Lingling Road Intersection) (Map 1 Attached)