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2013 ipc swimming world championships MEDIA GUIDE 2013 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL SWIMMING ATHLETE PROFILES INTRODUCTION TEAM INTRODUCTION TEAM STATS SELECTION MEDIA CONTACTS ATHLETES RECORDS AND RANKINGS SELECTION POLICY MALE QUALIFYING TIMES MEDIA PROTOCOL COACHING STAFF FEMALE QUALIFYING TIMES NEWCOMER’S GUIDE ATHLETE PROFILES: MEN BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO ATHLETE PROFILES: WOMEN CLASSIFICATION PERSONAL BESTS LIST OF ATHLETES AND EVENTS EVENT SCHEDULE STATS SELECTION 2013 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL SWIMMING media contacts INTRODUCTION TEAM IN montreal Gemma Field – Senior Communications Officer M: +447917 726 431 E: [email protected] FOR MEDIA IN THE UK Dave Richards – Head of Communications M: +447789 926 136 E: [email protected] Ruth Norfolk – Senior Communications Officer M: +447917 794 382 T: 01509 640 229 E: [email protected] USEFUL WEBSITES STATS British Swimming: www.swimming.org/britishswimming/ Official Event Website: www.paralympic.org/events/montreal2013 SELECTION IPC: www.ipc-swimming.org 2013 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL SWIMMING media protocol INTRODUCTION TEAM The media protocol has been ACCESS TO ACCESS TO BRITISH Director via the Media Liaison. designed to help achieve an Access to athletes and coaches will be understanding between all THE NATIONAL COACHES DURING limited to the official mixed zone, press media and those representing PERFORMANCE COMPETITION conferences or through prior arrangements made via the Media Liaison. All athletes British Swimming. It aims to DIRECTOR DURING will be encouraged to speak to the media, create opportunities for the COMPETITION After the final event of the day a coach or however, due to the need to recover by media as well as appreciate the coaches with relevance to that evening’s ‘’swimming/warming down’’ immediately commitments of athletes and finals will be available to the media at a after an event, time in the mixed zone will staff. This media protocol will be Media requests in relation to the National location within the venue. This will be co- be limited and it is envisaged the media will collect at a good vantage point to utilised leading up to and during Performance Director should go through ordinated through the Media Liaison. These the Media Liaison. Those wishing to put coaches will only speak on their athlete’s be informed as a group rather than as all international competitions. a question to the National Performance performance. Comments on the overall individuals. The swimmers have between The protocol recognises that Director should provide as much notice as team performance will only be given by the three to six minutes from the time they’ve everybody is present at a major possible so the Media Liaison can identify National Performance Director. finished their race to get to the swim competition to do a job – whether a window of opportunity to respond. If the down pool. Within this time there is a need to service all areas of the mixed zone - they are athletes, coaching National Performance Director is unable to respond in person, the Media Liaison will broadcast and print - fairly. staff or the media. Each group ACCESS TO pass on their views. During the competition The swim down pool is off limits to all experiences its own pressure to the National Performance Director will only ATHLETES OR media as indicated by accreditation. No STATS deliver, however, consideration give views on the performances of British COACHING member of the British Swimming squad of each other’s circumstances, athletes and the team as a whole. Due to will be available at swim down. The Media roles and responsibilities will help the demands of the job at hand, the National STAFF DURING Liaison will try to obtain quotes from ensure everybody has a successful Performance Director’s time will be limited COMPETITION athletes if, for whatever reason, access has so as much prior notice to any requests been limited further. These will hopefully be and productive experience. Requests for interviews with athletes or would be greatly appreciated. provided before swim-down or drug testing. team coaching staff must go through the If it is not possible to meet these needs then Media Liaison. Whereas media deadlines interviews may take place following warm- will always be considered, these interviews SELECTION down. Where a swimmer has an event will be arranged at a time the athlete the next morning, there will be no post or coach can be made available. This swimdown interviews that evening. is obviously due to the demands of the competition on time. Athletes and team If an athlete has achieved a notable result coaches will only comment on their relevant their specific coach will also be encouraged performances. Overall comments will be to make themselves available to the media provided by the National Performance at the end of the session. The Media Liaison 2013 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL SWIMMING media protocol INTRODUCTION TEAM or Team Manager will be present during and British Swimming asks that protocol be activities during these events. interviews. The Media Liaison and Team respected at all times. There will be no access to athletes or Manager will always consider special coaching staff at the team hotel. It is requests made by the media. requested that this privacy be respected. When an athlete has finished their final MISCELLANEOUS All media enquiries should be made to the event of the championships they will be free Media Liaison. If unavailable the media to consider additional media requests made should approach the Team Manager. The via the Media Liaison. Efforts will be made All media requests will be considered on Media Liaison and Team Manager must to meet these as long as they don’t impact their individual merits and decisions made both be aware of all media activity. on the rest of the team. in the best interests of British Swimming. Several requests for separate interviews at Athletes can only talk about their own the same time will be dealt with in order of performance, coaches can only comment MEDIA NOT deadlines. Media with the tightest deadline on athletes in their own specific group will be dealt with first. and not the overall team performance, PRESENT AT THE the National Performance Director can CHAMPIONSHIPS If photographers require access to talk on the overall team and all matters. members of the squad for non-action shots Support staff are unable to comment on away from the competition then all requests perfrormance. Not all media will be accredited for should be made through the Media Liaison. international events but the Media Liaison For all media interviews, athletes and STATS and Media Team in the UK will try to look staff will only wear British Swimming kit after all enquiries via phone or email. supplied for the event by the team sponsor The same protocols should be followed. apart from unbranded swimsuits. Athletes, staff or the National Performance All interviews will only involve Director should not be contacted directly. representatives of the British Swimming Their time is limited and therefore the Media team. No persons outside of the team will Liaison will arrange for information to be be allowed to contribute to an interview forwarded at a convenient moment. involving a British Swimming squad SELECTION British Swimming encourages the sport member. to be covered by all media, present or No team member or programme- not present. However, all media should supported athlete is allowed to be part understand that priority has to be given to of any media team during camps or those who are in attendance at the event. competitions, or to disclose or discuss Efforts will be made to meet all requests 2013 IPC SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MONTREAL SWIMMING NEWCOMER’S GUIDE INTRODUCTION TEAM Swimmers often talk using their Swim-down: A recovery exercise that takes start will be disqualified at the end of the own abbreviations and words that place several minutes after a swimmer race. The start should go ahead regardless do not apply to the outside world. completes their race. of the disqualification. They will swim at a low intensity in another Below is a simple glossary of the pool in order to rid the body of lactic acid, most frequent terms used: which would have accumulated in the PB: Personal Best time muscles after high-intensity swims. Splits: This is the time at each 50m turn. Long Course: Long Course events are Swimmers will monitor these to see how those held in a 50m pool. they paced a race. Shaving-down: Most swimmers shave Taper: A swimmer will ‘taper’ prior to any the hair from their bodies for a big meet. major competition. What this means is that Although they will remove almost all of they will rest. They will cut back the amount their body hair, the actual intention is to of training they do each day and decrease remove the top layer of skin from the body. the intensity also. A swimmer may swim This increases the sensitivity and “feel” for over 12, 000m a day during heavy training, the water. Even though many swimmers however they will swim as little as a few wear all-over body suits, shaving remains hundred metres the day before an event. a key psychological measure in getting prepared for a race. Free: Freestyle or front crawl. STATS The eight fastest swimmers from the heats Breast: Breaststroke. will compete in the final. The lane order for Fly: Butterfly. the finals is decided from times in the heats or semi-finals. The fastest qualifier will Back: Backstroke. swim in lane 4, the second fastest in lane 5, I.M: Individual Medley (Butterfly, third fastest in lane 3, fourth in lane 6, fifth in Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle).

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