FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup 2010

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Swimming fans out there will be thrilled to know that the 2010 FINA/Arena World Cup is already underway with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, kicking off the first leg of seven-leg global competition, where events in freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly all take place in a 25m pool as opposed to the usual 50m pools used for the Olympics and World Championships. As this will be a seven-leg global competition, swimming enthusiasts find the schedule below helpful and some of you may also be able to witness the event hosted in your country. The 2010 meet schedule: * Rio de Janeiro (BRAZIL) September 10-12 * Beijing (CHINA) October 12-13 * Singapore (SINGAPORE) October 16-17 * Tokyo (JAPAN) October 20-21 * Berlin (GERMANY) October 30-31 * Moscow (RUSSIA) November 2-3 * Stockholm (SWEDEN) November 6-7 Unlike the long course competitions, short course events is everything about stroke speed and turns. If you really like the thrill and speed then this event is for you to watch. Ref: http://www.fina.org/H2O/