Swimming for All, Swimming for Life

BANGKOK HOSTS 1ST FINA INTERNATIONAL CLINIC - SWIMMING FOR ALL, SWIMMING FOR LIFE

Bangkok in Thailand recently hosted the first ever FINA International Clinic - Swimming for All, Swimming for Life – from May 15-17. Participants from 49 countries* and representing the five continents took part in the clinic.

The Clinic's aim was to create unified and uniform fundamental principles. It provided the participants with technical and practical information on the learning of swimming in different circumstances and infrastructures, to be familiar with the health and safety of participants and the organisation and development of lessons.

The aim of this Clinic was not only to spread mass teaching of swimming and life-saving techniques, but also, to contribute to the integration, education and inclusion of citizens in the places where it is applied.

Promoting Swimming in the 21st Century, not only means producing high quality events and records but also providing opportunities for all to partake in recreational swimming to promote a healthy lifestyle and most importantly prevent drowning.

As per the World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on drowning of November 2014, 372’000 people die each year due to drowning. As the guardians of aquatic sports, FINA could not face this reality without acting!

That is why FINA has launched the Swimming for All - Swimming for Life programme.

*PARTICIPANTS

You can find out more about the clinic here.