The general differences of reliable motor swimming skills in assessing the achievements of men and women in prestigious competitions

The aim of the study is to find out the indicators of swimming skills formation among young people of different ages and genders for results at different distances of sports and marathon swimming on the facts of receiving awards by domestic and foreign swimmers - prize-winners at the current stage of development of prestigious sports swimming competitions. Results. The article discusses generalized facts of participation of domestic and foreign swimmers in modern prestigious competitions, starting with the championships of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and past Spartakiads of the peoples of the USSR, as well as past and modern world events Universidad, European, World and Olympic Championships. The criterion for the differences between swimmers are the indicators of changing the average speed of swimming in different ranges among men and women. Thus, the general difference between the formation of swimming skills among men and women according to the results of the pedagogical study according to past and modern data of average speed of swimming at all distances of the most prestigious competitions in past years and in modern conditions of sports and marathon swimming is over –0,18 m/s (male, x ± m = 1.75 ± 0,17; female, x ± m = 1,57 ± 0,12 t = 8,82, p < 0,05). Therefore, the objective criterion for the differentiation of swimmers of different sex is considered to be the dynamics of the average speed of swimming in different ranges between men and women. It carefully reflects the certain levels of swimming skills among the best domestic and foreign swimmers, which should be known to specialists at the current stage of development of sports and marathon swimming. Formation of motor skills of swimming of young people of all ages and sex is always under the common view of experts in physical education and sports.

The Lack of Risk Communication at an Elite Sports Event: A Case Study of the FINA 10 K Marathon Swimming World Cup

On October 23, 2010 in the city of Fujairah, east of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States medal winning swimmer Fran Crippen failed to finish the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) 10 Kilometer Marathon Swimming World Cup open water race. The conditions of the water and exterior temperature were relevant factors contributing to the death of Fran Crippen. A discussion of risk communication, as an integral part of the risk management process, describes how this tragedy could have been avoided. This case study will address how the proper authorities could have employed the risk communications to prevent this tragedy.