Cambodian National Team at World Short Course Swim Championship 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey: Issue N1./ 06 Dec 2012

Cambodian National Team at World Short Course Swim Championship 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey: Issue N1./ 06 Dec 2012: 6 Days to Go!

 

 We shall cover by special News Issues preparation and participation of Cambodian Swimming Team in upcoming 11th FINA - Fédération Internationale de Natation  World Short Course Swim Championship 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey, on December 12-16, 2012. 

We also, would like to receive our readers comments and possible, news contributions.

Useful Links:

FINA World Swim Championship Short Course 2012: http://www.wscistanbul2012.com/

Current World Rankings Short Course Male: http://www.swimnews.com/rank/index

News Swimming in Cambodia: http://aquaticscambodia.blogspot.com

We are very proud, that our Royal Sport Club "Nautilus" captain & leading swimmer Chamraen Youri, 16 years old is selected to represent his country at this prestigious international swimming event where practically all advanced swimmers from all over the world will participate, including Olympic and World Champions !

We are awaiting for Personal Best Times Data for Short Course from Khmer Amateur Swimming Federation for other two Cambodian swimmers who will represent Cambodia in Istanbul, Hem Thon Ponloeu, 22 years old and Hem Thon Vitiny, 19 years old: right now, we are able to show only Personal Best Times Data for Short Course for our Royal Sport Club "Nautilus" swimmer Chamraen Youri, 16 years old:

MAXIMOV Chamraen Youri

Personal Best Times

Age Group* 15-16 Years Date 05 Dec 2012 Actual Age 16 Years Category SHORT COURSE Date of Birth 06 Jan 1996 Nationality Level Cambodian National, Member of Cambodian National Swim Team   Swim Start October 2006. Weight: 55 kg Height: 175 sm Contact Data  E-mail: royalsportclub8@yahoo.com

Distance	Time	Mark*	Date	Venue	Medal/Place	Category
25     Free	00:13.76	-	30.06.09	JIS* Aquadragons Club Record Slayer Swim Meet	3rd place Bronze Medal	Club
50     Free	00:27.03	A	16.12.10	10th FINA World Swimming Championship SC 2010, Dubai, UAE	2nd in Heat/8 108 place/131	International
100   Free	01:01.27	BB	15.05.10	DTAC ISB* Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	2nd place Silver Medal	International Age Gr. 13-14*
200   Free	02:13.98	BB	16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	3rd place Trophy	International
400   Free	04:49.74	BB	17.12.10	10th FINA World Swimming Championship SC 2010, Dubai, UAE	51 place	International
800   Free	11:34.68		06.03.08	JIS Aquadragons Spring Invitational, Jakarta, Indonesia		Regional
25    Back	00:20.07	-	16.04.08	JIS Aquadragons Time Trials, Jakarta	-	Club
50    Back	00:34.45	-	16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Intermediate	International
100  Back	01:12.98	BB	16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	3rd place Trophy	International
200  Back	02:41.60	B	08.11.08	JIS Aquadragons Fall Invitational, Jakarta, Indonesia	Winner Gold Medal	Regional
50 Breast	00:35.12	-	15.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Winner Gold Medal	International Age Gr. 13-14*
100 Breast	01:18.17	BB	16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	3rd place Trophy	International
200 Breast	02:48.76	BB	30.05.09	JIS Aquadragons Record Slayer Meet, Jakarta, Indonesia		Club
25   Fly	00:24.05	-	23.03.07	JIS Aquadragons Record Slayer Meet, Jakarta, Indonesia		Regional
50     Fly	00:32.31	-	15.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Intermediate	International Age Gr. 13-14*
100   Fly	01:24.32		16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Intermediate	International
100 IM	01:16.12	-	18.10.08	BIS* Invitational, Jakarta, Indonesia		Regional
200 IM	02:30.90	BB	15.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Winner Gold Medal	International Age Gr. 13-14*
400 IM	05:29.25	BB	16.05.10	DTAC ISB Splash May Meet 2010, Bangkok, Thailand	Winner Trophy	International
Distance	Time	Mark*	Date	Venue	Medal/Place	Category

Glossary:

·         Age Group: Swimmers compete within similar groups: 8 & Under, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, etc. According to FINA rules, Age Group 11-12 in 2009 was for actual age from 02.01.1996 till 01.01.1998.

·         Mark: Age Groups time standards for events, “A” being faster than “BB”, “AA” faster than “A”, according to USA swimming. The lowest is ‘B”, the highest is “AAAA”.

·         JIS – Jakarta International School, Indonesia

·         ISB – International School of Bangkok.  BIS – British International School, Jakarta

Short Course 25 m Pool Time US Standards Age Group 15-16 year Info:

A: 1.   BB: 8. B: 1

Nikon to Support 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) as an Official FINA Partner

November 28, 2012

http://www.nikon.com/news/2012/1128_fina_01.htm

Nikon Corporation (Makoto Kimura, President) is pleased to announce its official partnership with the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) at the 11th FINA World Championships to be held from December 12 to 16, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey.

As an Official FINA Partner, the Nikon logo will appear at the venue on photographers' bibs and around the pool.

Furthermore, for professional photographers covering this event, the Nikon Professional Services (NPS) depot in the media center will provide support and services, including equipment inspections, cleaning, minor repairs and the loaning of equipment.

The FINA World Championships is a prestigious biennial aquatic sports event hosted by FINA, which has 202 member federations.

Nikon first partnered with FINA in 2007 and has supported the FINA World Championships and the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) ever since.
Because of Nikon's respect for athletes, who continuously challenge their own limits, and its wish to enhance its presence worldwide, it will continue to support international sporting events.

 Official Invitation Letter from Turkish Swimming Federation to Khmer Amateur Swimming Federation to participate in World Championship SC 2012:

 

 List of Members of Cambodian Delegation at World Championship SC 2012:

   Article in Khmer language in Newspaper Raksmey Kampuchea

Aquatics Cambodia - news, photos, films and other useful data about swimming and other aquatics sport disciplines developing in Cambodia, as well as interesting news about cultural and social life in the Kingdom of Wonder and South-East Asia:

http://aquaticscambodia.blogspot.com/2012/12/cambodia-national-swimming-team-in.html

Royal Sport Club “Nautilus” Youtube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@nautilus777/videos

First Online Aquatics Sport Web-Resource in English in Cambodia

First Online Aquatics Sport Web-Resource in English in Cambodia

Dear All,

As some of you might know already that our sport club long time shelved project to create first in Cambodia Sport Web-Resource in English language started to realize in October with its first stage of creating online version.

Therefore, we shall stop sending our bi-monthly Royal Sport Club “Nautilus” Newsletter and will concentrate our efforts on developing online Sport Web-Resource.

All information, including updates about sport events, where our Club’s athletes participating you can find now at: http://aquaticscambodia.blogspot.com

You can leave your constructive comments after every article in special designed section. Also, do not hesitate, to contact us, to submit your information, including photos and films, which can be published in this magazine, to make it more informative, helpful and interesting, for all of us.

As internet version gives much more opportunities, than hard copy printed blog, for design etc., we also decided, to put some interesting materials and news, in other languages, as our readers are from many parts of the world, as you see at specially designed visitors counter: from Cambodia, US, Singapore, Russia, Germany, Bulgaria and other countries. Soon, it will be published some interesting articles, in Khmer & Russian languages, connected with sport development in Cambodia, in particular swimming.

Also, for your convenience, you can put your name or your email, in the magazine database, it’s easy to do, through specially designed links, so, after it, a message will be delivered to your email automatically  if the publisher has produced new content on that day. No new content - no email for you.

And the last but not least: because of many requests from our friends & supporters, to share info about interesting cultural events, what happen in Cambodia, we decided to create a special Cultural Corner, where we will put such info. The first article will be about Russian ballet.

Aquatics Cambodia

Phnom Penh Ballet School Set for First Performance

Cultural Events Corner     

  Due many requests from our readers, friends & supporters, we have created a section named Cultural Events Corner in our online Aquatics Cambodia Magazine, where we shall publish information about some selected cultural events, what can be interesting for our readers.
  

Photo: Korean National Ballet’s Performance of Petr Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake in Phnom Penh 24.11.12. Copyright Vladimir Maximov

  Ballet School Set for First Performance

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Julie Masis

Phnom Penh Post Newspaper

Cambodia's first school of classical ballet will hold its inaugural performance early next month.

Thirty students from Phnom Penh’s Central School of Ballet – some as young as 7 – will dance at the Department of Performing Arts theatre on December 8 and 9.
“I’m excited, but I’m kind of afraid that I might make a mistake,” said 13-year-old Mai Hastings, who has been studying ballet since September.

To prepare for her first appearance on the stage, she is practising three times a day.

“You really have to focus on what you’re doing,” she said.

The performance will include one classical ballet and two contemporary dance pieces – all choreographed by the school’s co-founder Stephen Bimson, a graduate of the UK’s Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance.

While some performers have studied ballet for only several months – others have been dancing for years in other countries.

The lead dancer on Saturday will be a daughter of Mormon missionaries from the US, while on Sunday – when Mormons are not permitted to work – she will be replaced by an experienced dancer from the American embassy.

The show will feature mostly expat dancers – England, Japan, France, Australia, Italy, and New Zealand are some of the countries that will be represented – but the last piece will be performed by a group of Cambodian children who received scholarships from the Central School of Ballet.

Referred to the school through a local NGO called Empowering Youth Cambodia, the children, many of whom are orphans, choreographed their own piece, Bimson said.

The Central School of Ballet opened in the start of this year in a second-floor studio not far from the Chinese Embassy.

Bimson and co-founder Devi Vanhon (who is a grand-daughter of a Cambodian princess) worked together to transform what used to be a living room into a dance studio with large mirrors and a special shock-absorbing floor.

The school currently has about 60 students, and offers four dance classes a day, Monday to Thursday.

Preparing the first performance has been extremely hard, said to Bimson, who described the effort as “blood, sweat, tears, and bodily fluids.”

 In addition to teaching ballet full-time, he had been holding six-hour rehearsals on Saturdays and Sundays for the past six weeks.

Vanhon was in charge of renting a theatre, making costumes, dolls, and hobby horses, and finding sponsors.

“We won’t cut corners because it’s an investment in our school and we don’t want to have anything that’s not right,” Bimson said.

Phnom Penh’s ballet students are expected to adhere to strict rules – which include attending class at least twice a week, not arriving late and not missing rehearsals.

If a student arrives 10 minutes late, he or she is not allowed to participate, according to Vanhon.

“It’s for their own safety,” she said. “It’s actually not safe for them to dance if they haven’t warmed up.”

Bimson assures everyone he is not just teaching ballet, but also important life skills.

“This is not simply an after-school activity for children,” he said.

“It’s a 300-year-old art form... and to fulfil yourself as an artist you have to have a certain [amount of discipline].”

The Central School of Ballet’s first performance is entitled Beginnings. Tickets are $8, and the show starts at 7pm. The Department of Performing Arts is located near the intersection of Street 173 and Street 384.

Press Release of Royal Sport Club “Nautilus” on 03.12.12

Press Release of Royal Sport Club “Nautilus” on 03.12.12

Our Royal Sport Club “Nautilus” leading swimmer Chamraen Youri, 16 years old, is selected to represent Cambodia at 11th World Short Course Swimming Championship in Istanbul, Turkey in December 2012!
This is his 2nd participation in World Short Course Swim Championships. In last 10th SC Championship in UAE in 2010 when he was 14 years old, he set up two new Cambodian National Records FINA Version for Short Course 25 m swim-pool in distances 50m & 400m freestyle. He was training in 25m short course swimming pool for 3 years in Indonesia with well-known US & Indonesian coaches in 2006-2009 and participated in more than 20 SC international competitions for his club in Jakarta, Medan, Singapore & Bangkok in 2006-2010. During his last performance at DTAC ISB Annual SC Swim Meet in Bangkok in 2010 he won 3 gold, 1 silver medals & 1st place best performance trophy in his age group category & 5 trophies in open category incl. trophy for 1st place in 400 IM distance.

Cambodian National Swim Team Goes to World Championship Short Course 2012 in Turkey

Cambodian swim team selected for trip to Turkey

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Chhorn Norn and Chris Derbuc

Phnom Penh Post Newspaper

                                          
For the fourth time, a team of Cambodian swimmers will be sent to the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), which holds its 11th edition in Istanbul from December 12 to 16.

The Kingdom have selected three of their elite athletes, including two-time Olympians Hem Thon Ponloeu and his niece Hem Thon Vitiny, and Russian-born youngster Maximov Chamraen Youri for the Turkey trip.

Ponloeu will compete in his favoured men’s 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke events, while Vitiny will enter the same races in the women’s draw. Youri is also down for the men’s 50m freestyle as well as the 50m butterfly.

“It is a mass competition; if we don’t participate, our chances of qualifying for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil will be very small,” Khmer Amateur Swimming Federation secretary-general Hem Thon said of the biennial event, which is set to feature 200 participating nations.

“The results are not so important, because this event is a great preparation for the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar.

From the Left to the Right: HEMTHON Ponloeu, 22 years old, Chamraen Youri, 16 years old, HEMTHON Vitiny, 19 years old during Cambodian National Swimming Championship Long Course 2012 at Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh. Copyright Royal Sport Club "Nautilus"


Comments from Aquatics Cambodia:

     There are some mistakes in this article:

“Ponloeu will compete in his favoured men’s 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke events, while Vitiny will enter the same races in the women’s draw. Youri is also down for the men’s 50m freestyle as well as the 50m butterfly.”

1. 50 Backstroke distance never was favourite for Ponloeu. His favourite style actually, is not backstroke, but breaststroke. Ponloeu currently is best breaststroker inside Cambodia, and, number two-number three Cambodian male breaststroker is Chamraen Youri and another Cambodian swimmer called Odom Lim. Maybe, next time, Phnom Penh Post correspondents should ask directly, the swimmers, what distances, are favourite, for them? For sure, if they would ask Ponloeu, about it, for sure, he would never answer that backstroke is his favourite distance! The same, that Chamraen Youri would never answer, that butterfly is his favourite distance, because actually, among freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke, individual medley and butterfly distances, butterfly is just number 5, in the list of his favourites (despite that Chamraen as universal swimmer, swim all distances with usually good result for him), so when we read in our club this Post article, we all almost became falling down, from our chairs, to see, what 2nd distance selection Mr. HEM Thon made for swimmers, at this World Championship! 

      Ironically, 50 backstroke distance and all other backstroke distances Chamraen Youri, the 2nd selected male swimmer to participate in WC, swims better, than anybody else, inside Cambodia, as he almost always win backstroke distances in LC Cambodian Championships and other LC local swimming meets since Oct 2009. He set up new Cambodian National Record for 50 Backstroke LC in SEA Games 2011 and he is holder of Cambodian National Record for all Backstroke distances at SC. In Medley Relay LC in SEA Games 2011, Chamraen was selected, to swim backstroke distance, for Cambodian team. 

2. In reality, Ponloeu was selected to swim 50 Breaststroke, not 50 Backstroke. Why Phnom Penh Post wrote that he is selected to swim 50 Backstroke, nobody in our club can understand. Maybe, for Phnom Penh Post correspondents, there are no differences between backstroke and breaststroke styles?

3. As it was known later, Chamraen Youri and Vitiny were denying compete at 2nd distance, with unknown reasons. According to some un-official info, received from our source - because of mistakes, made by KASF official during enrolment procedure. Because, of one of such mistakes, for example, HEMTHON Vitiny was enrolled as VITINY Hemthon, for 50 Freestyle, means that Cambodian female swimmer family and given names were submitted in wrong way, as was put her given name Vitiny as her family name!

       “The results are not so important, because this event is a great preparation for the 2013 SEA Games in Myanmar."

    

     This is not right, to tell like this - that results are not so important. Not right. In reality - results at this World Swimming Short Course Championship are very important, for the participating Cambodian swimmers, and, must be important, also, for Cambodian officials, from Khmer Amateur Swimming Federation, including its President and General Secretary, as well! Because, there is no any Short Course 25 m FINA standard swimming pool, in the kingdom yet!!! And, this reason, Cambodian swimmers, have very little chances, to participate, in short course swimming meets, they can do it, only abroad. As far, as we see, only 2-3 Cambodian swimmers among others, can go only 1 time in 2 years, to participate in Short Course Meet, and this is FINA World Swim Championship.  They do not participate, in other Short Course swimming meets available, because of lack of funding and some other reasons. This is why, when we sent our Royal Sport Club "Nautilus" swimmer Chamraen Youri Maximov to participate in DTAC ISB Annual Splash Meet in Bangkok in 2010, we enrolled him, at as many distances as it was possible, because, it was a Short Course Meet, and a very rare opportunity for him, to update his PBT at short course distances, as well as try to update Cambodian National Swimming Records for Short Course! He swam that time, 4 distances on the 1^st day of competition, in his age group and won 3 gold medals and 1 silver medal and got Special Trophy for the Best Swimmer in his age group. On the 2^nd Day of the Meet - he was competing in 5 distances in open category and he won trophy for the 1^st place in 400 IM and 4 trophies for other 4 distances he swam, made total 10 PBT! including intermediate distances and several National Records as well. His parents paid own money, for the return trip air-tickets, food, local transportation in Phnom Penh and covered some local taxi fees in Bangkok, enrollment fee and distances enrollment fees, plus fee for the video/photo shooting by professional photo-studio specialists in Bangkok. Our club's good friend sponsored accommodation in Bangkok and provided FOC car with driver for some trips in Bangkok as well. We haven't got a single cent or riel, from KASF or from NOC or from any other institution, for this participation in swimming competition in Bangkok, in which, for the first and, and as we know, only one time, a Cambodian swimming club's swimmer participated and became a sensation there, as he won total 6 trophies and 4 medals just alone! There were hundreds of swimmers from many countries participating… What is amazing, when we submitted written report, about our swimmer success, in Bangkok, and showed his results, medals, trophies, photos, videos, comments from other participating clubs officials and coaches, KASF Secretary General Mr. Hem Thon did absolutely nothing, to share this information, in Cambodian mass-media, or in a sport program on TV which he was conducting that time, or share this info among other NOC officials, where he was Head of Administration Department that time…  What was even more amazing, to hear from Mr. Hem Thon, that because there is no any Short Course 25m FINA Standard swimming pool in Cambodia, he and his organization KASF does not have any interest, to create official Cambodian National Swimming Records Database for the Short Course! So, that swimmers from Cambodia rare participations, in short course swimming meets abroad, their results and achievements - have no value and no interest for the Khmer Amateur Swimming Federation officials! This is why, was the main reason, why we in Aquatics Cambodia have decided, to collect and accumulate all info possible, about Cambodian swimmers participation in the competitions, eligible for National Records, according FINA rules and made two databases, one for Cambodian National Short Course Swimming Records and another for Cambodian National Long Course Swimming Records as both were absent, on that time.

Chamraen Youri from Cambodian Royal Sport Club "Nautilus" during Press-Conference in Bangkok after capturing 6 Trophies & 4 Medals at DTAC ISB Splash International Annual Short Course Swimming Meet in 2010.   Copyright Vladimir MAXIMOV

     
     And the last, but not least - professional swimming specialists know very well, that there are some differences between short course and long course, in training process, preparations and competitions, so, to prepare, for the SEA Games 2013 swimming competition, which is a Long Course, swimmers should participate more in long course meets, but this World Championship in Turkey is a short course meet.

So, our conclusion - the results for Cambodian swimmers at this World Championship are very important, this is 1^st thing, and the 2^nd thing - every swimming meet, especially abroad, where many swimmers from many countries participate, both - short course and long course, especially if it is a World Championship - is very important, and good, as an experience, for the National Team members, for their preparation for SEA Games swimming competition, which is considered the main swimming meet right now, for Cambodian swimmers, but, from the professional point of view - short course swimming meet is one thing, and long course swimming meet is another thing, and, to prepare for important long course competitions, swimmers must participate more in long course meets, and vice versa.