FINA SC World Swimming Championships

I wanted to share my experience in Dubai with everyone as I get ready for the 10th FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships this December 15-19th. I will be representing Canada in the breaststroke events starting with the 100 meter breaststroke on the first day of competition on Wednesday, December 15th.

It has been an exciting journey for me this year as I have committed my next few years to pursuing my swimming passion and dreams full-time training in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with the University of Calgary Swim Club under Jan Bidrman. This training has been going very well and I hope to show the world this week what I can do on the international stage. My times from 2009 ranked in the top 10 all-time for scm, and I set 4 Canadian, 2 Commonwealth, and 1 World Record last year in the breaststroke events and 400 medley relay. I hope to carry that success into the meet this week with some very fast times and final swims.

You can find all the meet information and results on this page: http://www.dubaiswimming2010.ae/

I will be getting into some more posts here shortly about the city of Dubai, the amazing aquatic center, Burj Khalifa, and my race preparation. Thank you very kindly for all your support, thoughts, and prayers as I prepare for these championships. Please share this page with anyone who is interested in following my journey.

-Paul Kornfeld