According to reports, both FINA, the international governing body of swimming, and USA Swimming have been hard at work doing their own investigations into the swimming fatality of Fran Crippen. What needs to be investigated? We all know exactly what, where and who(m), and this fact is what ultimately brought the Open Water Swimming Safety Conference to reality. I emailed USMS before the tragedy in Dubai(or UAE, WTF)money, politics, no interest of the athlete or his/her safety rant over,,,calling for action after the Whiskeytown Lake Open Water Swims. Calm down. Oh yeah, rant on, FINA is about ready to implode. There does need to be more change within the internal structure of the governing body of world swimming. The issues are so bad that there is an international grassroots movement among some of the premier swim coaches in the world to break away from FINA and form the World Swimming Association, WSA as the governing body of swimming for the future.
There was nothing said about that issue at the conference. I think it is an issue for the open water community and that is perhaps an underlying issue that contributed to the importance of the conference. The conference origins are grassroots too; we as athletes, responsible event organizers, and aquatic professionals are being proactive to make our sport safer for all to enjoy. FINA has a history of making poor choices, see tech suit era, and I hope USA Swimming takes a hard look at their relationship.
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