Canada at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
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| Medals Ranked 20th |
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Canada competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011. Margie Schuett was the chef de mission.
The Canada Cup diving grand prix held in Montreal between April 28 and May 1, 2011 will be the qualification tournament. Canada diving, the national governing body set qualification standards for athletes to qualify. For an athlete to qualify they must be in top 2 (Canadians) at the tournament and have reached the minimum score. Canada has qualified 9 athletes in diving.
Athletes that make up the team will be decided at the US 2011 10K Open Water National Championships & Team Trials in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, United States. After the selection event six swimmers were selected to compete, four men and two women.
Canada's team for these championships was selected from the World Championship trials held in Victoria, British Columbia between March 30 and April 2, 2011. 33 athletes will represent Canada in Shanghai along with 10 coaches.
The provisional events per athlete:
Canada will send a team of 12 synchronized swimmers.
Canada's men's team qualified by defeating Brazil and Argentina in a qualifier in January 2011 in Victoria, British Columbia. Canada's men's team finished an all-time high of eighth place at the previous championships in Rome, Italy. For these championships, Canada has been grouped with Brazil, Japan and defending bronze medalist Croatia. The team was announced on July 8, 2011. The team ended up finishing in tenth place.
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