A window opens for Russian swimmers. The agency TASS announces, based on a press release from the International Swimming Federation (World Aquatics), that they will be able to participate at the end of April in an official competition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. It must take place in the town of Banja Luka. “ This competition is not organized by World Aquatics, specifies the instance. The only Russian athletes who will be able to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games are those registered as neutral individual athletes. They will be able to achieve performances which will count as qualifying times for Paris 2024. » According to Vladimir Salnikov, the president of the Russian Swimming Federation (RSF), Russian swimmers would not be subject to any restrictions during this competition. They would even be allowed to compete under the country's flag and colors. A contradictory statement with the World Aquatics press release, where it is specified that only neutral athletes, therefore without a Russian flag or colors, will be able to attempt to qualify for the Paris 2024 Games.
