— Published January 18, 2022

FINA will see the pyramids

Swimming

FINA turns to Africa. The world swimming body announces the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Egyptian Federation. It provides for the organization in Egypt of a series of international events in diving and artistic swimming between 2023 and 2026. The dates will be determined later, but it is certain that the competitions will take place on the site of the pyramids of Giza, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. Several meetings on the FINA calendar are planned in Egypt as part of this unprecedented agreement, initialed in particular by the Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr Ashraf Sobhy: the Diving World Cup in 2023 and 2024, the Diving Grand Prix between 2023 and 2026, and the Artistic Swimming World Series in 2023.