FINA

— April 20, 2016

Maglione unhappy with Rio 2016

Julio Maglione, the president of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), is unhappy with the organization of the Rio 2016 Games. And he says it. The Uruguayan leader expressed... Read more "

— April 18, 2016

An investigation into France

Threat of bad weather for the French men's water polo team. Seized by Canada, FINA opened an investigation into the conditions of the match between French and... Read more "

— March 23, 2016

Russian swimmers in their turn in the eye of the storm

After athletics, swimming? Russian sport no longer knows the word respite. Its athletes are still suspended and could miss the Rio Games. Maria Sharapova was... Read more "

— February 15, 2016

Before Rio, swimmers will have to undergo tests

Would swimming be afraid of ending up in the same pool as athletics? The BBC revealed this Monday, February 15, that FINA, its international federation, has decided to take... Read more "

— February 1, 2016

A messiah named Carrard

François Carrard will have to recruit. The Swiss lawyer, former director general of the IOC, was asked by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to evaluate and conduct an audit of... Read more "

— January 6, 2016

American-style meeting

Would the International Swimming Federation be afraid of an IAAF-style scandal? Its first press release of 2016 directly concerns doping and the meeting organized in Lausanne,... Read more "

— October 28, 2015

“Los Angeles breathes Olympicism”

Nobody has forgotten Janet Evans. The former American swimmer, quadruple gold medalist at the Olympics, in Seoul in 1988 then in Barcelona four years later, had somewhat disappeared from... Read more "

— September 17, 2015

FINA throws a paving stone in the waters of Rio

Thunderclap. Less than a year before the opening of the Rio Games, an international federation of an Olympic sport is stepping up to criticize the Brazilian organizers without nuance.... Read more "

— August 27, 2015

Towards an age limit in swimming

FINA could change its regulations and impose an age limit for international racing swimming competitions. Cornel Marculescu, its executive director, explained to Reuters: “We... Read more "

— August 6, 2015

No more sprints in 2020

Present in Kazan for the Swimming World Championships, FINA President Julio Maglione explained that he was going to campaign for greater representation in sprint events... Read more "