Swimming

— 23 May 2022

Melbourne replaces Kazan

FINA can rub its hands together: it has found its plan B for the 25m World Championships. It is a prestigious one. Swimming’s world governing body announced at the... Read more »

— 6 May 2022

A three-stage World Cup

FINA is playing the compact card. The world swimming body has unveiled the calendar for the World Cup in the small pool (25 m) for the year 2022. It... Read more »

— 27 April 2022

Rylov was at the show

A concert. Nothing more. The Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov, suspended for nine months by FINA for participating in a pro-Putin demonstration in Moscow on 18 March, explained himself for... Read more »

— 26 April 2022

FINA to investigate Evgeny Rylov

Evgeny Rylov is facing a very serious case. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced on Monday 25 April that it was opening an internal investigation after learning that the... Read more »

Natation

— 22 April 2022

The IOC has published a wrong version

Uncommon. According to the website of Swimming World magazine, the IOC has mistakenly published a wrong version of the qualifying criteria for swimming races for the Paris 2024 Games.... Read more »

— 22 April 2022

Yevgeny Rylov gets nine months

FINA wants to strike hard. The international swimming body has decided to suspend Russian swimmer Yevgeny Rylov (pictured above), Olympic champion in the 100 and 200m backstroke at the... Read more »

— 21 April 2022

A clash of two superpowers

The international swimming calendar is getting busier for the coming season. A new event has been added to an already packed list of World Championships in Budapest, the Commonwealth... Read more »

— 15 April 2022

Lima to replace Kazan

It’s done. FINA has found a replacement for Russia to host the next edition of the World Junior Swimming Championships. Initially awarded to Kazan, Russia, the event will finally... Read more »

— 28 March 2022

ISL postpones its season by one year

A blow for the world’s best swimmers. The International Swimming League (ISL) announced on Sunday 27 March that it was postponing its new season, the fourth since its creation... Read more »