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World Aquatics to launch open category for transgender athletes at Swimming World Cup

World Aquatics is set to debut an open category at the Swimming World Cup event in Berlin from October 6 to 8 which will welcome "swimmers of all sex and gender identities".

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Pre-Olympics swimming test competition in Seine cancelled due to pollution

The pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution of the river, the international swimming federation said after analysis of the latest water samples.

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Australia to end world titles as swimming's No.1 nation

Australian swimmers have set another world record while harvesting three more gold medals to equal the nation's largest haul at a world championships.

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The history of Olympic swimming

Discover the history of Olympic swimming, from its early days as a military training technique to a showpiece Olympic event.

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Role of Technology in Swimming: The Good and Bad

Touchpads, meet management software, heart rate monitoring, underwater cameras… all are technological advancements that have been brought to swimming. As with anything in the world, swimming has not remained a stagnant sport in terms of how it operates.

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Vladimir Salnikov: "We keep in touch with the Asian Swimming Federation"

During the congress and exhibition event “We are together. Sports”, President of the Russian Swimming Federation Vladimir Salnikov told OSPORT about the future plans of his federation, including a possible move to Asia.

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International Swimming Federation to be renamed World Aquatics as new constitution approved

The International Swimming Federation is to be renamed World Aquatics as part of a new constitution that was approved at the organisation's Extroardinary General Congress here.

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Canada’s McIntosh, 15, builds on golden reputation as swimming continues at Birmingham 2022

Canada's 15-year-old swimming sensation Summer McIntosh added the women's 200 metres individual medley title to the 400m version she had already secured here at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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Sports

04.07.2022

Australia replaces Russia as host of swimming's short-course world championships

Australia replaced Russia as host of swimming's short-course world championships in December

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Athletes

09.05.2022

Rylov announces he will not appeal against FINA ban for appearing at pro-war rally

Russia’s double Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov will not appeal against the suspension from the competition imposed on him by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) over attending a rally held by the country’s President Vladimir Putin to support the invasion of Ukraine.

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Athletes

30.03.2022

Russian swimmer Rylov claims he is being targeted by FINA due to Olympic success

Double Olympic champion Evgeny Rylov of Russia has claimed that he is being targeted by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) because he is the "world face of swimming".

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Doping

26.01.2022

9 Doping Scandals That Changed Sports

Athletes have always been driven to win, but the advent of performance-enhancing drugs has resulted in stripped titles, ban from sports and more.

Throughout history, athletes have been willing to ingest just about anything to improve their performance on the field. Some ancient Greeks turned to figs, while others used mushrooms, and ancient Egyptians believed that ground mule hooves could boost their athletic prowess.

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Olympic Games

01.12.2021

FINA reveals statistics from "successful" Tokyo 2020 anti-doping testing programme

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has released statistics from its Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games anti-doping testing programmes, which it has described as "successful".

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Sports

01.11.2021

Tokyo Olympics: How GB swimmers roared their way to record success at Tokyo 2020

Adam Peaty said new-found "belief" had driven Britain's swimmers to multiple record-breaking successes at Tokyo 2020, but that is just one element of the incredible transformation behind Team GB's greatest Olympic performance in the pool.

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Gender Equality

World Aquatics to launch open category for transgender athletes at Swimming World Cup

Sports

Pre-Olympics swimming test competition in Seine cancelled due to pollution

Sports

Australia to end world titles as swimming's No.1 nation

Sports

The history of Olympic swimming

Sports Industry

Role of Technology in Swimming: The Good and Bad

Sports

Vladimir Salnikov: "We keep in touch with the Asian Swimming Federation"

IFs

International Swimming Federation to be renamed World Aquatics as new constitution approved

Athletes

Canada’s McIntosh, 15, builds on golden reputation as swimming continues at Birmingham 2022

Sports

Australia replaces Russia as host of swimming's short-course world championships

Athletes

Rylov announces he will not appeal against FINA ban for appearing at pro-war rally

Athletes

Russian swimmer Rylov claims he is being targeted by FINA due to Olympic success

Doping

9 Doping Scandals That Changed Sports

Olympic Games

FINA reveals statistics from "successful" Tokyo 2020 anti-doping testing programme

Sports

Tokyo Olympics: How GB swimmers roared their way to record success at Tokyo 2020

The 2023 World Figure Skating Championships Conclude in a Blaze of Glory for Japan

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