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20 Jun 2022

FINA ban transgender swimmers, Olympic champion Emily Seebohm says THIS

Four-times Olympic champion Cate Campbell told FINA’s EGC that she supported a restriction on transgender athletes competing in women’s categories and urged people to ‘listen to the science and experts’.

Russia-Ukraine war

22 Apr 2022

FINA bans Russian swimmer Evgeny Rylov for supporting Vladimir Putin

A brief statement from swimming's world governing body, FINA, on Thursday said it 'acknowledged' an earlier, as-yet unpublished ruling from a disciplinary panel to ban Rylov

04 May 2020

FINA postpones World Aquatics Championships to 2022

Meanwhile, FINA also announced that FINA World Masters Championships will take place from May 31 to June 9,2020 across the island of Kyushu in Japan.

03 Aug 2019

Peru swimmer Mauricio withdraws from Pan Am Games after failed doping test

For the second successive Pan Am Games, Fiol has been caught up in doping controversy as four years ago he lost the silver medal he won in the 200 metres butterfly race after testing positive for the anabolic steroid stanozolol

29 Jul 2019

Dressel snaps Phelps' record with 8 medals as World Swimming C'ship concludes

The U.S. sprint specialist became the first swimmer to win eight medals at a single world championships, taking down Olympic great Michael Phelps`s 10-year-old 100 metres butterfly world record for good measure.

27 Jul 2019

Swimming: Australia's Shayna Jack admits to positive dope test

The 20-year-old freestyle swimmer, who won two relay silvers and a bronze at the 2017 world championships, made the admission in an Instagram post.

22 Jul 2019

Fellow swimmers hail Mack Horton for podium protest

After finishing runner-up to China`s Sun Yang in the 400 freestyle on Sunday, Olympic champion Horton took his silver medal and then stood behind the podium while his Chinese rival and bronze medallist Gabriele Detti shared the spotlight.

31 Jul 2017

FINA: Caeleb Dressel equals Michael Phelps' record, claims 7 gold medals in single world championships

He also helped the U.S. to record their best-ever world championship haul, with 38 medals.

30 Jul 2017

FINA World Championships: Caeleb Dressel makes history with three world golds in one night

Dressel`s sprint heroics were compiled in just under two hours, interspersed by Sarah Sjostrom`s world record in the women`s 50 metres freestyle on another stunning night`s racing at the Duna Arena.

FINA World Championship

27 Jul 2017

FINA World Championship: Federica Pellegrini in seventh heaven, Adam Peaty completes breaststroke double

Pellegrini last won a world title at the 2011 championships, but the determined Italian rolled back the years to clock one minute 54.73 seconds.

04 Sep 2016

World swimming in turmoil over Rio Olympics 2016 doping decisions

FINA originally barred seven Russian swimmers from Rio following a report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren that alleged state-run doping in Russia.

04 Aug 2016

Rio Olympics: Two dope-tainted Russian swimmers given all-clear by swimming federation

The IOC gave the federations the job of determining which Russians should be eligible after opting against a blanket ban of the country.

31 Jul 2016

2016 Rio Olympics: Russia register new appeal as IOC rejects blame for doping crisis

Efimova, who won a 200m breaststroke bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, follows Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev in taking her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Vladimir Morozov

30 Jul 2016

Vladimir Morozov becomes first Russian to appeal Olympic ban

Morozov, a member of the 4x100m freestyle relay team that came third in 2012, is one of seven Russian swimmers banned by FINA following the IOC directive.

25 Jul 2016

Swimming's governing body FINA bans seven Russians from participating at Rio Olympics

FINA was the first sport to impose bans in light of Sunday`s IOC decision, which ruled against a blanket ban on all Russian competitors in Rio.

05 Jul 2016

Russian athletes' doping samples taken by FINA tested negative

Russian sport has been in the centre of doping-related scandals since last year.

17 Mar 2016

Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova faces life ban after positive test for meldonium

The 23-year-old four-times world champion returned a positive result during an out of competition test.

Rio 2016 Olympics Organizing Committee

18 Oct 2015

Rio 2016 organizers claim water in competition area to be clean

The Rio 2016 Olympics Organizing Committee claimed that water quality in the competition area meets the requirements of the WHO.

22 Sep 2015

Banned Korean swimmer Park Tae-hwan to train in Japan

South Korean swimming ace Park Tae-hwan will train in Japan while he is serving a doping ban.

19 Sep 2015

Marathon swimmers get Rio water all-clear - FINA

Marathon swimmers taking part in a 2016 Olympics test event in Rio`s notoriously polluted off-shore waters suffered no serious health problems, the sport`s governing body said Friday.

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