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Swimmer Gabrielle Rose shines at the US Olympic Trials

  • Olympics

Gabrielle Rose shines at the US Olympic Trials in Indianapolis at the age of 46, 28 years after her first Olympic Games, becoming an example of resilience and love of sport.

At 46, she is still active and competitive.Time has found her with the same love for swimming and personal

breaststroke, a significant event that would place her among the best swimmers in the world's leading swimming

Olympic Team Swimming Trialson June 2024.

Olympic Team Swimming Trials.

She plans to continue swimming and hopes to cheer on the US team at the Games, which begin later this


Technology paves the way in anti-doping fight

  • Olympics

The International Testing Agency (ITA) is honing its tools for the Paris Olympics and will implement technology and new models to identify and deter potential cheats.

The performance passport project has already been tested in some sports like swimming and weightlifting


Olympic swimmers hope for winning edge with latest "rocket suits"

  • Swimming

Swimmers battling for gold at this month's Paris Olympics are banking on the latest cutting-edge swimsuits to be their secret weapon in the pool. Competitors believe innovation can be the difference in a sport where medals are sometimes decided by a mere fingertip, although the evidence is not so sure.

The biggest factor in swimming, because it's in water, is drag, which is far and away the main detractor

Swimming Olympic trials this weekend 🩲🏊Developed with Lamoral Space Tech, they offer low water absorption


Anti-doping system grows leaps and bounds due to data and AI

  • Paris 2024

The director general of the International Testing Agency (ITA), Benjamin Cohen, says that “without data, they cannot stop anything” in the fight against doping practices in Paris 2024.

perhaps be due to a case of doping.The Swiss lawyer thus reports that the project has been tested in swimming


Christophe Dubi defends IOC management, says criticism is exaggerated

  • Olympics

Christophe Dubi, executive director of the Olympic Games, defends the IOC's management and warns that "criticism of the under-utilisation of venues is exaggerated". He also justified the change in the approach to designating host cities, while defending previous allocations.

been built: an aquatic centre in Saint-Denis (which, incredibly, will be used for diving rather than swimming


“No winners” in Chinese swimmers’ doping case

  • Swimming

In an interview with AFP, Anti-doping expert April Henning calls out WADA for mishandling the 23 positive tests that led to the New York Times report and subsequent accusations of a cover-up by the international policing body from American officials and politicians.

Paris 2024 Olympics; the decision worsened the matter, leading up to a US Congressional hearing where swimming

AFP tried to contact Zhang and the Chinese Swimming Association several times since the controversy erupted


Paris 2024: A new vision for sustainable cities

  • Paris 2024

More than 30 venues of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are very similar. That’s because most were constructed well before Paris became a candidate to host the upcoming Games, which get underway from 26 July until 11 August.

Post-Games, the Aquatics Centre will serve the local community as a multi-sports hub, providing swimming


Torch relay stage 45: The Olympic torch sparkles in the land of champagne

  • Paris 2024

Last Sunday, the Olympic torch relay made a major tour of the Champagne country, starting from the prestigious vineyards of Reims and passing through the cobbled streets of Sézanne and the emblematic Avenue du Champagne in Épernay, highlighting not only the rich heritage of the area, but also its natural and agricultural landscape, especially as it crossed the picturesque Lac de Der lake.

medallist at London 2012 and Tokyo 2021, Elsa Millart, three-time world champion in Paralympic artistic swimming


France makes multibillion-euro gamble on Olympic gold

  • Olympics

The Paris Olympics are set to cost almost nine billion euros according to the latest estimates and the impact on the economy is likely to be more "psychological" than financial. Ahead of the 26 July opening ceremony on the Seine, ministers and observers are juggling the figures to estimate the costs and benefits of the sporting spectacle. 

Le Slip Francais, an underwear maker, is making thousands of extra underpants, swimming costumes, pyjamas


One million Paralympic tickets sold for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Paris 2024 Organising Committee has reached the symbolic milestone of allocating or selling one million tickets for the Paralympic Games to be held in the French capital from 28 August to 8 September.

France, wheelchair tennis at Roland Garros, football for the blind at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, swimming


WADA announces Athlete Engagement program teams for Paris 2024

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency made public its plan to promote clean sport directly with the athletes competing at the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including representatives from 12 countries across five different continents from various athlete representative bodies. 

Ryan Pini (New Guinea), four-time Olympian (swimming), Chair of WADA’s Athlete Council and Papua New


No cooperation expected from CHINADA on swimmers’ case

  • Swimming

The Chinese Anti-Doping Agency warned that it would “never” share its information regarding the athletes that tested positive in recent Olympic Games after US Congress demanded details of the probe be made public. Tensions between American officials, the Asian country and WADA keep mounting.

Paris 2024 Olympics; the decision worsened the matter, leading up to a US Congressional hearing where swimming


Struggles in the Seine: High bacteria levels cast doubt on Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

High levels of bacteria and excessive water flow in the River Seine are causing growing concern as the countdown to the Olympic Games, now less than a month away, continues. The situation could lead to the suspension of activities.

Billions of euros have been spent on cleaning up a river that is now unfit for swimming or Olympic competitions

English Channel, is due to host the opening ceremony on 26 July, as well as the triathlon and open water swimming

At times, the water was up to 13 times the permitted limit for swimming, which was a major blow to hopes

Prefect Marc Guillaume had already warned on Wednesday that swimming would not be allowed at the beginning

event.The triathlon water events are scheduled for 30 and 31 July and 5 August, with the open water swimming



Torch Relay Stage 42: Culture, heritage and table tennis in Moselle

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch continues its adventure in the heart of Europe and the people of Moselle celebrated its return. Metz had already rolled out the red carpet for the Torch 32 years ago, on 4 January 1992, before the Winter Olympics in Albertville. 

 The people of Moselle cheered on Olympic champions Sophie Villaume-Hubert (swimming, Beijing 2008