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Poker and out: Cate Campbell calls it quits

  • Swimming

of medals in four Olympic Games yet failing to qualify for Paris 2024 at the Australian trials, the swimming

Her service and contribution to swimming is just incredible -– not just for what she achieved in the

I am entering my cheerleading era.”Taylor described Campbell’s contribution to swimming as “just incredible


Para Climbing to debut at the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles

  • Classification

It is now official. This Wednesday, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Executive Board ratified the proposal to add Para Climbing to the LA 2028 sports programme. This is the first time a sport has been added to the Paralympic programme by an Organising Committee. It will join the 22 sports already included.

Badminton, Para Canoe, Para Cycling, Para Equestrian, Para Judo, Para Powerlifting, Para Rowing, Para Swimming


Paris 2024: The Games of gender parity

  • Paris 2024

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will mark a historic milestone, finally achieving gender parity in athlete participation 128 years after the modern era began in Athens in 1896. 

cent of competitors were women, and they were restricted to sports deemed suitable for them, such as swimming


Add Phelps, Schmitt to growing list of WADA critics

  • Swimming

hearing on Tuesday in which they questioned the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of the 2021 Chinese swimming

drugs scandal, the two great American swimming legends asked for significant reform at the global body

four-time gold medallist said while she had heard "whispers of doping by the Chinese team" throughout her swimming


Paris 2024's colossal challenges: Security, transport, climate and the Seine

  • Paris 2024

Exactly one month before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the authorities are finalising the organisational details of an event that will have the eyes of the world on Paris. Many challenges remain in a France unsettled by early elections.

concerns aside in turbulent times) and several competitions: triathlon (30-31 July, 5 August), marathon swimming

standards.Hopes were raised on 9 June, but other tests failed to meet the legal water quality standards for swimming


Tension on the Seine as Paris counts down the days to the Olympics

  • Paris 2024

Heavy rain, pollution, security fears, possible cancellations - the spotlight is on the river that runs through much of France and has its most problematic point in the capital.

The idea of holding open water swimming (10 km), triathlon and Paralympic events (in September) was a

. coli - a bacteria that indicates faecal matter - were often twice the maximum allowed for Olympic swimming

last year, but organizers had to suspend it due to pollution.GETTY IMAGESIn the case of open water swimming

to postpone the event for several days in the event of a downpour that increases pollution and makes swimming

There have always been problems," French open water swimming coach Stephane Lecat said last week.


Ross Edgley completes world’s longest non-stop river swim

  • Swimming

Endurance athlete Ross Edgley has announced he has completed a record-breaking continuous river swim: completing 510km without stopping, sleeping or touching land for over 62 hours in the freezing waters of the Yukon River in Canada. Edgely began the challenge in Whitehorse on Lake Laberge on Sunday 16th June, and finished in Dawson City on 19th June.


An Olympian is Born: Kazakhstan celebrates Olympic Day

  • Olympics

Kazakhstan joined in the worldwide Olympic Day celebrations by highlighting the core values of the Olympic Movement. The National Olympic Committee of Kazakhstan began the festivities with its traditional "Olympian is Born" campaign by welcoming all newborns over the country, who it is believed, are future champions.

Olympic swimming champion Dmitriy Balandin honoured the young athletes."

also the cybersports in its agenda. 200 young athletes (7-16 years old) also participated in the iSwim swimming


Paris 2024: USA and Australia prepare for duel in the pool

  • Swimming

The resurgence of Caeleb Dressel and Regan Smith, and the omnipresence of Katie Ledecky, herald a fierce battle for medals with the formidable Australian team that dominated the 2023 World Championships in Japan. China, Canada, Great Britain and hosts France will all be looking to spring a surprise.

redemption of Caeleb Dressel, who has regained his place among the greats after a period away from swimming

Ariarne Titmus smashes the women’s 200m Free WR, setting a new fastest time of 1:52.23 at the Australian Swimming

Paris2024 🤯Just behind, Mollie O'Callaghan also goes under the previous WR with a time of 1:52.48 #swimming


Unity is strength: "The Americas, One Team"

  • Paris 2024

The slogan "The Americas, One Team" was used to introduce the Panam Sports team ahead of the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Prominent athletes from across the Americas have come together with a common dream: to achieve American glory at the next Olympic event.

(artistic gymnastics, Brazil), Marileidy Paulino (athletics, Dominican Republic), Margaret McNeil (swimming


Paris 2024: Promising much, delivering little

  • Paris 2024

Since Paris launched its bid for the 2024 Olympics and secured it in 2017, the project has undergone numerous changes by its organisers and public administrations. From ticket prices to environmental concerns, saying is one thing, doing is quite another.

during the event, as if the increase in metro users could justify such a price hike.A different case is swimming

spectators, a third of what the international federation (World Aquatics) requires for an international swimming

pic.twitter.com/sawEHLV7n9— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) April 4, 2024The OAC will host water polo, artistic swimming

and diving, while the swimming stars will have to go to the other side of the capital, to the La Défense

far as cleaning up the Seine is concerned, virtually all pollution studies point to the dangers of swimming


US Trials: Manuel and Finke book their tickets to Paris 2024

  • Swimming

The nine days of competition in Indianapolis ended with a triumph for Simone Manuel, who will be seeking redemption in the 50m freestyle after winning gold in Rio 2016 and missing out on Tokyo 2020, and Bobby Finke defending his titles in the 800m and 1,500m.

The home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, it was transformed into a swimming pool.

just two hundredths of a second.She became the first African-American woman to win an Olympic medal in swimming

The United States will go to Paris 2024 as the Olympic swimming powerhouse they always have been.


Dressel and Ledecky to defend 100m butterfly and 800m freestyle Olympic titles

  • Swimming

Neither swimmer faltered at the US Olympic Trials. Dressel repeated Friday's success in the 50m freestyle, while Ledecky lived up to her predictions. She is aiming to become the only woman to win four consecutive gold medals in the same event this summer. The first was at London 2012 at the age of 15.

 Dressel is really back after his break, which caused him to stop swimming abruptly.

discounted-rate tickets in sections 235-235.🎟️: https://t.co/FLouSBvskl pic.twitter.com/6Snhl3dKpt— USA Swimming

trials were held at Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, which was converted into a swimming


Torch Relay Stage 38: Loire and Saint-Etienne on the move

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic torch relay has reached the Loire for its 38th stage and set off early this morning to explore the department's roads on a route that took it from Charlieu to Saint-Étienne, with stops in Montbrison and Saint-Chamond.

Coraline Juvanon, veteran judo world champion Corine Cucchiara and Ambre Dusautier, who excelled in swimming


Athletics events to open LA28 after scheduling, venue changes

  • Olympics

The Los Angeles 2028 Olympics proposed a series of updates to its venue plan Friday, leveraging Southern California’s abundance of high-quality athletic venues to assign more sports to existing stadiums and fewer temporary ones. Track and field will now be front and centre at the Memorial Coliseum.

Swimming, which traditionally opened the Olympic action, will move over to the second week of the Games

The City of Long Beach will host Artistic Swimming and Para Swimming competitions, in addition to several

@LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games just announced #LongBeach will host Artistic Swimming & Para

Swimming competitions (pending City of LA approval)!

Swimming competitions (pending City of LA approval)!