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Seine still fails water tests two months before Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Water tests on the Seine in Paris show the river is still too dirty to swim in, two months before the start of the Paris Olympics when it will be used by athletes, data from a charity showed on Wednesday.

French authorities are in a race against time to clean up the Seine, which will host the swimming leg

of the triathlon at the end of July and open water swimming in August.

Alexandre III bridge was more than three times the maximum level allowed by triathlon and open water swimming

show it is safe, with sources saying Hidalgo has pencilled in 23 June for her swim.Olympic open-water swimming


Debbie Hesse - new Executive Director of revamped USA Gymnastics Foundation

  • Gymnastics

Veteran Olympic family executive Debbie Hesse was introduced Wednesday as the executive director of the USA Gymnastics Foundation, USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung announced at the Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, where Simone Biles is the main  star.

As the executive director of the USA Swimming Foundation from 2010-2019, she oversaw a 350% annual budget

Hesse also served as Executive Director of USA Synchronized Swimming from 1994-2001, where she increased


Three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang set to return after drug ban

  • Swimming

China's disgraced three-time Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang says he is keen to return to competitive swimming

Sun became China's first Olympic swimming champion at London 2012 and was the first swimmer in history

and Olympic titles in every freestyle distance from 200-1500m.On his four years away from competitive swimming


Over $1.1 million will be distributed through Peter Lim Foundation Scholarships

  • Olympics

The Olympic Foundation Scholarships, which were awarded to 404 beneficiaries this year, will assist them with their sports and school-related expenses in four categories. The awards ceremony was held at Temasek Convention Centre, Singapore. 

Past recipients of SOF's Peter Lim Scholarship include Joseph Schooling (swimming), Shayna Ng (bowling


Paris 2024: Swimmer Maxime Grousset relishing upcoming Olympics

  • Swimming

French swimming sensation Maxime Grousset says Paris 2024 "will be the best competition of my life,"

 He began swimming at the age of five, quickly learning to navigate the waters of the South Pacific

I try to feel the water differently as a freestyle (on swimming the 100 fly).


Csaba Bohm, Gintare Venckauskaite triumph at Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final

  • Modern Pentathlon

Hungary's Csaba Bohm set a new world record to take the men's event at the UIPM Pentathlon World Cup Final in Ankara on Saturday (25 May), with Lithuania's Laser Run specialist Gintare Venckauskaite claiming the biggest win of her career.

Fencing, and Clouvel closed the gap on her compatriot to just one point after her superior time in Swimming



Torch Relay Stage 15: History, sport and culture in the Charente

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch continued its journey to Paris in a region that has inspired artists. The Charente region, with its lush, unspoilt countryside, is renowned for its historical sites and cultural attractions, both of which were highlighted by the route of the Olympic Torch Relay during this 15th stage.

case for Philippe Croizon, an accomplished athlete and entrepreneur who is heavily involved in para-swimming


SELL Student Games 2024 successfully completed

  • FISU Section Pages

One of the biggest sporting events for students in the Baltic States - the 39th edition of the SELL Student Games was held in Kaunas on 16-19 May, hosted by the Lithuanian Students' Sports Association, according to EUSA.

opportunity to compete in the following sports: basketball, 3x3 basketball, mini-football, volleyball, swimming



Australian Olympic gold medallist Chelsea Hodges retires ahead of Paris 2024

  • Swimming

Numerous operations have left her with "the hips of a 60-year-old", Hodges said. The swimmer was named in the Australian team that will compete in the Olympic Games in less than two months. She was instrumental in the Tokyo 2020 mixed relay gold medal.

The Australian Olympic gold medallist announced her retirement from swimming on Friday at the age of

This is undoubtedly sad news for swimming.

Australian head coach Rohan Taylor said, "Hodges will remain with Swimming Australia as a performance

Hodges also won gold in the 4x50m medley relay at the 2022 Short Course Swimming World Championships.Hodges

country's great athletes, especially considering her age and potential.Furthermore, the Australian swimming


Torch Relay Stage 14: Vineyards and sport in Bordeaux and Libournais

  • Paris 2024

On its journey to Paris, the Olympic torch passed through the heart of Bordeaux's outstanding vineyards on the 14th stage of the relay, highlighting the region's world-renowned expertise and heritage.

Guylaine Berger Talochino, French swimming champion in the 1970s and 1980s, passed the torch to shooter


FBI urged to investigate China swimming scandal

  • Swimming

US lawmakers are calling on the FBI and the Department of Justice to investigate 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance prior to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but were permitted to compete.

This scandal has cast a long shadow over the integrity of international swimming competitions and raised

GETTY IMAGESThe Chinese swimming team's situation is particularly troubling given the country's history


River Seine delays Paris 2024 opening ceremony rehearsal again

  • Paris 2024

Paris Olympics organisers have postponed the rehearsal of the opening ceremony on the Seine for the second time due to high water levels.

The Seine is also set to host open-water swimming and triathlon events during the 26 July until 11 August


Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie dies at 70

  • Swimming

British swimmer David Wilkie, who won 200m breaststroke gold at the Montreal 1976 Olympics, has died at the age of 70.

the former Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to Scottish parents, Wilkie learned to swim at the open-air Colombo Swimming

(@TeamGB) May 22, 2024A month after his second Olympic Games, Wilkie announced his retirement from swimming

co-founded healthcare and pet food companies, and made headlines in 2017 when - at 62 - he was warned for swimming

Aquatics GB lauded him as "one of the first British swimming icons".