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Chinese swimming scandal: WADA call meeting

  • Swimming

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revealed plans on Monday for an extraordinary session later this week to address the situation involving 23 Chinese swimmers who were found to have traces of a prescription heart medication in their system.

statement read from the agency.WADA have confirmed a meeting will be held on Friday regarding the Chinese swimming


Tunisian swimming chiefs arrested for covering the country's flag at a competition

  • Swimming

The heads of Tunisia's swimming federation and national anti-doping organisation were arrested.

A spokesman for the public prosecutor's office told AFP on Monday: "The heads of the Tunisian swimming

 On Friday, during a championship organised by the national swimming federation at the Olympic pool

the state's internal security", Jouini said.The Tunisian flag was covered as a sanction by WADA in a swimming

after the flag incident on Friday, a video released by the president's office showed Saied visiting the swimming

administrative measures", saying those who covered the #Tunisian flag with piece of cloth in ##Rades Swimming


WADA calls for release of Tunisia's national anti-doping organisation Director General

  • Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has expressed its deep concern following the arrest and dismissal of the Director General of the Tunisian National Anti-Doping Agency (ANAD) for trying to deal with the consequences of ANAD's non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

Tunisian prosecutors have arrested seven more sports officials over the absence of the national flag at a swimming

The heads of the Tunisian swimming federation and the national anti-doping agency were detained on Saturday


Americans want answers from WADA, but trust issues persist

  • Olympics

With the Olympics less than three months away and the aftermath of the Chinese doping scandal still lingering, worldwide suspicions about an uneven playing field won’t die down; but it’s in the United States, where the news broke, that the World Anti-Doping Agency faces the biggest pushback.

because that’s not something I should have to focus on while racing at the Olympics,” the current US Swimming


Pantelides: "My motivation is to win gold in GAMMA's World MMA"

  • GAMMA

World bronze medallist Andreas Pantelides is returning to competition with a single goal in mind: to win gold at the 2024 GAMMA European Championship, which takes place this week in Slovakia.

Aside from MMA, he enjoys swimming, playing chess and admiring nature through hiking.The 2024 GAMMA European


Great Britain's Jess Varley wins World Cup silver

  • Modern Pentathlon

Great Britain's Jess Varley got herself back on the podium after securing a silver medal in the Pentathlon World Cup held in Sofia, Bulgaria.

commenced the final from 16th place following the fencing ranking round, but her impressive riding and swimming



Torch Relay Stage 4: Sport, culture and emotions in Bouches-du-Rhône

  • Paris 2024

The fourth leg of the Olympic Torch Relay has made another stop in the Bouches-du-Rhône. After the arrival of the Olympic Torch and the first stage in Marseille, other key sites in the region were highlighted on the way to Arles, the host city of the stage.

fourth leg after leaving Marseille were Virginie Dedieu, a three-time consecutive world synchronised swimming


'Tunisia Before the Olympic Committee,' President Saied reacts to flag incident

  • Olympics

response to sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)— by dissolving the country's national swimming

 Tunisia's president Kais Saied has completely dissolved his country's swimming federation for complying

overnight Friday-Saturday, the Tunisian Youth and Sports Ministry announced the dissolution of the swimming

The dissolution of the swimming federation board, along with the dismissal of key officials, reflects

administrative measures", saying those who covered the #Tunisian flag with piece of cloth in ##Rades Swimming


Torch Relay Stage 3: Sunshine in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

  • Paris 2024

The third day of the Olympic Torch Relay on French roads gave a taste of the art of living in Provence. The route took in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Sisteron, Digne-les-Bains, Forcalquier and Barcelonnette. Alain Boghossian, Odiah Sidibé and Adeline Bilal were some of the celebrities born and bred in Provence who carried the Olympic torch.

medallist in the para-triathlon in Forcalquier; Esther Baron, a decade-long star of the French national swimming



Torch Relay Stage 1: Marseille celebrates the start of a magical Olympic trip

  • Paris 2024

After the arrival of the Olympic Torch at the Vieux Port, Paris 2024 once again invited the people of Marseille to celebrate the first day of the Torch Relay in France in the heart of the city.

; Louis, a former docker who is the country's most decorated boxing trainer; Clara, the French Para swimming


Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui title defence uncertain

  • Swimming

Olympic 400m freestyle champion Ahmed Hafnaoui expressed uncertainty about his readiness to defend his title at the Paris Olympics, on Wednesday.

"Ahmed's absence from the Paris Olympics has not yet been confirmed," she revealed.Tunisian swimming


Sara Curtis breaks pool records and shatters stereotypes

  • Swimming

Winner of four gold medals at the European Junior Championships, at 17 she will be one of the youngest swimmers at Paris 2024. Curtis sees Paris 2024 as a stepping stone to Los Angeles 2028, her ultimate goal.

was really cold and I hated it, to be honest," jokes Curtis.She is currently one of Italy's brightest swimming