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Olympic flame to be lit in Ancient Olympia this Tuesday

  • Paris 2024

Less than three and a half months before the opening of the Paris 2024 Games, the Olympic flame will be lit on Tuesday in Ancient Olympia, Greece, to begin a journey that will take it from the Acropolis to French Polynesia before arriving in the French capital on 26 July.

Former French swimming star Laure Manaudou, Olympic champion at Athens 2004, is expected to be the first


Bahrain will send 122 athletes to the Gulf Youth Games

  • Olympics

The Bahrain Olympic Committee has announced the delegation that will take part in the Gulf Youth Games, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday 16 April to 2 May.

There will be 11 men and women in swimming and 4 in air pistol shooting.

will also be sending 10 referees to officiate in various sports including volleyball, table tennis, swimming


Paris 2024: Unfulfilled promises

  • Paris 2024

Since Paris launched its bid to host the Olympic Games, which it successfully secured in 2017, the project has undergone numerous changes by the organisers and government authorities.

pic.twitter.com/sawEHLV7n9— Paris 2024 (@Paris2024) April 4, 2024Water polo, artistic swimming and diving

will take place at the OAC, while swimming, one of the main sports at the Games, will be held at the


Beyond swimming and diving, financial support is key

  • Aquatics

The World Aquatics Support Programme provides essential funding for the strategic development of National Federations, providing a significant boost where smaller federations need it to grow.

financial support provided by World Aquatics.For most National Aquatics Federations, it's not just about swimming

"We also have programmes in water polo, swimming, diving, artistic swimming and open water swimming.Romani

Swimming is in our DNA as Polynesians, as navigators and sailors.

"We teach all our swimming in the lagoon," explains the CIAF president.

"The more people we can get swimming and understanding swimming at a grassroots level, the bigger the


New Paris 2024 tickets on sale

  • Paris 2024

More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games have will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April at 10am CEST. This is one of the last opportunities to see the stars of the Games in action, including Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Simone Biles, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Lebron James.

 -15,000 for swimming at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, from €24 to €980, including Léon


All set for the Gulf Youth Games

  • Olympics

The Organising Committee of the inaugural Gulf Youth Games has announced that all sports facilities in the five host emirates - Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman and Fujairah - are fully prepared to host the event.

Olympic Committee, the General Sports Authority and the Sports Councils.Abu Dhabi will host football, swimming



U20 Athletics: Young athletics talents descend on Lima in August

  • Athletics

The capital of Peru will host its first major sporting event from 27-31 August 2024, when the U20 World Athletics Championships will be held at the National Sports Village (Videna) athletics stadium.

U20 Athletics World Championships, but also the Junior World Championships in weightlifting, artistic swimming


Crossing the Oceans: a unique chapter of the Paris 2024 Torch Relay

  • Paris 2024

In line with its vision of "Games Wide Open," Paris 2024 was delighted to work with the Torch Relay's Presenting Partners, Coca-Cola and Banque Populaire & Caisse d'Epargne, to involve as many French people as possible in the Torch Relay. By taking the flame to six overseas territories, the Relay across the Oceans will also prepare French people from all over the world to celebrate the Games. 

She won the European Championships in swimming (freestyle) four times before winning the olympic bronze


World Aquatics reallocates quotas for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The marathon swimming quota for Paris 2024 has been redistributed ahead of next summer's Olympic competition

World Aquatics (WA) has announced the reallocation of one marathon swimming quota spot for the upcoming

remaining National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have all accepted their quotas for the Olympic Marathon Swimming

A total of 22 athletes of each gender will compete in the open water swimming events at these Summer

World Aquatics oversees six aquatic sports - swimming, water polo, diving, artistic swimming, open water

swimming and high diving - and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the world's


Warning of pollution and dangers in the Seine

  • Paris 2024

about the pollution and dangers of the River Seine, which will be used for triathlon and open water swimming

kilometres across France, remains contaminated and potentially dangerous in the Paris area, where Olympic swimming

stakeholders its growing concern about the quality of the Seine, but also the risks athletes face when swimming

the Olympic Games begin on 26 July, with the famous river set to play a starring role in the marathon swimming

most famous river, which won't pose any major problems as the 180 boats carrying athletes won't be swimming

Olympic open water swimming has often been marred by pollution concerns, both in Tokyo Bay and Rio de


"Bright future" for Modern Pentathlon TV product

  • Modern Pentathlon

International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Secretary-General Shiny Fang made an interesting statement in which analysed the current situation of modern pentathlon. 

 After Rio 2016, where for the first time the Pentathlon had four disciplines (only swimming was

fencing format that our NFs are currently testing, followed by an innovative change to the way the swimming

The idea is to start the swimming with an overall time handicap based on the points earned in the obstacle

out by our internal team and committees, and there are various options and ways of doing this, but a swimming


U SPORTS 2023-24 audience growth of 20%

  • FISU Section Pages

For the third year in a row, online coverage of U SPORTS championships set new records. The broadcasting model combines the best of traditional television with the flexibility of digital sports broadcasting and the availability of bilingual content.

football games and Vanier Cup), NovaStream Productions (men's football), Scratch Takes Productions (swimming

U SPORTS University Cup Men's Hockey (+9%).- U SPORTS Men's Football Championship (+16%).- U SPORTS Swimming


UNILAG, LASU begin preparations for 11th FASU Games

  • FISU Section Pages

Ahead of the 11th edition of the African University Sports (FASU) Games scheduled for September 20-29, 2024, the authorities of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and Lagos State University (LASU) have officially merged their organising committees for the successful hosting of the competition tagged Lagos 2024.

individual sports such as athletics, badminton, chess, judo, table tennis, tennis, karate, taekwondo and swimming