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©Hangzhou 2022Wu Shutong came from behind to secure a dramatic victory in the women's 10km marathon swimming

The Indian men's hockey team has secured its place at the Paris 2024 Olympics following a dominant victory here at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

 The day began in the water with the women's swimming marathon which saw Wu Shutong take the women's

French President Emmanual Macron has confirmed his attendance at Sunday's (October 8) Paralympic Day celebrations in the capital Paris.

archery silver medallist Matt Stutzman of the United States and French stars such as two-time Paralympic swimming

Some of the biggest names are expected to take to the water as the 2023 World Aquatics Swimming World

Voies navigables de France (VNF) and Paris 2024 have agreed to work together to "integrate" the River Seine during the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year.

also help "identify and work on points of convergence in terms of innovation and energy".Open water swimming

been concerns about the readiness of the river for the Games after the cancellation of an Open Water Swimming

Aquatics has shelved plans to debut an open category designed to accommodate transgender athletes at its Swimming

The governing body, formerly the International Swimming Federation better known as FINA, created headlines

Boat traffic on the the Seine close to the Paris 2024 Athletes' Village will be halted for the duration of the Olympic and ParalympicGames.

 The Seine is also due to host triathlon and marathon swimming at Paris 2024 but there are fears

about water quality.Triathlon's test event was held in August but an earlier Open Water Swimming World

overflowing.Paris officials have been attempting to clean the river and want to open it up for public swimming

A takeover of CSM Sport & Entertainment, chaired by World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, has been completed by the Los Angeles-based Wasserman Media Group, it has been announced.

role.Other potential candidates include Spain’s Juan Antonio Samaranch, Zimbabwe’s two-time Olympic swimming

Red-hot Zhang Yufei spearheaded China’s swimming sensations by securing her sixth title in the pool on

butterfly, women’s 4x100m freestyle relay and mixed 4x100m freestyle relay events.China finished the swimming

winning over 200m in 1:55.37 after finishing first in both 50m and 100m.China had won the opening four swimming

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has been forced to cut its staff by 25 per cent as the results of sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine last year by Vladimir Putin, its President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has revealed.

In September last year, Olympic synchronised swimming champion Anastasia Davydova quit her job as secretary

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has voted to partially suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPC) of Russia and Belarus, allowing their athletes to compete as neutrals at Paris 2024.

still governed by the IPC - Para athletics, Para dance sport, Para ice hockey, Para powerlifting, Para swimming

North Korea’s flag continues to fly at the Asian Games here contrary to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) sanctions as they claimed their first gold medals of the event.

final after finishing on 240.5.China’s dominance in the pool continued, winning five out of the seven swimming

men’s 4x100m freestyle relay and women’s 4x200m freestyle relay crowns.South Korea won the other two swimming

800m freestyle title.Kaiya Ota, left, delivered more track cycling success for Japan ©Getty ImagesLike swimming

Cyclist Nicole Murray of New Zealand and Italian swimmer Simone Barlaam have been named as best respective female and male summer sports athletes at the inaugural Para Sport Awards.

 He claimed six gold medals at the Madeira 2022 World Para Swimming Championships for a career total

coach went to Italy’s Riccardo Vernole.Acknowledged as the most successful coach in Italian Paralympic swimming

history, he guided his swimmers to 64 medals at last year's World Para Swimming Championships, where

Four-time Olympic water polo player Dénes Varga has been recommended by the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB) to fill its vacant position on the European Olympic Committees’ (EOC) Athletes’ Committee.

MOB Honorary President and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and Olympic swimming

studied marketing at the International Business School from 2007 to 2011, was chosen by the International Swimming

Federation as the top water polo player in the world, and by the European Swimming Federation as the

More than CNY¥500 million (£56 million/$68.5 million/€65 million) worth of tickets have been sold for the Asian Games here, it has been revealed with organisers claiming to be experiencing "booming" sales.

making it the biggest Asian Games in history.The sports range from Olympic sports including athletics, swimming