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USOPC confirms four officials set to join Board in 2023 including incoming chair Sykes

  • PASO

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has confirmed four additional members are set to join the Board from the start of next year in incoming chair Gene Sykes, Lawrence "Bubba" Cunningham, Elana Meyers Taylor and Virginia Sung.

Board from the start of next year ©Getty ImagesUSA Wrestling executive director Rich Bender, eight-time swimming



Tunisian Olympic Committee holds talks with Paris 2024 for training camps

  • ANOCA

The Tunisian Olympic Committee (CNOT) has travelled to France to hold meetings with the Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, discussing how best to prepare for the event.

in infrastructure.At Tokyo 2020, Tunisia won one gold and one silver - courtesy of Ahmed Hafnaoui in swimming


Victoria 2026 can learn from World Swimming Championships, claims Rickard

  • Victoria 2026

Brenton Rickard believes organisers of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games can learn from how the World Swimming

Committee.The Australian city was given a little more than six months to pull off the staging of the World Swimming

pool at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatics Centre (MSAC) was swiftly chosen as the venue for the World Swimming

that is set to be the first regional Games.Officials from Victoria 2026 are due to attend the World Swimming

Rickard claimed two silvers at Beijing 2008 and bronze at London 2012 before ending his professional swimming


Exclusive: Australia to step up search for "home of swimming" as Brisbane 2032 legacy

  • Brisbane 2032

Swimming Australia is set to launch its search for a "home of swimming" next year that it hopes will

Eugénie Buckley, chief executive of Swimming Australia, told insidethegames that the governing body would

medallists.Buckley revealed that Swimming Australia was planning to step up talks with State Governments

One of the things that we want is a dedicated home of swimming," said Buckley."

Can we get a dedicated, world-class home of swimming?

Australia claimed two golds on the opening day of the World Swimming Championships (25m) in Melbourne



Paris 2024 approves Olympic Aquatic Centre as Main Press Centre for Paralympics

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Olympic Aquatics Centre is set to serve as the location for the Main Press Centre (MPC) for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

of the new facilities under construction for Paris 2024, and is set to serve as a venue for artistic swimming

set to be the Palais des Congrès at Porte Maillot.The Olympic Aquatics Centre is set to host artistic swimming




Melbourne profiting from "aggressive" events strategy, says Visit Victoria chief

  • Victoria 2026

Visit Victoria chief executive Brendan McClements believes the Australian state is reaping the rewards from its "aggressive" strategy to securing sporting events.

Melbourne is staging the World Swimming Championships (25m) this week after stepping into the breach

We could not be happier.Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre is hosting this year's World Swimming Championships

(25m) ©Getty Images"Swimming is becoming increasingly sought after in various parts of the world so

obtaining major sporting competitions has played a key role in that increase.As well as hosting the World Swimming


Olympic champion Jędrzejczak among nine female officials added to World Aquatics Bureau

  • Aquatics

World Aquatics has expanded its Bureau to 37 members with female representation growing in a strong push for gender equity here.

women to increase female representation to 14 at the organisation, formerly known as the International Swimming

, two-time Olympian Ana Joselina Fortin of Honduras, Aruba’s Maureen Croes, head of the Swimming Union

of the Americas, Farida Iddriss, treasurer of the Ghana Swimming Association, Monica Chang'anamuno,

President of the Malawi Aquatic Union and Judy Otto, head of the Palau Swimming Association.Serbia's

Association, Yasser Mohamed Ibrahim Idris, chair of the Egyptian Swimming Federation and Brazilian Swimming


New World Aquatics logo revealed as President Al-Musallam outlines vision

  • Swimming

World Aquatics has unveiled its new logo as its President Husain Al-Musallam outlined the re-branded organisation’s vision here.

Centre at the launch party staged just hours after a decision was made to change the International Swimming

, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving, high diving and water polo looks to unit all six of

its disciplines under the new name.Britain's triple Olympic champion Adam Peaty, Romania's teenage swimming

South Africa's London 2012 gold medallist Chad Le Clos, who are set to compete at this week's World Swimming

champion who is a member of the Swimming Australia Board, hailed the name change as the start of a "


Name change to World Aquatics can boost recognition, claims Olympic champion Potec

  • Swimming

Romania's Olympic swimming champion Camelia Potec believes changing the name of the International Swimming

FINA members voted overwhelmingly to change the name of the global governing body for swimming, diving

, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo and open water swimming at the organisation’s Extraordinary

Colombian Swimming Federation President Jorge Soto said all aquatic disciplines will feel "more united

" as part of World Aquatics, while Fernando Terrilli, head of the Argentine Swimming Federation, believes

years old for the head of the organisation has also been agreed.Cato Bratbakk, head of the Norwegian Swimming


World Aquatics President says "whole Olympic family" will decide on Russian participation

  • Swimming

Husain Al-Musallam has said that sanctions against Russia and Belarus remain in place as the Ukrainian Swimming

Belarus have been banned from all events run by World Aquatics, formerly known as the International Swimming

On behalf of the Ukrainian Swimming Federation, we apply with request to continue the FINA sanctions

until the end of the invasion of Russian troops on the Ukrainian territory," said Kmetj.The Ukrainian Swimming

Kmetj claimed that the Russian Swimming Federation was "looking for support" in Asia by seeking Asia

Swimming Federation membership."