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AOC holds latest Change-Makers youth forum with Olympians

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has held a forum with five Olympians to celebrate the efforts of over 1,000 young people nominated as Australian Olympic Change-Makers.

player Gronya Somerville and teenage snowboarder Valentino Guseli all attended the event; as did Olympic swimming


UK Anti-Doping publishes second-quarter testing figures in build-up to major events

  • Latest

UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) has published its second-quarter report, detailing testing figures prior to a summer of events such as the World Athletics Championships, UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

produced the most tests, with 552.Athletics followed with 199, rugby league with 159, cricket with 148 and swimming


Spitz forced to flee Munich after 1972 terror attack

  • Olympics

The most successful competitor of the Munich 1972 Olympics has been recalling when he was told to leave the Olympic Village for his own safety, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in which 11 members of the Israeli team died 50 years ago today.

room, watching TV and there was constant comment, ‘We believe Mark Spitz who finished his programme in swimming

He is swimming the freestyle and that is a strength event, I just can't imagine what he's going to be


AOC announces Wellbeing Series 2022 to shine light on mental health

  • ONOC

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has launched the Wellbeing Series 2022 that will see Olympians talk about mental health.

TackleSustainability.After his Tokyo 2020 campaign had not gone to plan, Elijah Winnington debated stepping away from swimming



Le Clos moves to Frankurt for training prior to Paris 2024 Olympics

  • Paris 2024

Olympic, world and Commonwealth swimming champion Chad Le Clos has switched his training base to Frankfurt

the next Olympic cycle.He then oversaw Mexico's programme in 2012 and has served as an advisor to the swimming

outstanding athlete with insane potential who has missed out a bit of  the new development in swimming

The South African's first task is training for the World Swimming Championships (25m) in December in


European Parliament President visits Olympic Committee of Portugal

  • EOC

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has visited the headquarters of the Olympic Committee of Portugal (COP), participating in a panel discussion with six female Olympians.

Tokyo 2020, Rio 2016 judo bronze medallist Telma Monteiro, sprinter Lorène Bazolo, European junior swimming


FITEQ hosts teqball training sessions for child refugees in Za'atari

  • Teqball

The International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) hosted a two-day training programme for children in the Za'atari refugee camp in Jordan as a part of a cooperation programme with Peace and Sport.

Hungarian Embassy in Amman also collaborated to help stage the event and Dániel Gyurta, Hungarian Olympic swimming


FINA approves swimming cap which suits afro hair after Tokyo 2020 ban

  • Aquatics

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has approved the use of the Soul Cap - a product designed

five years of development, Soul Cap now has FINA approval and can be used at all levels of competitive swimming

We want to see swimming become an accessible sport, with equipment and swimwear that lets anyone get



FINA adds Diving World Cup alongside October's Swimming World Cup in Berlin

  • Diving

An International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup has been added to the calendar alongside

the Swimming World Cup series opener in Germany's capital Berlin in October.

Berlin had already been announced as host of the first of three FINA Swimming World Cup legs for 2022

athletes in the individual events and top three in the synchronised and team events.The Diving and Swimming

World Cups are due to be held at Europasportpark.FINA President Husain Al-Musallam argued that offering swimming

Berlin would appeal to athletes and spectators.FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said that staging Swimming

diving event.The city staged the FINA World Championships in 1978, and has also held 19 editions of the Swimming


Singapore's Olympic swimming champion Schooling suspended from competition over cannabis use

  • Swimming

Singapore's only Olympic gold medallist, swimmer Joseph Schooling, has been suspended from competing during his national military service after admitting to using cannabis.

place in our society and we take a zero-tolerance stance towards illegal drug use," said Singapore Swimming

amount that is available at dispensaries in countries where the substance is legal.In beating American swimming