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The 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships will take place in Gwangju, South Korea July 12-28, 2019. On May 4, the Gwangju 2019 committee announced the mascot for the games via their Twitter account: We chose to have otters as #symbol for the #Championships! Why? The otter swims freely in the water ...

Remembering the 1st World Championships: Belgrade 1973 As excitement builds for the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, Korea, Swimming World reflects on the origins of this truly great event. Prior to 1973, there was only one chance to compete against the best in the world, and that ...

By Maria Dobysheva With less than 50 days left until the FINA World Championships starts in Kazan, the transformation of the venues for the multi-sport competition is almost complete. Kazan has successfully hosted different sport events and holds unofficial status of Russian sports capital, with its...

Each day through August 17, Swimming World’s Jeff Commings and David Rieder will offer medal predictions in the 19 swimming events on tap at the European Championships, which begins August 18 in Berlin, Germany. We invite you to offer your picks in our comments section below! Commentary by Jeff Comm...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 9. THE 3rd FINA World Aquatics Convention is taking place from November 29 – December 1, 2014 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha (Qatar). For the first time, the Convention will be taking place in conjunction with the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), scheduled ...

The electronic lap counters used at the FINA world championships were a hit among the athletes, giving them a new way of seeing how many lengths are remaining in their distance races. Omega designed a fully-automated digital lap counter that sits at the bottom of the pool, with each lane having its ...

GUADALAJARA – Money issues have forced Mexico to withdraw from hosting the 2017 FINA world championships in Guadalajara, with organizers saying they cannot afford the $100 million price tag that goes with hosting the multi-sport aquatic event. The money to host the event was to come from Mexican fed...

After a grueling eight days of competition at the FINA world championships, many of the top athletes kept the momentum going with two more meets last week in Russia and France to start the FINA World Cup tour. Some athletes managed to swim faster than they did in Kazan at the world championships, bu...

As FINA prepares for another record-breaking World Championships in Kazan, Russia, world-class cities from 7 countries across 4 continents have expressed a strong interest in hosting the 2021 and 2023 World Championships. After a cumulative audience of 4.5 billion watched the 2013 FINA World Champio...

18th FINA World Aquatics Championships Preview: Women's Swimming July 21-28 FREESTYLE Cate Campbell will arrive in Gwangju fresh off, perhaps, the finest performance of her illustrious career at last summer’s Pan Pacs, where she swept the 50 and 100 meter freestyle gold medals (23.81, 52.03) and a.....

According to an article from Hungary Today, the price for the preparation and construction of the facilities for the 2017 FINA World Championships could be upward of 49 billion Hungarian forint, which translates to roughly 157 million euros or $177 million US dollars. The facility is slated for cons...

Universal Sports Network and NBC will air more than 48 hours of premier pool action from the 2015 FINA World Aquatic Championships in Kazan, Russia, from Saturday, July 25, through Sunday, August 9. More than 2,400 athletes representing 190 countries will compete in a record 75 medal events in the w...

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8. AFTER 13 seasons leading the Brown men's and women's swimming and diving programs, head coach Peter Brown announced his retirement from coaching on Tuesday. A national search will begin immediately. "I have been extremely fortunate to have coached at a world-class u...

The 16th FINA World Championships, to be held from July 24 to August 9, 2015 in Kazan, Russia will distribute a record prize money to the best athletes of almost $5.5 million (USD). The first eight ranked competitors/teams in each event will be entitled to receive Prize Money, a substantial improvem...

Alzain Tareq finished dead last in the women’s 50 butterfly at the FINA world championships with a 41.13, and 105th out of 113 in the 50 free with a 35.78. And yet, she was arguably more popular than Katie Ledecky among reporters in the mixed zone in the Kazan Arena. Perhaps it has something to do w...

Rising senior Jaimee Gundry has been selected to represent South Africa at this summer’s FINA World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia. Gundry will join head diving coach Nunzio Esposto and former Blue Devil diver Abby Johnston in Kazan, as both were named to the United States’ roster for the c...

Above Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott Commentary by Jeff Commings PHOENIX – We’re going to be following a lot of major competitions in this year before the Olympics. Five swimming meets in particular are bound to create some major headlines. Women’s NCAA Division I swimming and diving championships [c...

CANCUN, Mexico, March 3. THE first meeting of the FINA Bureau in 2014 took place in Cancun (MEX) on March 1-2, immediately after the organisation of the successful FINA World Water Polo Conference. The main decisions taken by the FINA Bureau include:  Appointment of the two new members of the Execu...

MELBOURNE, Australia, January 17. IN one of the more star-studded events taking place this weekend, James Magnussen popped a sizzling men's 100-meter free at the Victorian Open Championships on day one. The world champion posted a meet record of 47.73, just missing the time it took for him to win th...

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, January 26. GABI Shishkoff tripled while five other Penn State swimmers won two individual events each as the Nittany Lions topped Navy on Saturday. Penn State won all 16 events in the women's meet and 10 out of 16 in the men's meet to complete the sweep. Penn State Women's Pres...