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The Russian Swimming Federation held their 2016 General Congress today, November 10, 2016, in Kazan. As part of their meeting the Russian Swimming Federation held an election for the next president (a four-year term). Vladimir Salnikov, who ran unopposed, was unanimously re-elected for another four ...

IOC Issues Recommendations For Russian And Belarusian Athletes' Return To Competitions The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday issued recommendations for the return to international competitions of Russian and Belarusian athletes. The IOC's recommendations relate only to international competi...

MOSCOW, Russia, June 2. THE Russian sports minister feels his country's swimming federation is one of several sports in danger of suspension from international competition based on recent history of major doping violations. Vitaly Mutko told The Associated Press that the recent high-profile suspensi...

Three days of competition have elapsed at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games and talk of doping and lack of leadership by the IOC is on everyone's tongues. It all came to a boil tonight. USA's Lilly King, at age 19, found her voice and spoke up in a tense pressroom interview while sitting next to Russia's Y...

Commentary by Maria Dobysheva The closer Russia gets to the start of hosting its first Aquatic World Championships, the more attention next week's Russian Worlds Trials attracts and the more questions it raises. It's been a troublesome year for Russian elite swimming since one of its leaders, Yulia ...

Russian sprint freestyler Vladislav Grinev was named the "Soldier of the Year" in the nomination for "best active athlete in Olympic sports." Grinev, who swims under coach Vladimir Nutsubidze at the Army Central Sports Club in Moscow, won three medals at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju. Grin...

World record holder Anton Chupkov was officially named as a finalist for the 30 under 30 list by Russian Forbes Magazine. Nearly a month ago, Chupkov had been announced as a finalist for Russian Forbes' 30 under 30 list under the "sports and E-sports" category. On Tuesday, it was confirmed that he w...

Special thanks to ArenaUSA for proudly sponsoring our coverage of the Arena Grand Prix circuit. For all of our coverage and more, please visit our event coverage page AUSTIN, Texas, January 18. SO many potentially special swims could be in play this evening after a strong preliminary session at the ...

MOSCOW, July 17. THE Czar, Alex Popov, has ben taken to a Moscow hospital with a severe throat infection and is likely to miss the FINA World Championships which began on Monday in Fukuoka. Pool events begin next Sunday. "He was taken to a Moscow hospital over the weekend with a severe throat infect...

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...

The All-Russian Swimming Federation, on the basis of and pursuant to the decision of the RAA "RUSADA", disqualified the athlete Moiseev Olesya for 4 years for violating clause 2.1 of the All-Russian anti-doping rules, starting April 12, 2019, the Federation announced. Russia has been under scrutiny ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia. Aug. 9. RUSSIA'S chief swimming referee said today that St. Petersburg's main pool should never be used for major competition again after a timing failure cost Roman Sludnov a breaststroke world record. Yesterday - shades of the Seiko fiasco at the World Chjampionship...

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate. USA national team members Simone Manuel and Natalie Hinds used their voices to speak up about the death of George Floyd this past weekend, as his death sparked conversations across the United States and the world. Other prominent national team members, past a...

Olympic gold medalist, former world record holder, and current Russian Swimming President Vladimir Salnikov dished in on the current status of the sport of swimming in a world that has been brought to a halt by the coronavirus pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games have been pushed back a year because of...

As the coronavirus quarantine continues around the world, many of the world's top swimmers are finding new ways to stay engaged with each other. Recently, the French national swim team posted a video to Instagram highlighting their "Don't Rush Challenge," which is a social media trend that has becom...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 17. IN huge news from Europe, Russian breaststroke superstar Yuliya Efimova has tested positive for the drug dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). According to SovSport in Russia, Efimova only has tested positive with her A sample, and her B sample has yet to be tested. SovSp...

PHOENIX, Arizona, January 20. THE Arena Grand Prix was the biggest meet of the past week, but it didn't produce the biggest headline. We're looking back at the top swimming-related headlines of the past few days, which included some fast swimming and shocking headlines. Let's get started with number...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, April 28. YULIYA Efimova, the Russian breaststroke star who tested positive for the drug dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), has had her hearing in front of the FINA Anti-Doping Panel according to Russian media reports. A ruling is expected to be announced later after FINA has the ...