{"id":641440,"date":"2026-04-13T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=641440"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:26:38","slug":"world-aquatics-to-allow-russia-belarus-swimmers-to-compete-for-countries-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/world-aquatics-to-allow-russia-belarus-swimmers-to-compete-for-countries-again\/","title":{"rendered":"World Aquatics to Allow Russia, Belarus Swimmers to Compete for Countries Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Swimmers from Belarus and Russia will be able to compete for their home countries again.<\/p>\n<p>World Aquatics announced that senior athletes who were forced to compete as neutral athletes without their country&#8217;s uniforms, flags or national anthems, will be allowed to compete in full once again.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Athletes were kept from this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/international-paralympic-committee-suspends-russia-belarus-based-on-ethical-principles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since 2023<\/a> because of the Ukraine conflict.<\/div>\n<p>The World Aquatics Bureau had\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldaquatics.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1fa77b3ebc69b068e1cb774f3&amp;id=46be864dae&amp;e=5dff2fba25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/worldaquatics.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D1fa77b3ebc69b068e1cb774f3%26id%3D46be864dae%26e%3D5dff2fba25&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1776187098304000&amp;usg=AOvVaw195VbYwQtc6doAKK67_xcM\">previously amended the Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 which are implemented by the\u00a0Aquatics Integrity Unit\u00a0(AQIU) &#8211; to enable junior athletes with Belarusian or Russian sport nationality to participate on the same basis as their fellow junior athletes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last three years, World Aquatics and the AQIU have successfully helped ensure that conflict can be kept outside the sporting competition venues. We are determined to ensure that pools and open water remain places where athletes from all nations can come together in peaceful competition,\u201d said World Aquatics President <strong>Husain Al Musallam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More than 700 screenings were conducted on athletes with Belarusian or Russian sport nationality as part of the application of the Guidelines. Individuals with those sport nationalities\u00a0participated as Neutral Individual Athletes since 2023, later being joined by teams.<\/p>\n<p>While altering the application of the Guidelines, key provisions were agreed by the World Aquatics Bureau in the interest of safe and fair competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Athletes with Belarusian or Russian sport nationality will only be permitted to compete once they have successfully passed at least four successive anti-doping controls carried out in partnership with the\u00a0International Testing Agency\u00a0(ITA) and completed background checks with the AQIU.<\/p>\n<p>Russia and Belarus now also resume full membership rights under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldaquatics.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1fa77b3ebc69b068e1cb774f3&amp;id=ff971fd889&amp;e=5dff2fba25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/worldaquatics.us20.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D1fa77b3ebc69b068e1cb774f3%26id%3Dff971fd889%26e%3D5dff2fba25&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1776187098304000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0Ncqr57tsqRQj2aTY96v9K\">Article 6 of the World Aquatics Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimmers from Belarus and Russia will be able to compete for their home countries again. 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