Swimming’s governing body adds an extra edition of its long-course world championships. Covid pandemic caused chaos with swimming’s world championships now held in odd-numbered years. Russia and Ukraine will be there but their form is a mystery. After three years in turbulent waters, swimming starts to regain some stability with an extra edition of its … Read more
International Swimming Federation (FINA) has announced that it is investigating Russia’s Evgeny Rylov after the swimmer competed in his country’s national championships despite getting a nine-month ban only four days before. FINA suspended the two-time Olympic champion on April 21 for attending a rally organized by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in March. The … Read more
FINA, the world’s governing body of swimming, announced on Friday that Russian Olympic gold medallist Evgeny Rylov has been suspended for nine months for attending a protest in favor of Russia’s military incursion in Ukraine. Kremlin and Russian sports leaders were outraged by the move. Rylov, who won gold in the 100 and 200-meter backstroke … Read more
