Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Paris 2024: Men can now compete in artistic swimming at Paris Olympics

Paris 2024: Olympic artistic swimming now open to men

Artistic swimming has been on the Olympic programme since 1984. Paris 2024 will feature as many female athletes as male for the first time in history.  President Husain Al-Musallam is excited about development. World Aquatics said Thursday that men can compete in artistic swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics. IOC permitted male participation in artistic … Read more

Swimming to set up ‘open category’ for transgender athletes

Swimming

Swimming’s governing body FINA will set up an ‘open category’ for transgender athletes to compete. The new policy effectively bans them from competing in women’s races. The legal experts concluded that the policy of excluding most transgender swimmer would be legal. Swimming will set up an ‘open category’ to allow transgender athletes to compete as … Read more