March 23, 2022
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Further to the FINA Bureau’s decision on 8 March 2022 and the new measures at its disposal to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from FINA competitions, and following the review …
March 22, 2022
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Swimwear maker Speedo has ended its sponsorship with Russia's double Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov after he attended a rally hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, Olympics news website insidethegames reported.
March 19, 2022
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Evgeny Rylov appears at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games wearing the attire of the "Russian Olympic Committee." He won 2 golds and 1 silver medal at that meet.
Vladimir Putin cut off mid-sentence during huge rally in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin was cut off mid-sentence during a rally in Moscow on Friday afternoon.Confusion was sparked among audiences after the Russia...
List of Russian athletes involved in pro-war rally in Moscow:
* Alexander Bolshunov * Arina and Dina Averina * Evgenia Tarasova * Evgeny Rylov * Nikita Katsalapov * Victoria Sinitsina * Viktoriia Listunova * Vladimir Morozov pic.twitter.com/J0jUR6uCzZ
March 18, 2022
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The German Swimming Federation is rallying support for displaced Ukrainians. They're also trying to rally support for a boycott of the World Championships.
March 18, 2022
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Olympic gold medalist Otylia Jedrzejcak (far left) and the Polish Swimming Federation says that they won't attend the 2022 World Championships if Russia and Belarus are there.
March 18, 2022
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Geopolitical unrest in Eastern Europe have caused Olympic medalist Aliaksandra Herasimenia to flee for the second time in several years.
March 17, 2022
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Russian forces have been accused of bombing a theatre where hundreds of displaced people were believed to have been sheltering and striking a swimming pool where pregnant women and young children had gathered. The attacks happened in the besieged city of Mariupol. There was no immediate confirmation of the numbers of deaths or injuries in what the Mariupol city council said was a ‘bomb on a building where hundreds of peaceful Mariupol residents were hiding’.
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Mariupol theatre and swimming pool where civilians sheltered lie in ruins
Russian forces have been accused of bombing a theatre where hundreds of displaced people were believed to have been sheltering and striking a swimming pool w...
March 17, 2022
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After bolting to Ukraine to escape political persecution in her native Belarus, Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia never thought she would again be forced to flee, this time to save her family from Russian attack.
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Olympian who fled Belarus now flees Ukraine
After bolting to Ukraine to escape political persecution in her native Belarus, Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia never thought she would again be forc...
March 17, 2022
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A pool in the strategically-important port city of Mariupol was destroyed by bombing. The Neptune Pool was being remodeled with a plan to be used as a Paralympic training center.
March 16, 2022
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Russian swimmer Liza Ryndych, who is in her freshman season at Rutgers, has been suspended for 2 years by RUSADA, backdated to June 2021.
March 16, 2022
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MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Athletes from Russia and Belarus were formally banned Wednesday from the multi-sport European Championships in August.
March 15, 2022
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The CAS has issued its first interim decision in an appeal to stay a UEFA decision blocking the Russian men's soccer team from World Cup qualifying.
March 15, 2022
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A screenshot of Russian television editor Marina Ovsyannikova, who made an appearance in Russian court on Tuesday a day after holding an anti-war sign up on television.
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The editor of Channel One Marina Ovsyannikova showed anti-war poster LIVE on russian national TV
A girl with an anti-war poster burst into the air of Russian national TV. She turned out to be the editor of Channel One, Marina Ovsyannikova. She's already ...
March 14, 2022
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The absence of Switzerland from the 2022 World Championships would mean the absence of a pair of Olympic bronze medalists, including Noe Ponti (above).
March 12, 2022
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Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, substantial portions of the international community have worked together to apply pressure on the Russian government.
March 12, 2022
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Aussie Elijah Winnington topped the podium twice at the 2019 U.S. Nationals, with the green and gold making another trip to the meet now in 2022.
March 12, 2022
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Ukrainian swimmer Daryna Zevina (above) is one of 12 swimmers who have arrived in a training camp in Lignano, Italy amid ongoing war in their home country.