Sept. 3, 2021
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The four former staff members were reportedly fired for being too close to former Executive Director Cornel Marculescu, who resigned in March.
April 1, 2020
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The prospect of the 2021 World Championships being moved back a year to 2022 appears to be a step closer with world governing body FINA being forced to act following the rescheduling of Tokyo 2020 . The IOC announced on Monday the Olympic Games would take place from 23 July to 8 August 2021, a year later than planned after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forced their postponement. That has impacted on the World Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Fukuoka, Japan , from 16 July to 1 August 2021. Photo Courtesy: @Fukuoka2021jp Reports in Australia claimed FINA were l ...
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FIINA considering rescheduling options for 2022 World Champs
March 30, 2020
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With the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the new Tokyo Olympic Games dates for next year, the big question to be asked from a swimming perspective is what will happen to the 2021 FINA World Aquatic Championships? The revised Olympic Games’ dates are now set for July 23rd – August 8th, as we reported today. However, the 2021 World Championships dates are slated for July 16th – August 1st, overlapping with the Olympic Games. When asked last week about the possibility of the 2021 World Championships being moved whenever the new Olympic dates would be determi ...
March 26, 2020
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Japanese newspaper reports that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working to set up the postponed Tokyo Olympics for July and August of 2021. Reuters news service reports that the IOC is hoping to finalize the dates within the next month . That report says the Olympics “would have to be held between the tennis Grand Slams of Wimbledon, slated to end in mid-July, and the U.S. Open, which starts in late August.” The other two major events Reuters mentions are the world championships events for both swimming and athletics. Swimming was set to take place from July 16-August 1, ...
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IOC considers similar time frame (July-August) for 2021 #Olympics.
March 19, 2020
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Sun Yang , the Chinese swimmer slapped with an eight-year-ban last month after a row with anti-doping testers in 2018, tested positive for a banned substance in 2014 four months after the drug in question had been listed and published in a Chinese version of the WADA Code , documents being circulated in China appear to show When Sun tested positive for the heart booster trimetazidine during national championships in May 2014, the reason subsequently given by the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) for a lenient backdated three-month suspension that was never actually served was a mist ...