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German swimmer Andreas Waschburger and Italy's Arianna Bridi were the winners of the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup races (men and women) taking place in Lac Megantic in Canada this Saturday August 13.
Contrary to recent media reports, the eligibility of Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Olympic Games Rio 2016 has not been confirmed, and will not be confirmed until the IOC’s three-person commission to review Russian entrants renders its final decision on these athletes, along with the other members of the Russian swimming team.
Lac St Jean in Quebec, Canada, who played the host to the fourth leg of the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2016, saw two national swimmers clinch gold on Thursday July 28.
FINA acknowledges and supports the IOC’s position in respect of the participation of clean Russian athletes to the Olympic Games in Rio.
The 3rd edition of the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships concluded this afternoon in Hoorn (NED) with the mixed relay events in two age categories - 14-16 years old and U19.
FINA is concerned by the premature calls from US and Canadian Anti-doping authorities to ban Russia from Rio 2016 Olympic Games several days ahead of the publication of the independent McLaren report.
Around 200 swimmers from 32 countries aged between 14 and 19 year-old will be racing at the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2016 in Hoorn, Netherlands this weekend from Saturday July 16 to Monday July 18.
Following the FINA Doping Panel decision to not apply any anti-doping violation sanction to Ms Yulia Efimova (RUS), FINA would like to clarify that:
From January until the end of June 2016, FINA has conducted 1,817 unannounced out-of-competition tests on the first 10 athletes of each swimming event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, but also in diving, synchronised swimming, open water and water polo.
The third leg of the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2016 was held today, Saturday June 18, in Lake Balaton in Hungary.
