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These are very serious allegations and we urge anyone with relevant evidence to bring it forward to FINA so that we can share with all appropriate authorities and take immediate disciplinary action if required.
The list of the 50 athletes that will complete in the Marathon Swimming events at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is now complete after the conclusion of the FINA Qualification Tournament, staged in Setúbal (POR) on June 11-12, 2016.
Around 120 swimmers from 50 nations will be in Setúbal (POR) for the 2016 FINA Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament on June 11-12, the last opportunity to be selected for the 10km Marathon Swimming races at the Rio Olympic Games.
Since the start of 2016, FINA has conducted 1,427 unannounced out-of-competition anti-doping tests on 678 athletes.
Registration to attend the 4th FINA World Aquatics Convention (FWAC) is now open for all National Aquatics Federations, coaches, clubs, Organising Committees of FINA’s major championships, host cities, sports medicine professionals and the Aquatics business community.
FINA today confirmed that the provisional suspension of the Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova has been lifted from May 20, 2016, the news only being released after FINA had first given notification in person to the athlete and respective National Federation.
Considering the provisional suspension imposed by FINA to swimmer Yulia Efimova (RUS) and the recent WADA recommendations on the use of Meldonium, the FINA Doping Panel decided to maintain the provisional suspension of this athlete, until a hearing of Ms Efimova is held by the FINA Doping Panel.
FINA notes the recent media articles about positive tests for the Chinese swimmers Wang Lizhuo and An Jiabao for clenbuterol and the sanctions imposed by the Chinese Swimming Association.
FINA is aware of the allegations made in today’s Times, and that further allegations may be made in the coming days. We have called on the Times to share with us any information they may have which might assist us in our primary objective of protecting clean athletes in swimming. Any new allegations of doping in our sport, which are substantiated by evidence and which have not already been addressed, will be investigated as a matter of utmost urgency, because we have absolutely zero tolerance for the use of performance-enhancing substances in swimming.
The French team dominated the second leg of the FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup, by winning the men's and women's races held today in Abu Dhabi (UAE). The two heroes of the day were Marc Antoine Olivier among men (gold in 1h47m39s6) and Aurélie Muller in the women's field (gold in 1h58m05s0), both winning comfortably over their main challengers.
