More Sports / Swimming May 1, 2021
As divers get a taste of competition during the coronavirus crisis, they will have to put aside the pandemic-related distractions that have affected their training and routines.
Olympics / Summer Olympics Apr 9, 2021
Tokyo Olympic qualifiers for diving and artistic swimming likely to go ahead in Japan in May
Tokyo Olympic Games qualifying events in diving and artistic swimming look likely to go ahead in Japan next month after being threatened with cancellation because of the coronavirus pandemic, sources with knowledge of the matter said Thursday. A marathon swimming qualifier slated for late next ...
Summer Olympics Apr 6, 2021
Water polo test event off as Olympic qualifying cancellations mount
The decision is yet another blow for Tokyo 2020 planners following the move by swimming's global governing body FINA to call off three Olympic qualifying events.
Swimming Apr 2, 2021
FINA mulling cancellation of Olympic diving qualifier in Tokyo: source
Swimming's world governing body FINA is facing the possible cancellation of the Diving World Cup, which serves as a qualification competition for the Tokyo Olympics, due to coronavirus concerns, a source close to the matter said Friday. According to the source, FINA and Olympic organizers ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Swimming Jul 15, 2020
The meteorological outlook for the amended race dates shows significantly different tidal conditions around the course at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo.
More Sports / Swimming Sep 18, 2018
Rio Olympic relay swimmer and 2009 world champion Junya Koga is set to be issued a four-year ban by a FINA doping panel for violating anti-doping rules, sources said late Monday evening. Should the sport's ruling body announce the decision, the 31-year-old Koga, who said ...
More Sports / Swimming Jul 19, 2018
JSF chief Tsuyoshi Aoki disappointed 2020 Olympics won't showcase swimming finals in prime time
The Japan Swimming Federation conceded defeat on Thursday in its effort to have the 2020 Tokyo Olympics swimming finals aired domestically in the evening. The finals now appear to be locked into morning time slots in Tokyo. Local organizers and FINA, swimming's world governing body, ...
More Sports / Swimming Jun 21, 2017
Seto leaves for Europe ahead of world swimming championships
Daiya Seto took the next step in his quest for a third straight 400-meter individual medley world championship on Wednesday, when he departed for training in Europe ahead of July's worlds. In the buildup to the worlds in Budapest, the spotlight is focused on the ...
More Sports / Swimming Dec 8, 2016
Japan Sports Agency commissioner Daichi Suzuki will be chosen as one of 23 bureau members of swimming's world governing body FINA, sources said Thursday. Suzuki, who won the men's 100-meter backstroke at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, is set to replace Kazuo Sano of Japan at ...
National Oct 25, 2016
Swimming federation chief pushes Koike to build new aquatics center for Tokyo Olympics
Cornel Marculescu, executive director of FINA, the international swimming federation, met Tuesday with Gov. Yuriko Koike and requested that Tokyo stick to its initial plan of building a new aquatics center for the 2020 Olympics. As a representative of the international governing body of swimming, ...
More Sports / Swimming Jan 31, 2016
FINA, the international swimming federation, announced Sunday that Fukuoka will host the world championships in 2021, with Doha hosting the 2023 event. It will be the second world championships for Japan, with Fukuoka staging the 2001 worlds. Nanjing had also bid to be one of ...
More Sports / Swimming Oct 2, 2015
Fukuoka among three finalists to host 2021, '23 swimming worlds
Only three cities, all in Asia, remain in the running to host the 2021 and 2023 World Swimming Championships after two more potential bidders dropped out, FINA, swimming world's governing body, told Reuters. At least eight countries had expressed some interest in wanting to host ...