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I'm excited to see what she does in the other events (200 fly, 200 im, 400 free).

Australia welcomes the cancellation of the junior world champs and will boycott the short course world champs if they remain in Russia. I really hope the junior world champs can be rescheduled somewhere else.

Reports: FINA Has Already Decided to Move World Championships from Russia

So Junior World Champs and Short Course World Champs are so supposed to be in Kazan later this year ... I really wish decent countries would step up and host events instead of them having to resort to the likes of Russia.

Kaylee McKeown opened her season with a 2:04.64 in 200 back today.

The media is reporting 2023 as still going ahead. The insertion of this meet also means we are set to see a World Championships now in 3 consecutive years: 2022 Budapest, 2023 Fukuoka, 2024 Doha. The decision of the global regulator means that a World long-course Championships will, as things stand, be held in June 2022, June 2023, January 2024 and July 2025. February 7, 2022 may go down as swimming’s Dilution Day, the moment when a showcase that used to be held once every four years between Olympics became an annual event. With Monday’s announcement, it means there will be a major global long-course meet in June 2022, July 2023, January 2024 and July 2025.

The annoying thing is the US still hasn't ponied up the funds to host even a single world champs in its whole history.

Having it 4 consecutive years (2022-2025) is ridiculous. An athlete lucky enough to have their career peak during these years can achieve quite an inflated number of world titles.

FINA is officially a joke federation: Budapest to host additional FINA World Aquatics Championships in 2022 So that's three WCs: June 2022, July 2023, January 2024

So it is confirmed: FINA Confirms Fukuoka Worlds Rescheduled For July 2023; Doha Edition Switched To January 2024 I hope Australia skips that shit in Doha in January 2024. Two long course World Champs and an Olympics in 12 months is ridiculous.

Looks like FINA World Championships in Fukuoka will be postponed until 2023. https://swimswam.com/report-fina-to-postpone-fukuoka-world-championships-to-july-2023/

2013 World Junior Champion Alexander Palatov Given 2 Year Doping Suspension

The full sessions are up on the FINA channel on YouTube if they're not geoblocked in your country. Here's the finals from yesterday:

Sun Yang & China Face New Questions From WADA Over Whether Training Comeback Complies With Terms Of Swimmer’s Suspension

https://swimswam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SW-Final-Sport-Entries_Abu-Dhabi.pdf

Yas Queen I hope they crush everyone at NCAAs next year so I can watch the fallout.

The provisional entry list must surely be due any time now you'd think.

The US's pro leagues and NCAA not having anti-doping handled by WADA and being exempt from the Rodchenkov Act tells you all you need to know about actual attitudes towards doping in the US.

Australia has a whole two swimmers going: Kyle Chalmers and Holly Barratt

Not that I've noticed. Based on past experience they won't be out until end of November/early December.

Russian triathlete that competed in Tokyo banned for testing positive for EPO before the games. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/russian-triathlete-polyanskiy-suspended-three-years-2021-10-21/

It wouldn't surprise me if 2036 ends up in Russia. The IOC seems to have forgiven and forgotten the doping scandal already.

Australia was expected to get Bronze at best. We were fortunate that the Brits failed to qualify for the final because of stupid coaching decisions and Russia was off.

Former European 400 metres hurdles champion Kariem Hussein banned for 9 months after testing positive for a bannned stimulant so won't be in Tokyo. https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/athletics-swiss-hurdler-hussein-out-games-after-doping-ban-2021-07-23/