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Aussie high diving great Iffland wins fourth world gold

Australian Rhiannan Iffland has won the women's world championship high diving title for the fourth consecutive time in Doha.

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Japan win a platform for world honour for Aussie diver

Australian Cassiel Rousseau says it was an unexpected surprise to be named the 2023 World Aquatics Diving Athlete of the Year.

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Former transgender player on victory by transgender golfer Hailey Davidson: ‘I don’t think it’s fair’

Speaking with many women who play golf at the highest level, it's clear that many would like to see changes.

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Afternoon Update: thousands march in Invasion Day rallies; Israel braces for ICJ ruling; and trans swimmer takes legal action

Calls to address Indigenous incarceration rates and ongoing deaths in custody at the forefront of Invasion Day protests

The Guardian - AU

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas taking legal action against World Aquatics

The US swimmer Lia Thomas is taking legal action in a bid to compete again in elite female sport

The Guardian - UK

Swimming Australia avoids expulsion from World Aquatics after members vote for reform

Swimming Australia has averted a governance crisis after its member associations voted to accept constitutional reform at a special general meeting

The Guardian - AU

Swimming Australia repels global takeover threat

A threat of expulsion from World Aquatics has been averted by Swimming Australia after an emergency meeting of the national governing body voted for reform.

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Swimming Australia urges reform at emergency meeting

Swimming Australia is urging its member associations to vote for reforms that will stop the sport's governing body taking over operations in this nation.

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Egyptian swimmer Sameh targeted for supporting Palestine amid Israel war

Sameh, who won the 50m butterfly gold medal at the Swimming World Cup, refused to celebrate.

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AOC boss urges Swimming Australia to accept change

Australia's Olympic boss Ian Chesterman has urged Swimming Australia members to accept changes asked of them by World Aquatics.

AAP

Plans to accommodate transgender swimmers at a World Cup meet scrapped because of lack of entries

Plans for the first “open category” swimming races to accommodate transgender competitors at a World Cup this weekend have been scrapped because of a lack of entries

The Independent UK

Swimming World Cup category for transgender athletes cancelled after no entries received

World Aquatics’ plans to debut a new open category for transgender athletes at this week’s swimming World Cup in Berlin have been cancelled after no entries were received

The Guardian - UK

Pre-Olympics swimming race in River Seine cancelled due to dirty water

A pre-Olympics swimming test competition due to take place Sunday in the River Seine in Paris has been cancelled due to pollution, the international swimming federation said after analysis of the latest water samples.

Radio France Internationale

Erika Fairweather's world: a podium, two finals and an historic swim

Swimmer Erika Fairweather not only wins a coveted world championships medal but competes in a second final and makes NZ history, reports Dave Crampton

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The Independent UK

Transgender swimmers to be included in the trial of an open category at competitions

The governing body of swimming says it will set up an “open category” that will include transgender competitors

The Independent UK

Mexican diver Diego Balleza pays for his training ahead of Olympics with OnlyFans

Diego Balleza is a prominent 10-meter diver and is used to wearing small swimsuits that show off his body

The Independent UK

No Russians, Belarusians expected at swimming worlds in July

No Russian or Belarusian athletes are expected to compete at this year’s swimming world championships in Japan because the sport’s governing body isn’t expected to rule on their eligibility until it’s too late for them to enter

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How world sport got into a mess over trans athletes – and how it can get out of it

World sport has been convulsed over the past few months – indeed years – by questions about trans athletes, especially trans women, competing in their acquired gender.

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She blacked out at World Championships. Now swimmer Anita Alvarez makes a comeback

The two-time Olympian artistic swimmer from N.Y. will compete for the first time this week since passing out at the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships last June.

The Independent UK

Olympics: Men allowed to compete in artistic swimming for first time at Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee has rubberstamped the proposal in the sport formerly known as synchronised swimming.

Daily Mirror

World Aquatics president speaks out amid potential Olympic return for Russian athletes

French president Emmanuel Macron says that sport should not be 'politicised' as the IOC look into ways to 'overcome the grave dilemma' of Russian athletes being banned from competing

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