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The World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m), formerly known as the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), [1] also referred to as 'short course worlds', [2] [3] [4] are an international swimming competition staged by the internationally recognized governing body of the sport, World Aquatics (formerly FINA).
The World Aquatics Swimming World Cup (formerly known as the FINA Swimming World Cup) is an international series of swimming meets organized by World Aquatics (the international governing body formerly known as FINA). Launched in 1988, the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup is staged between August and November every year and attracts a high ...
The Soul Cap initially was banned from competition by FINA, now known as World Aquatics, leading to harsh criticism during the The post Soul Cap, approved for biggest swim meets, perceived to help ...
The World Aquatics Congress is the highest authority of World Aquatics and shall have the power to decide upon any matters arising within World Aquatics. A Congress is held either as an Ordinary Congress or as an Extraordinary Congress. A Congress may be held in person, by teleconference, by video conference or by another means of communication.
The World Masters Championships (also known as 'Masters Worlds) is open to athletes 25 years and above (30+ years in water polo) in each aquatics discipline excluding high diving and has been held as part of the World Aquatics Championships since 2015. Prior to this, the Masters Championship was held separately, biennially in even years.
The 2024 World Aquatics Swimming World Cup was a series of three-day meets in three different cities between October and November 2024. This edition was held in the short course (25 meter pool) format.
World Aquatics, swimming’s governing body, has created an open category for transgender athletes at a World Cup event in Berlin. The new category will be open for “all sex and gender ...
Michael Phelps —pictured here (right) at the 2005 World Championships—won 26 World Championships gold medals – more than any other athlete. The aquatics discipline of swimming is considered the flagship event at every edition of the World Aquatics Championships since its introduction in 1973. While open water swimming events were added to the program in 1991, it is considered a separate ...