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18 December 2024, Lausanne – The Aquatics Integrity Unit has provisionally suspended Mr. Farid Abi Raad, Secretary General of the Lebanese Swimming Federation, due to a potential violation of Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, and 9.9 of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. This decision was taken to safeguard public confidence in the integrity of aquatics and […]

17 December 2024, Lausanne – The Aquatics Integrity Unit (AQIU), in partnership with international law firm Bird & Bird, has successfully hosted a Sports Integrity seminar. Held on the sidelines of the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest, Hungary, the seminar brought together leading experts, investigators, and sports stakeholders to collaborate and share best

6 December 2024, Lausanne — The Aquatics Integrity Unit has published the testing statistics for all athletes participating in the World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) – Budapest 2024. This comprehensive report underscores World Aquatics’ unwavering commitment to fair competition and the highest standards of integrity in aquatic sport. The testing programme, designed and implemented by the International Testing

6 December 2024, Lausanne – The Aquatics Integrity Unit acknowledges the decision of the International Testing Agency (ITA) to assert an Anti-Doping Rule Violation against the swimmer Ahmed Ayoub Hafnaoui, pursuant to Article 2.4 of the World Aquatics Doping Control Rules, namely the occurrence of three (or more) Whereabouts Failures within a twelve-month period.* Pending

26 November 2024, Lausanne – The Adjudicatory Body of the Aquatics Integrity Unit has issued a three-month suspension to Mr. Ivan Petrov, coach within the Hungarian Swimming Association, for violating Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 10.2 of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. His period of ineligibility runs from 26 November 2024 until 26 February 2025.

15 November 2024, Lausanne – The Aquatics Integrity Unit has suspended Mr. Dmitriy Plyamin, coach of the Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for six months for violating Article 4.1.1 of the World Aquatics Rules on the Protection from Harassment and Abuse and Articles 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.5 of the World Aquatics Integrity

29 October 2024, Lausanne – The Adjudicatory Body of the Aquatics Integrity Unit has issued a two-year suspension to Mr. Kiril Todorov, former President of the Mexican Swimming Federation, for breaching his provisional suspension in violation of Article 33.8 of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. This suspension, effective from 29 October 2024 until 29 October

24 October 2024, Lausanne – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has issued its Prohibited List for 2025, which will come into effect on 1 January 2025.  The 2025 Prohibited List as well as summary of the major modifications can be found here.  Key updates to the List include: Adjustments to dosing intervals for formoterol, though the maximum

17 October 2024, Lausanne – The Adjudicatory Body of the Aquatics Integrity Unit has issued a six-month suspension to the Italian Men’s Water Polo Team from taking part in any World Aquatics competitions and events for violating Article 5 of the World Aquatics Integrity Code. This violation occurred at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games following

7 August 2024, Lausanne – The Adjudicatory Body of the Aquatics Integrity Unit has suspended the FHSA President, Mr. Evenel Mervilus, the FHSA Executive Director, Mr. James Cius and the FHSA Treasurer, Mr. Jean Jean Remilus for 10 years, for violating Article 5, Article 9, Article 10 and Article 15 of the World Aquatics Integrity