Water-related disease information courtesy of Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. Lynne Cox and the New York Times called for the movement of the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim from Copacabana Beach at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games due to water that was tested to be 1.7 million times as contaminated as a beach in California. "[The Olympic 10K Marathon
The city of Guadalajara and the Mexican Swimming Federation won the bid to host the 2017 FINA World Championships. "All the bids must be congratulated for their hard work and professional involvement. That is a guarantee that these championships will be outstanding, held in excellent facilities and counting with the highest support of the respective
In an address to the global aquatic family in FINA's Aquatics World Magazine, FINA President Julio Maglione spoke favourably of the 14th FINA World Championships that were held in Shanghai, China in July. "...the competition in the FINA sports (Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronised Swimming and Open Water Swimming) is more interesting than ever, with an
