No Belarussian, Russian athletes expected to compete in this year's swimming world championships in Japan

05.04.2023 - 17:19 foxnews.com

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. 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.

World Aquatics said Wednesday it will create a task force to look at how Russia and Belarus could return to swimming, diving and water polo as neutral athletes.

The update is expected in July, the same month of the world championships in Fukuoka. Entry deadlines for swimming and diving is June 27.

For water polo, the entry deadline is July 3. The championships start on July 14. Governing bodies like World Aquatics were asked by the International Olympic Committee last week to look at ways of reintegrating Russian and Belarusians with neutral status ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. IOC CLEARS PATH FOR RUSSIAN ATHLETES TO COMPETE UNDER ASIA IN UPCOMING OLYMPICS Swimming is one of the three biggest sports on the Olympic program.

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