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World Aquatics Diving World Cup 2026 and 2027 Sites Announced

Hosts for the 2026 and 2027 World Aquatics Diving World Cup have been confirmed with Canada, Mexico and China across a three–stop tour as well as the 2026 Junior Diving Championships heading to Rijeka, Croatia. The 2026 event schedule begins with a stop in Montreal from February 26 through March 1. The city hosted the […]

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World Aquatics, NBC Sports Extend U.S. Media Rights Agreement Through 2028

World Aquatics has extended its U.S. media rights agreement with NBC Sports through 2028, which includes the 2027 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest on the road to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles. NBC Sports will present a slate of World Aquatics events annually across NBC and Peacock that includes the World Aquatics Championships, […]

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The National Aquatics Center also known as the "Water Cube" is lit up at dusk in a 2008 photo at the Olympic Green Park in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Beijing to Host 2026 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m)

Beijing will host the 2026 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) with more than 1,000 athletes from more than 200 countries and regions competing across six days. The exact dates have not been determined. The announcement was made during the World Aquatics General Congress taking place alongside the World Aquatics Championship and World Aquatics Masters Championships […]

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World Aquatics Growing Presence in Hungary

World Aquatics will launch a series of strategic partnerships with MOL Group, MOL — New Europe Foundation, MVM Group and OTP Group to strengthen the international federation’s presence in Hungary, which includes the opening of its new headquarters in Budapest. An interim headquarters was opened in the Hungarian capital in November 2024. The wider transition […]

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LA28 Program Draws Reactions from International Federations

The 2028 Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles will be the third largest in history with 11,198 athletes — even though the International Olympic Committee’s mandate is for no more than 10,500 athletes. That’s because the 698 athletes that will be participating in baseball, softball, cricket, flag football, lacrosse sixes and squash will not count […]

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Olympic and World Champion Kate Douglass will be one of many top American swimmers competing on home soil during the two World Cup stops in the U.S. this October. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

World Aquatics Unveils Three North American Stops for 2025 Swimming World Cup

World Aquatics will hold three events for the 2025 Swimming World Cup in North America with stops in Indiana, Illinois and Toronto throughout October. Carmel, Indiana, will host the first leg of the tour October 10–12, before Westmont, Illinois, has the second leg from October 17–19. The finale will take place in Toronto from October […]

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Guadalajara to Host World Aquatics Diving World Cup

World Aquatics has named Guadalajara as a host for the 2025 World Aquatics Diving World Cup, the city’s first time hosting a World Aquatics event since 2013. The April 3–6 event is the first of three scheduled Diving World Cup events for 2025. Competition will take place at the Centre Acuatico Code Metropolitano, the country’s […]

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World Aquatics, Sony Launch Official Technology Partnership

World Aquatics and the Sony Corporation have announced a four-year partnership under which Sony will support all World Aquatics competitions held through to the end of 2028 as an official partner, starting with this week’s World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) in Budapest. Working alongside World Aquatics, Sony photographers will document marquee World Aquatics events, sharing […]

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The World Aquatics facility in Thimphu, Bhutan, will allow the local children the opportunity to chase their swimming dreams. Photo by Rami Reddy Kona/World Aquatics

World Aquatics Opens Facility in Bhutan

World Aquatics, in collaboration with the Bhutan Aquatics Federation, announced the opening of the Pools for All facility in Thimphu, Bhutan, the first competition swimming pool in the kingdom which sits on the eastern edge of the Himalayas. World Aquatics launched the Pools for All Program in 2019 with the aim to ensure member federations […]

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Chinese workers cleans inside National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, in 2008 ahead of its official opening. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Beijing to Host 2029 World Aquatics Championships

Beijing will host the 2029 World Aquatics Championship, the international federation announced over the weekend during the ongoing 2024 championships in Doha. The event will welcome more than 2,500 athletes from over 200 countries and regions to compete in swimming, diving, water polo, artistic swimming, open water swimming and high diving. In addition to the […]

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