The 2024 Open Water Swimming World Cup season kicks off in the waters of Soma Bay, Egypt, home to the successful 2023 Open Water Swimming World Cup as part of the Egypt Aquatics Festival. The second stop will be Golfo Aranci, Italy, a coastal town renowned for its warm Sardinian hospitality. "Sardinia is like a second home for many of us who compete in open water swimming. It's always a joy to race there," said German swimmer Leonie Beck.

World Aquatics has switched the final leg of its Open Water Swimming World Cup 2023, which was due to have been held at Eilat in Israel, to Funchal in Portugal.

Paris' Deputy Mayor for Sports Pierre Rabadan has revealed plans for more stringent monitoring for pollution in the River Seine, after it was unusable for Paris 2024 test events in open water swimming and triathlon.

An open water swimming test event for next year’s Olympics in Paris has been postponed after heavy rain caused pollution in the River Seine.

Anna-Maria Alexandri and Eirini-Marina Alexandri made history by securing Austria’s first-ever artistic swimming gold at the World Aquatics Championships, while China and Germany picked up further titles in diving and open water swimming respectively.

Hosts Japan picked up two more artistic swimming golds as China continued their diving dominance and Germany made it a open water swimming double on day two of the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka.

China claimed a hat-trick of gold medals on the opening day of diving action at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, while Yukiko Inui clinched the first title for hosts Japan with artistic swimming success.

The first medals were awarded in open water swimming, powerlifting and athletics at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin today.

Italy have topped the medals table at the third World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup meet of the season in Setúbal in Portugal.

Germany ended the World Aquatics Open Water Swimming World Cup second meet in Golfo Aranci on top of the medals table with two golds.

Germany swept all the gold medals on offer at the season opening Open Water Swimming World Cup at Soma Bay in Egypt.

Britain and Ukraine claimed the last diving titles on the final day of competition at the European Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy.

The men’s and women’s 25 kilometres open water swimming races at the European Aquatics Championships have been declared void after a weather enforced stoppage led to confusion among officials.

Athletes from 36 nations have secured quota places for the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in Bali after qualification in open water swimming, beach handball and karate.