{"id":183467,"date":"2026-04-13T17:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183467\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:45:36","slug":"world-aquatics-allows-belarusian-swimmers-participate-in-its-events-with-flags-and-anthems","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/183467\/","title":{"rendered":"World Aquatics allows Belarusian swimmers participate in its events with flags and anthems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 13, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>World Aquatics has permitted Belarusian and Russian athletes to compete in its events in the same way as their counterparts representing other sport nationalities, with their respective uniforms, flags and anthems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the last three years, World Aquatics and the AQIU have successfully helped ensure that conflict can be kept outside the sporting competition venues. We are determined to ensure that pools and open water remain places where athletes from all nations can come together in peaceful competition,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldaquatics.com\/news\/4486715\/world-aquatics-bureau-amends-athlete-participation-during-periods-of-political-conflict-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a> World Aquatics President Husain Al Musallam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusians and Russians participated as neutral individual athletes from 2023 and until recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia and Belarus now also resume full membership rights under Article 6 of the World Aquatics Constitution. &nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 13, Pozirk. World Aquatics has permitted Belarusian and Russian athletes to compete in its events in the same way as their counterparts representing other sport nationalities, with their respective uniforms, flags and anthems. \u201cOver the last three years, World Aquatics and the AQIU have successfully helped ensure that conflict can be kept outside the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":183447,"template":"","rubric":[16,32],"class_list":["post-183467","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Aquatics allows Belarusian swimmers participate in its events with flags and anthems | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 13, Pozirk. 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