Russian, Belarusian Athletes Will Obtain Worlds Prize Cash; Will Have “Impartial” Information

World Aquatics and Russian sporting officers have confirmed two administrative factors relating to the outcomes of the World Brief Course Swimming Championships in Budapest, the place swimmers from Russia, Belarus, and Mexico competed beneath a impartial banner.

Impartial Athlete Information

The primary is that any World Information set by athletes from these nations on the meet might be credited to “impartial athletes.” That features the lads’s 400 medley relay report the place the impartial athletes holding Russian passports swam 3:18.68. The official listed nation that may maintain the report is “Impartial Athletes B,” which have been athletes with Russian passports.

Impartial athletes with Belarusian passports have been “Impartial Athletes A” and impartial athletes with Mexican passports have been “Impartial Athletes C” on the meet.

This creates sort of a peculiar distinction, as a result of when Russian athletes set World Information exterior of World Aquatics competitors, like Kliment Kolesnikov’s 22.11 within the 50 again, the data have been credited to “Russia” as a result of at that meet, athletes weren’t required to symbolize “impartial athletes” – a refined distinction.

Whereas “impartial athletes” don’t have a continent, World Aquatics confirmed that they are going to nonetheless be acknowledged on the continents the place their passports are from. So if all the pieces is permitted, Russian swimmers will set European Information – not less than based mostly on World Aquatics’ report preserving.

Impartial Athletes Prize Cash

In an interview with Russian state-run information outlet TASS, Vladimir Salnikov says that athletes will obtain their prize cash from World Aquatics.

“We [the Russian swimming body] are tackling this matter head on, and it will likely be settled inside the framework of cooperation,” Salnikov stated.

Impartial Athletes B amassed the third-most prize cash on the meet with $220,500, behind solely the US ($974,000) and Canada ($241,000).

Impartial Athletes A (Belarus) earned $45,000, whereas Impartial Athletes C (Mexico) earned no {dollars} with no finals swims from their two entered athletes.

Some Belarus and Russian athletes have been allowed to compete beneath impartial banners at a World Aquatics meet for the primary time for the reason that February 2022 invasion in Ukraine if they may disassociate themselves with the conflict effort.

The Mexican federation was expelled late final 12 months after years of inside political turmoil together with “repeated failure…to adjust to FINA’s good requirements.”

28 Russians, 5 Belarusians, and a pair of Mexicans competed on the meet.

Prize Cash Earned by Impartial Athletes