The rally commemorated the eighth 12 months of Russia’s annexation of Crimea — which is deemed unlawful by the Ukrainian authorities and never acknowledged within the West.
“FINA is conscious that Mr. Rylov competed within the Russian Championships this weekend and has launched an inner evaluation to determine whether or not FINA sanctions or guidelines have been damaged,” the group informed CNN in an announcement. “The end result of this evaluation can be introduced sooner or later.”
Rylov, a gold medalist within the 100 meters and 200 meters backstroke ultimately 12 months’s Tokyo Olympics, mentioned in March he wouldn’t be competing on the world championships, to be held from June 18 to July 3, in help of banned Russian athletes.
When Rylov acknowledged his refusal to attend the world championships, FINA was one of many few sports activities governing our bodies nonetheless permitting Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Following Rylov’s announcement, FINA confirmed that athletes and officers from Russia and Belarus wouldn’t be capable to participate on this 12 months’s world swimming championships in Budapest, Hungary.
FINA mentioned in an announcement final Thursday that Russian and Belarusian athletes and officers won’t be invited to any FINA competitions for the rest of 2022. Belarus is a key staging space for the invasion.
CNN has reached out to Rylov and the Russian swimming federation for remark.
