The 2020 season was a black year for Finswimming. The Master's World Championships scheduled for June, the European Junior and World Senior Championships, planned for July were first postponed to October (with World Championships becoming European). And then the Junior and Senior competitions were cancelled on a short notice. The Open Water World's, scheduled for September, were also cancelled.
The only competition that survived were the European Master's Championships. They were held in Lignano in early October just barely saving the competition yearbook from presenting a white page.
European Championships Masters 2020
The situation did improve in 2021 and the competitions were held as planned. The World Open Water championships were finally held in Santa Marta instead of San Andrés under the new formula with competitions for senior, junior and masters.
In the results that were distributed to the participating teams and well as in those published on the CMAS website there was one ommission, that of the final (rapid) heats of the 400 m IM both for women and men. The results linked above are complete, thanks to the help of the Sports Committee director M. Gaunard.
World Championships Junior 2021
World Open Water Championships Senior-Junior 2021
World Open Water Championships Masters 2021
European Championships Masters 2021
In 2022 the situation went back to normal and, along with the World Games, we had swimming-pool European Championships for junior and World Championships for senior and masters.
World Championships Masters 2022
World Open Water Championships Senior-Junior 2022
World Open Water Championships Masters 2022
Similarly, the masters' championships were World ones, held in the same venue, Cairo, as the junior championships.
World Championships Junior 2023
World Championships Masters 2023
World Open Water Championships Senior-Junior 2023
World Open Water Championships Masters 2023
The first African Championships were also held in 2023, both in swimming pool and open water.
African Open Water Championships 2023
The 2024 European Indoor Juniors Championships were held in Klaipeda (Lithuania)
European Championships Junior 2024
And the Masters, as well as the Senior, Championships took place in Belgrade
World Championships Masters 2024
The Open Water World Championships took place in Carry-le-Rouet in the south of France (near Marseille).
World Open Water Championships Senior-Junior 2024
World Open Water Championships Masters 2024
The weather was unfavourable and as a result the first day of competition for the masters had to be cancelled. The SB relay race took place in the morning of the next day, before the individual races. Similarly, in the case of junior/senior championship, the second day of the competition was cancelled. with more serious consequences for the elimination race event. The 4x150 m SB relay was simply cancelled while the finalists of the individual elimination race competed over a single 600 m race. That was, to my opinion, a somewhat curious choice, since it did away completely with the elimination concept. Given the circumstances, a feasible 2x300 m elimination event could have been organised, with a first round where 4 of the 8 finalists are eliminated, the remaining 4 competing for the medal in the second round.
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