Finswimming is one of the most exciting water sport ever. Finswimming is a sport belonging to the aquatic specialties which, using specific equipment (monofin, fins, snorkel or cylinders) allows the athlete to reach much higher speeds than swimming. There are indoor (swimming pools) and open water (sea, lake, rivers) championships.

To which federation belongs Finswimming?

The international federation to which fin swimming belongs is CMAS, the Confédération Mondial des Activités Subaquatiques, which is part of the ARISF, and is a discipline recognized by the IOC.

Is there an age limit to join Finswimming?

Finswimming is suitable for any age . In fact, there are competitions for very young people, for children and adults and for veterans, over 25 years old.

How can I find a Finswimming club?

You can find Finswimming clubs easily, just looking on the internet.

How can i stay updated with Finswimming News?

Finswimmer Magazine is the most comprehensive web site about Finswimming in which you can find events, updates and everything about Finswimming.

European Finswimming Championships canceled by CMAS, Matteoli and Allegrini replied - Finswimmer Magazine

As you probably already know, CMAS decided to cancel the European Finswimming Championships 2020, only one month before the scheduled dates in Lignano Sabbiadoro (Italy). As we know, standing to what Mr. Matteoli and Allegrini said, things went like this:

2 months ago CMAS called FIPSAS and asked if Italy could urgently organize an European Finswimming Championships instead of a World one.
Although all the problems due to COVID-19 (unsure situation, closed national borders) Italy, after signing a contract with CMAS for a minimum participant contractual clause, FIPSAS took the burden for the organization.
The first requests started to come, and already 8-9 European countries sent and paid subscriptions during the first month. Some countries, specially the East-Europe ones, didn’t send confirmations.
Some days ago, CMAS called FIPSAS to communicate the decision to cancel the European Championship in Italy, due to sanitary reasons. This decision taken by CMAS, came after the defections from 5 countries, including Russia, Ukraine, Germany.
The Master Finswiming European Championships by the way is not canceled.
FIPSAS said it didn’t agree with this decision, and asked CMAS to take in charge the communication to all the countries and take charge of costs already had like booked hotels, flights and also swimming pool reservation.

Mr Matteoli says that next year, the Junior Finswimming World Championships will be taken in April, in Lignano Sabbiadoro.

VIDEO ALLEGRINI on swimbiz.it

VIDEO MATTEOLI in swimbiz.it

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