Listen To The World Aquatics Anthem

2024 Short Course World Championships

A large contingent of Russian, Belarusian and Mexican swimmers are competing as individual neutral athletes at the 2024 Short Course World Championships, and there are several restrictions placed on them beyond not being able to officially represent their country.

The restrictions include not displaying or raising their national flag, wearing national uniforms and caps, and most prominently, not playing their national anthems.

When swimmers win gold in an event at a World Championship meet, their country’s national anthem is played, but in the case for neutral athletes, the World Aquatics anthem will be played instead.

Listen to the anthem below:

Through two nights of racing in Budapest, the World Aquatics anthem has already been played twice at medal ceremonies, with Neutral athletes winning gold in the men’s 100 backstroke and the mixed 4×50 medley relay.

In the 100 back, Russian native Miron Lifintsev topped the field with a World Junior Record of 48.76, and in the mixed medley relay, the Russian quartet of Lifintsev, Kirill PrigodaArina Surkova and Daria Trofimova combined for a European Record of 1:35.36 to win gold over Canada (1:35.94) and the United States (1:36.20).

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About James Sutherland

James Sutherland

James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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