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This means war: Katinka Hosszú and other swimmers risk being banned
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FINA warned Katinka Hosszú and other world-class swimmers not to take part in the International Swimming League (ISL) set to be launched in Turin on the 20th of December. If they do, they can expect to be banned for 2 years, but they cannot compete at the World Cup in 2019 for sure.
As 24.hu wrote, ISL is a new association founded by swimmers but is not recognised by FINA. Katinka has already had a confrontation once with the International Swimming Federation in 2017 when they maximised the number of events one can take part to four/person/stage at the world cup. She won that time, as this rule has been erased by FINA due to the outrage on Katinka and many other swimmers’ part in February this year.
As we wrote earlier, Hosszú made a proposal that it would be worth it for the best swimmers
to team up and create their own federation and competition with their own rights.