Safety limit on apnea time in junior artistic swimming adopted by EA Bureau

Apnea time limit regulation for European Aquatics junior artistic swimming events has been approved by the EA Bureau.

For the safety of the athletes, there will be a rule in junior category competitions setting the time limits for apnea (head down under hips level) for all free hybrids (not the technical required elements/TRE’s).

A base mark will be applied to an element where a free hybrid exceeds an apnea time of 25 seconds.

This will apply to all junior events from May 2025. Picture credit: Istvan Derencsenyi/World Aquatics

Full details available here: https://europeanaquatics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Adoption-of-Apnea-Time-Limit-Regulation-in-European-Aquatics-Junior-Artistic-Swimming-Events1.pdf

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