en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_swimming_at_the_2026_Asian_Games
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On 7 October 2022, World Aquatics voted to amend its rules to allow up to two male athletes to participate in the team event.
The rule change allowing up to two male athletes in artistic swimming team events was approved on 3 October 2022 during the Technical Congress, not on 7 October 2022.
Full reasoning
World Aquatics' own retrospective on the Paris 2024 rules states that "On 3 October this year, during the Technical Congress, World Aquatics Rule AS 6.2.1 was modified" to allow up to two male competitors in the team event. A separate official recap of the 2022 FINA Technical Congress, published on 6 October 2022, says delegates voted on rule changes "over the course of the three days" and that the approved changes already included artistic swimming. Together, these official sources contradict the article's date of 7 October 2022.
So the substance of the rule change is real, but the date given here is wrong: the approval happened during the Technical Congress on 3 October 2022 (within the three-day congress), not on 7 October 2022.
2 sources
- World Aquatics updates and clarification on the Paris 2024 Rules and Qualification
On 3 October this year, during the Technical Congress, World Aquatics Rule AS 6.2.1 was modified for artistic swimming. The modified rule specifies ... The total number of competitors may include a maximum of two (2) male competitors.
- The FINA Technical Congress 2022 Round Up
October 6, 2022 ... Over the course of the three days, delegates voted on various changes in the disciplines of Artistic Swimming ... The main changes which were approved over the past three days were as follows.