Russia’s Olympic swimming team finalized

The Russian Swimming Federation finalized its 2016 competition calendar last year, and cemented Moscow as the hosts of its 2016 Olympic Trials. The final dates for the meet that will select Russia’s Olympic Team were not announced, but the meet will be held in April. The Russians held their 2012 Olympic Trials from April 17th-22nd.

Swimming at this year’s Olympic Games will be approximately a week later than they were last year in relative terms. Also at the meet, Russia announced that it would bid to host the 2019 European Aquatics Championships in its Krasnodar region. The far western area has a population of approximately 5 million residents and lies on the Black Sea.

That adds to the growing list of meets that Russia is bidding to host after its 2015 duties at the World Aquatics Championships, and includes the 2017 and 2019 European Short Course Championships and the 2018 and 2019 European Junior Championships.