From February 7 to 9, 2025, Aix-en-Provence once again hosts the Indoor Finswimming World Cup. Head to the Yves Blanc pool for a top-level sports weekend!
For the second consecutive year, the city will welcome more than 500 swimmers from 24 nationalities for an elite international competition: the Indoor Finswimming World Cup. Organized by Pays d’Aix Natation (PAN) under the aegis of the FFESSM (French Federation of Underwater Studies and Sports) and CMAS (World Confederation of Underwater Activities), this event promises spectacular performances.
A springboard towards the 2025 World Games
This edition is particularly strategic, as it is a crucial step for athletes on their way to the 2025 World Games. It will especially serve to select the male swimmers for the France 4×100 meter relay.
The world’s best swimmers will be present
For the women: Petra Senanski (Hungary) and Johanna Schikora (Germany). For the men: Justus Morstedt (Germany). On the French side, several swimmers already qualified for the 2025 World Games will compete: Colas Zugmeyer (Aix), Maïwenn Hamon (Aix), Gabryel Allain (Gravenchon), and Vincent Prudhomme (Rennes). Not to forget Kalliste Fourton Bellini (Aix), Kevin Lasserre (Antibes), Clément Batte (Gravenchon), Jeanne Daniel (Gravenchon), and Anaïs Verger (Rennes).
Rankings will be established at several levels: individual, club, national teams, and nations. Enough to offer a thrilling show and many top performances!
A high-level arena
The Yves Blanc pool, a fully renovated 50 m pool, will serve as the setting for this competition on February 7, 8, and 9, 2025. With its eight lanes and modern infrastructure, it regularly hosts exceptional sporting events. Pays d’Aix Natation, a reference club in finswimming, has a France Center and boasts a rich track record of international medals.
Athletes like dolphins
Finswimming is a spectacular aquatic glide sport, practiced in pools and natural environments, with monofins or bifins. This discipline allows swimmers to reach speeds over 13 km/h, roughly 35 seconds per 100 m. Although niche, it is attracting more and more French, with about 10,000 to 15,000 NAP licensees in 2024, according to the FFESSM. Created within the French Federation of Underwater Studies and Sports in 1962 to develop its sporting character, finswimming was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1985. Open to all age categories, it holds the status of a high-level sport with the Ministry.
An event not to be missed
Aix-en-Provence, the world capital of finswimming for a weekend, is set to buzz with the rhythm of this exceptional competition.
Join us from February 7 to 9, 2025, at the Yves Blanc pool to cheer on the champions!
Practical information
- Dates: February 7, 8, and 9, 2025
- Opening Ceremony: Friday, February 7 at 10:45 a.m.
- Location: Yves Blanc Pool – 26 Avenue des Écoles Militaires, Aix-en-Provence
- Free entrance
- Program available on: CMAS World Cup Indoor Series 2025
Opening image © FFESSM