Overview

• The settlement fund would compensate swimmers who signed ISL contracts for the canceled 2018 Turin event and the 2019 season.
• Olympic champions Katinka Hosszu, Tom Shields, and Michael Andrew brought the 2018 lawsuit alleging unlawful restrictions that threatened athletes’ eligibility.
• The agreement awaits approval in federal court in Northern California, with the swimmers represented by antitrust attorney Jeffrey Kessler.
• World Aquatics president Husain Al Musallam said many athletes were "badly let down," as a separate ISL lawsuit against the federation advances toward a January trial.
• The ISL held seasons from 2019 to 2021 but has been paused since 2022 after backer Konstantin Grigorishin’s assets were frozen during the war in Ukraine.