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The Resume

    Sports Federation
    Founded in 1908
    Based in Lausanne, Switzerland
    Governing body for Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming and Open Water Swimming
    Consists of 197 national federations
    FINA is for Federation International de Natation (International Swimming Federation)

Why FINA might be annoying:

    Building a state-of-the-art swimming facility for an Olympics is very costly.
    The facility for the London Olympics was expected to cost $400 million to build.
    They were not very good in catching the doping of the East German swimmers of the 70's and 80's.
    They faced heat over tehe approval of high tech swimwear, like that of Paul Biedermann.

Why FINA might not be annoying:

    They're the sports federation in charge of some of the most popular summer Olympic sports.
    Since the 90's, they've been acting a lot tougher toward the doping issue.
    As of May 2010, body suits will no longer be allowed and the amount of body a suit can cover will be regulated.
    At the end of the 2009 World Championships in Rome, its swimmers gave gifts to Pope Benedict.

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    In 2023, Out of 28 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 65.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 54 Votes: 68.52% Annoying