With 50 days until the start of the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, the medals for the event have been unveiled.
The medals at the World Championships take on a bit of a unique look at each edition, reflecting the culture of the host country.
This year’s medals capture Japanese culture with a modern, elegant design that features water ripples on one side and a clean look on the other:
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The event is being organized under the slogan “Water Meets Future,” with the goal of taking “aim to create the future of aquatic sports through innovative technology, and also create a future for the region by connecting various people.”
The 2023 World Aquatics Championships will run from July 14-30, 2023, with 75 medal events to be contested across six aquatic sports over 17 days of competition.
The event will mark the second time the city of Fukuoka will host the World Aquatics Championships, having first done so in 2001.
Check out the medals from that event 22 years ago:
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You can find a full event schedule for the 2023 World Aquatics Championships here.
The mascots are sooo Japanese 🙂
Nah.
What wrecks the design are the three (overly) simplified swimmers on the front. Each swimmer is represented by an inverted “V” with a small dot underneath. This design looks like it was created in the 1980s.
FINA has been doing a nice job of reinventing itself as “World Aquatics.” Time to say goodbye to some of its older design elements. My 2 cents.
Yeah, I dont get it, and Japan is a home of great graphic design….but they got the mascots right!
They’re cool because synchro, water polo, swimming all work for that logo
Super dope
meh