FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Swimming - Men's 200m Backstroke - Final - Tokyo Aquatics Centre - Tokyo, Japan - July 30, 2021. Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee reacts after setting a new Olympic record to win the gold medal
(Reuters) - Swimwear maker Speedo has ended its sponsorship with Russia's double Olympic swimming champion Evgeny Rylov after he attended a rally hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, Olympics news website insidethegames reported.
The sport's world governing body FINA said in a statement carried by swimming website SwimSwam that it was "deeply disappointed" by Rylov's appearance at the rally and would investigate the matter.
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