The World Aquatics organization has announced it will pay a $4.6 million settlement to swimmers who competed for an independent league it had previously attempted to block.

Front Office Sports reported that the settlement in the class-action lawsuit, announced Monday by the global governing body, means that athletes who signed deals to compete in the International Swimming League would qualify for the settlement money.

"This settlement is a win for professional swimmers and the sport," sports antitrust lawyer Jeffrey Kessler said in a statement to Front Office Sports. "We are pleased with this settlement and the groundbreaking relief for swimmers. Thanks to the perseverance of Thomas Shields and Katinka Hosszu, and to the new leadership of World Aquatics, swimmers will now have the abili

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