FINA Postpones Diving and Artistic Swimming OG Qualification events

FINA Postpones Diving and Artistic Swimming OG Qualification events

FINA informed today all 209 National Member Federations that its COVID-19 Taskforce, in consultation with the IOC and the Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, decided to postpone the staging of the following qualifying/test events:

-ร‚ย FINA Diving World Cupร‚ย – scheduled to take place in Tokyo (JPN), on April 21-26, 2020
-ร‚ย FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournamentร‚ย – scheduled to take place in Tokyo (JPN), on April 30-May 3, 2020

These events are postponed toร‚ย June 2020ร‚ย (place and exact dates to be confirmed).

In its message to all Members, FINA assured that รขโ‚ฌล“is doing its utmost to preserve athletes, coaches and officials’ health, while being perfectly aware of the severe limitations they are enduring concerning their training and normal preparation for the Olympic Games.รขโ‚ฌย

Moreover, รขโ‚ฌล“FINA is striving to preserve the integrity of the qualification procedure, adapting it in accordance with the challenging times we are living.รขโ‚ฌย

Finally, recent changes in FINA events, also include:

FINA Diving World Series รขโ‚ฌโ€œ March 27-29, 2020/London (GBR) – postponed
FINA Diving Grand Prix รขโ‚ฌโ€œ May 29-31, 2020/Singapore (SGP) – canceled
FINA Diving Grand Prix รขโ‚ฌโ€œ June 5-7, 2020/Kuala Lumpur (MAS) – postponed

Read the FINA Press Release

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