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FINA World Swimming Championship (25m) – New dates confirmed
The 15th edition of the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) 2021 in Abu Dhabi (UAE) has been slightly moved to the following dates: December 16-21, 2021 (previously announced from December 13-18).
The three-day shift was made in order to fit nicely with the region’s busy sport calendar at this time of year, while FINA, the national and local authorities are fully committed to host the World Swimming Championships up to the highest standards and to provide a safe environment for the athletes, coaches and people involved in the organisation of the event.
The United Arab Emirates will play host to the prestigious short-course showcase for the second time, after a successful edition in 2010 in Dubai, while Hangzhou (CHN) and Windsor (CAN) hosted the two previous editions in 2018 and 2016 respectively.
The FINA Aquatics Convention, always held in conjunction with the Championships, will be organised in the same city from December 13-15.Â
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Czech free-diver David Vencl swam nearly 81 meters (265.75 ft) beneath the ice on Tuesday, breaking the world record after braving the freezing water wearing only a swimsuit.
“This will do,” Vencl said after emerging from his minute-and-half swim in water measured at temperatures of 3 degrees Celsius and pumping his fist in celebration.
The 38-year-old changed the location for the record attempt to a former quarry in Lahost, 100 kilometers north-west of Prague, from a glacial lake in Austria due to COVID restrictions which made international travel difficult.
Vencl, who dropped into the water through one hole cut in the one-foot-thick ice before emerging from another, beat the previous record of 250 feet (76.2 m) set by Denmark’s Stig Avall Severinsen in October 2017 in southern Greenland.
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