Tag: COVID-19
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FINA confirms new dates for FINA World Championships in Fukuoka (JPN)
Following consultation with the city of Fukuoka, Japan Swimming Federation, organizers, athletes, coaches, technical committees, TV partners and sponsors, FINA is pleased to announce that the FINA World Championships in Fukuoka (JPN), initially scheduled for the summer of 2021, will now take place from May 13-29, 2022. “After liaising with the relevant stakeholders and receiving feedback…
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Local Swim Center Offers Swim Safety Programs Despite Being Closed Due to Coronavirus
British Swim Center in San Antonio offers online swim safety programs in honor of Water Safety Month in May.
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Spain: Triathlete converts skip container into swimming pool to train during lockdown
Triathlete Isidro Benavent has converted a skip container into a makeshift swimming pool to train with during the COVID-19 lockdown, as footage filmed in his house in Rotova on Saturday shows. Benavent borrowed a container from the company he works for and installed it in his garage, implementing up all the necessary adjustments to be…
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USA Swimming Releases Guidelines On Reopening Facilities
We believe swimming, like walking, hiking, running, and cycling, is a critical healthy activity within our communities. Swimming does not require direct contact between teammates or coaches and social distancing can be maintained throughout practice. As with all exercise and activity at this time, swimming must comply with standards for social distancing and safety within…
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Local swimmer on missing Olympic trials and training at home
Milton Marlin alumnus Madison Macor was hoping to compete in the Olympic trials for the first time this year. Of course, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to that goal. Macor is finding ways to keep training while waiting for the pools to open.
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Grim Reaper appears on local news to protest beach openings
Lawyer Daniel Uhlfelder went viral last weekend after lurking around Florida beaches dressed as death himself in protest of beachgoers enjoying the sun without proper social distancing, putting their communities at risk of COVID-19. While many states around the country are extending their stay-at-home mandates, others, like Georgia, are easing into reopening nonessential businesses. Uhlfelder is not a fan…
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Budapest’s European Aquatics Championships Pushed Back to 2021
The European Aquatics Championships, originally scheduled to be held in Budapest from May 11 to 24, 2020, will be postponed to 2021 in view of the novel coronavirus epidemic, the organisers said. The exact dates will be decided at the European swimming league LEN’s November congress, Sándor Wladár, the head of the Hungarian swimmers’ association, told…
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LEN cancels European Junior Championships in all disciplines, Europeans TBD
The LEN Bureau held a videoconference and decided to cancel the European Junior Championships in all disciplines for 2020. This summer would have seen the best young swimmers racing in Aberdeen, the divers in Edinburgh, the artistic swimmers in Malta, the open water swimmers in France while Rome and Volos would have hosted the respective…
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