In seguito alla dichiarazione dell’Organizzazione mondiale della sanità (OMS) dello status di pandemia da coronavirus, la Task Force FINA ha tenuto il suo primo incontro in videoconferenza per esaminare gli impatti della situazione attuale in merito alla salute degli atleti valutando i rischi di organizzare nei prossimi giorni e nelle prossime competizioni sotto l’egida della FINA.
Per tale ragione la federnuoto internazionale ha preso le prime decisioni significative rinviando o annullando eventi, al momento non riguardano il nuoto, salvo alcune qualificazioni olimpiche non definite in programma ad Aprile, si pensi ad esempio ai Japan Open 2020, il cui svolgimento, posticipo o annullamento sarà deciso dalla Task Force FINA in collaborazione con il Comitato Olimpico Internazionale ed il comitato organizzatore di Tokyo 2020.
La Task Force FINA COVID-19 si riunirà nuovamente il 16 marzo per riesaminare la situazione relativa all’impatto del virus sul calendario degli eventi FINA.
Si legge sul comunicato che in questo momento la preoccupazione principale di FINA è quella di salvaguardare la salute di tutti i partecipanti e la salute pubblica in generale.
EVENTI OGGETTO DI MODIFICHE
Olympic Games Qualifying Events
March 8-15 – Trieste (ITA) – OG2020 Women ‘s WP Qualification Tournament
The competition has been already postponed to May 17-24
Taskforce will review the situation on April 20
March 22-29 – Rotterdam (NED) – OG2020 Men ‘s WP Qualification Tournament
The competition is postponed to May 31-June 7
Taskforce will review the situation on April 30
April 21-26 – Tokyo (JPN) – Diving World Cup
IOC and Tokyo2020 will make a decision in collaboration with the Taskforce as necessary
April 30-May 3 – Tokyo (JPN) – Artistic Swimming OG Qualifying Event
IOC and Tokyo2020 will make a decision in collaboration with the Taskforce as necessary
Olympic Test Events in April
Swimming
Water Polo
IOC and Tokyo2020 will make a decision in collaboration with the Taskforce as necessary
Diving World Series
March 20-22 – Kazan (RUS)
The competition is postponed to September/October 2020
March 27-29 – London (GBR)
At this stage, OC still wants to hold the competition. The FINA Taskforce will wait for further information from the British authorities, and will review the status of this event on March 16, 2020.
Water Polo
Water Polo World League Men and Women
The competition is postponed to September/October 2020
Artistic Swimming World Series
March 27-29 – Hurghada (EGY)
This competition is postponed to a further date not yet determined
April 3-5 – Alexandroupolis (GRE)
This competition is cancelled
April 10-12 – Budapest (HUN)
This competition is postponed to a further date not yet determined
April 17-19 – Kazan (RUS)
This competition is postponed to a further date not yet determined
April 23-25 – Suzhou (CHN)
This competition is cancelled
