WORLD PARA SWIMMING WORLD SERIES 2022
- Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy 11-13 March
- LCM 50m pool
- schedule
- live results
- Streaming live
courtesy of Lignano Sabbiadoro WPS World Series.
The Italian leg of the 2022 Para Swimming World Series will officially start Friday, March 11th. This is the 3rd leg of the 2020 series, following overlapping February stops in Great Britain and Australia.
At the Bella Italia EFA Village event venues it’s all hustle and bustle. The volunteers of the Organizing committee are engaged in setting up the structures and logistics and the swimmers’ classification procedures are begun.
The World Series leg of Lignano Sabbiadoro has nearly 400 registered swimmers from 38 countries, with the enforced absences of renouncing Ukraine and Russia and Belarus, stopped by the organization in accordance to the guidelines provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Lignano Sabbiadoro is second only to the Berlin leg for the number of participants.
Italy is of course the largest team with 54 swimmers, followed by Brazil (41) and Mexico (18).
“We can’t wait to welcome swimmers from all over the world” says the LOC President Daniele Zotti.
“This is a special venue because all the athletes can reach the stands. We still have restrictions due to Covid rules, but it still brings us great satisfaction. We are growing and we are growing both as a number of athletes and professionally at the organization and staff level. I have to thank all the friends and companies who support us and who also make the city and airport as beautiful as the welcome. It will be a fundamental test for our team in preparation for the World Championships, indeed all our medallists in Tokyo will compete”.
SWIMMERS COMPETITING IN LIGNANO
The competition will take place in the 50m indoor swimming pool of Bella Italia EFA Village. The home team of Italy is going to defend the 13 gold medals won in 2021.
There will also be the Tokyo Paralympic gold medalist Antonio Fantin, Simone Barlaam, Francesco Bocciardo, Carlotta Gilli.
Among the foreigners, eyes on Phelipe Rodrigues, Talisson Glock (BRA), Nelson Crispin (COL), Mark Malyar (ISR), Liesette Bruinsma (NED), according to the Italian head coach Riccardo Vernole.
LIVE RESULTS
Live results and streaming will be available on the official site (click here). There will be also 200 free seats available at the swimming pool upon registration on the website.
