Italy’s Luca Dotto Takes To Twitter, Calls For A Touch Of Common Sense
“The real worry is for those who are sick or who by the end of this outbreak will lose their jobs and will not know how to feed their family,” wrote Dotto.
Swim England Releases Best Practice Guidelines for At Home Dryland Training
The guidelines are official policy for Swim England clubs, but also serve as best practice guidelines for programs around the world using remote dryland training.
Swimmer Andrei Minakov Issues Apology for “Emotional” Reaction to Olympic Delay
Minakov returned to Instagram on Wednesday to “humbly apologize,” saying that his Tuesday post was an “emotional first reaction.”
All 2020 British Championships & Home Nation Meets Now Cancelled
The British Summer Championships is among a host of meets cancelled by British Swimming today, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Swim Ireland Announce All Upcoming Competitions Are Cancelled
Swim Ireland have announced that any upcoming national and regional competitions (across all aquatic sports) will not take place
Pellegrini Shares Mixed Emotions On Olympic Deferral: “I Can’t Stop Swimming”
Federica Pellegrini knows postponing the Games is the right move, but is also incredulous to having to extend her career. “I don’t want to believe it.”
Video: Adam Peaty Shares Thought on Olympic Postponement, Staying Indoors
World record holder Adam Peaty shares his thoughts on the Olympics being postponed, staying indoors, and where his focus will be during the break in training.
Minakov on Olympic Delay: ‘I Can’t Agree That It Was The Correct Decision’
Minakov expressed his disappointment, writing that “if the country denies taking a part in the Olympics, it’s their problem.”
British Swimming Fully Supports Decision To Postpone Olympics To 2021
British Swimming says it ‘welcomes the decision of the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee to postpone the Olympic and Paralympic Games.’
LEN Postpones a Number of Events, Including European Junior Championships
LEN, the governing body for aquatic sports including swimming in Europe, has announced that all sports and non-sports events scheduled…
Pro German Team ONEflow Aquatics “Suspends Pursuit” Of 2020 Olympic Cycle
Annika Bruhn is one of seven ONEflow members who is currently training with the German National Team, which “contradicts” their belief as a team.
German Olympic Sports Confederation demands postponement of 2020 Olympics
The President ot the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), Alfons Hörmann, said in an interview with the German Press Agency…
Spain Joins the Calls For Tokyo 2020 Postponement
Spain’s swimming federation is joining several other national and international sports governing bodies in calling for the postponement of the 2020 Games.
Gregorio Paltrinieri Continues To Train, But IOC “Must Decide Soon”
Italian Olympic champion wants “prompt responses” from the IOC regarding the future of the Olympic Games amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Katinka Hosszu Training As Normal With Hungarian National Team
Katinka Hosszu is training normally with the Hungarian National Team at present despite the coronavirus outbreak disrupting so many training programmes
