Regarding the final qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics in three competitions, such as the diving of swimming scheduled to be held in Japan, which the FINA has indicated its intention to cancel, the related organizations will coordinate to implement all of them by postponing or changing the venue. I found out that I entered.

FINA will hold the World Cup on the 2nd of this month, which will also serve as a test tournament at the venue of the Tokyo Olympics, the final qualifying for artistic swimming from the 1st of next month, and the final qualifying for artistic swimming from the 1st of next month in Fukuoka City. He expressed his intention to cancel the three final qualifying rounds for the planned marathon swimming due to dissatisfaction with Japan's new corona measures such as strict epidemic prevention measures.



The International Swimming Federation, the IOC = International Olympic Committee, the government, the Japan Swimming Federation, and the Organizing Committee discussed this on the 6th.



As a result, although the date and venue have not been decided yet, it was found that the related organizations have begun to coordinate with the direction of conducting both final qualifying rounds by postponing or changing the venue.



According to the people concerned, there are plans to do marathon swimming overseas.



Regarding the test tournament of the Tokyo Olympics, the water polo tournament was put off because overseas officials could not come to Japan due to strict epidemic prevention measures, and the difficulty of corona measures in preparing for the international tournament became clear. It has become.