Abu Dhabi worlds delayed
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This year’s short course world swimming championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, have been rescheduled to December 2021 due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the sport’s governing body FINA said yesterday. “Given the uncertainty related with the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, the safeguard of the athletes’ health and safety, and in accordance with the request of the UAE authorities, FINA has decided to re-schedule the upcoming edition of the World Swimming Championships (25m),” it said in a statement. “The new dates of this competition are December 13-18, 2021.” The event was originally due to take place this December. FINA had already announced next year’s world aquatics championships would be moved to May 2022, to avoid a clash with the Tokyo Olympics after they were postponed until 2021.
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