{"id":336497,"date":"2018-11-06T10:57:28","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=336497"},"modified":"2018-11-06T15:29:22","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T22:29:22","slug":"adam-peaty-to-swim-in-energy-for-swim-meet-despite-threat-of-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-to-swim-in-energy-for-swim-meet-despite-threat-of-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Peaty to Swim in Energy For Swim Meet Despite Threat of Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adam Peaty<\/strong> faces a threat of suspension by FINA for participating in the Energy for Swim event in Turin next month.<\/p>\n

The Olympic champion from Great Britain chose to skip the FINA short course world championships in China next month. Instead he committed to race in the non-sanctioned event in December.<\/p>\n

He is one of several elite swimmers around the world that are aiming to participate in the ISL event under a threat of suspension by FINA, including Duncan Scott<\/strong> and Ben Proud<\/strong> of Great Britain. Multiple swimmers had already confirmed they would swim in the meet<\/a>, like\u00a0Tom Shields<\/strong>,\u00a0Emily Seebohm<\/strong> and\u00a0Sarah Sjostrom<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Peaty posted on social media that he signed on for the Energy for Swim meet in Turin this weekend.<\/p>\n

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