{"id":395023,"date":"2019-09-22T03:55:02","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T10:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=395023"},"modified":"2019-09-22T04:06:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T11:06:24","slug":"asian-age-group-swimming-championships-features-seniors-china-japan-the-powerhouses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/asian-age-group-swimming-championships-features-seniors-china-japan-the-powerhouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Age-Group Swimming\u00a0Championships Features Seniors, China &#038; Japan The Powerhouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Asian Age-Group Swimming Championships<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>China <\/strong>and<strong> Japan<\/strong> are the leading nations among 26 countries heading for the <a href=\"https:\/\/ctsa.utk.com.tw\/Upload\/news\/pdf\/2019Asian%20AG%20RULES%20and%20REGULATIONS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Asian Age-Group Swimming\u00a0Championships<\/strong><\/a> from Tuesday in Bengaluru (Karnataka), India.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,000 swimmers will compete, Kazakhstan sporting the largest contingent, its multi-sport team 79-strong, while China will have 57 members in its entourage.<\/p>\n<p>Although the championship, also featuring water-polo, diving and synchronised swimming, is described as &#8220;junior&#8221;, it includes senior swimmers, too, with an open category for 18 years and above separate top age-group brackets of 15-17 and 14 and below. Such groupings do not match the international definition of &#8220;junior&#8221; laid down by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/adam-peaty-calls-finas-new-code-of-conduct-as-meaningless-freedom-of-speech-will-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FINA, the troubled international federation<\/a> at which Asia has weighty influence.<\/p>\n<p>The nine-day Championships will serve as a qualifying event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games for those nations that don&#8217;t have traditional trials to decide at one event who will make the team or not. 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