{"id":413799,"date":"2020-02-04T12:03:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=413799"},"modified":"2020-02-04T12:03:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:03:05","slug":"the-week-that-was-isl-adds-copycat-charge-to-fina-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-isl-adds-copycat-charge-to-fina-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: ISL Adds Copycat Charge to FINA Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Week That Was sponsored by Suitmate.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Coronavirus outbreak in China has dominated the headlines around the world in the last couple of weeks and has even affected the swimming community, causing FINA to cancel the Diving World Cup in early March that was set to take place in China. Two-time reigning World champion\u00a0Xu Jiayu\u00a0<\/strong>also announced he was donating his lucrative prize money earnings from the FINA Champions Series to fight the virus that has claimed over 400 lives.<\/p>\n

Gary Hall, Jr.\u00a0<\/strong>also called on FINA to take precautionary measures with Olympic test events that are to take place in the coming months in neighboring country Japan. The virus has spread to other parts of the world, including a handful of Asian countries so it will be better to be safe than sorry with the virus, even in Japan.<\/p>\n

Read below the five biggest stories in the Week That Was sponsored by\u00a0Suitmate<\/a>.<\/p>\n