{"id":417516,"date":"2020-02-20T09:18:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T16:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=417516"},"modified":"2020-02-20T11:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T18:02:18","slug":"coronavirus-causes-china-olympic-swimming-trials-postponement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/coronavirus-causes-china-olympic-swimming-trials-postponement\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus Causes China Olympic Swimming Trials Postponement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Chinese Olympic Swimming Trials and National Championships have been postponed as a result of the Coronavirus emergency<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The event, due to have taken place from March 28 to April 4, has been provisionally rescheduled for May 10-16, in the hope that the outbreak of the virus will have been sufficiently contained by then to allow the event to unfold.<\/p>\n<p>The news was revealed on Twitter through the Chinese swim fans account <em>Chinese Swimming News and Results<\/em>:<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Important information from CCTV&#39;s latest news report:<br \/>The Chinese Nationals (also trials for Tokyo Olympics) will be postponed. The new dates are temporarily set to be May 10th-16th. <br \/>Finals will be held in the morning just like the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chinese Swimming News and Results (@CHNswim_fan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHNswim_fan\/status\/1230492644012281857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>A video from Chinese TV network CCTV outlines the restrictions on human movements in China in place that led to the trials having to be postponed. <a href=\"https:\/\/vod.cctv.cn\/cctv\/cctvsportsshare\/video\/video.html?id=VIDE1582171036414291&amp;link=app:\/\/VIDE1582171036414291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The video may not be available in every region &#8211; for those who can see it, it is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/updated-list-of-sports-events-knocked-by-coronavirus-emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Chinese trials are the latest in a long line of sports events, many of them related to Olympic qualification, to have been postponed, affected or cancelled altogether as a result of coronavirus.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sun Yang Trains On<\/h3>\n<p>The captain of China&#8217;s national swimming team, <strong>Sun Yang<\/strong>, who is awaiting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sun-yang-vs-world-anti-doping-agency-wada-a-detailed-analysis-from-cas-arbitrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) case brought against him by the <strong>World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)<\/strong><\/a>, has been training in his hometown of Hangzhou during the coronavirus,COVID-19, emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Sun&#8217;s presence at Olympic trials and then in Tokyo depends on the verdict of the CAS, which is still pending after a hearing last November.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old achieved Olympic qualifying times over 200 and 400m free during the FINA Champions&#8217; Swim Series last month but would need to back up at trials and has yet to qualify for the inaugural Olympic men&#8217;s 800m free and relays.<\/p>\n<p>Sun has been training \u00a0behind closed doors at the Zhejiang College of Sports, according to CTGN &#8211; and that at a time when CHINADA, the national anti-doping agency suspended testing as a result of the health crisis in the country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/halt-to-anti-doping-testing-in-china-over-corona-crisis-raises-concern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global Athlete is among organisations to express concern that no anti-doping tests are being conducted in China<\/a> \u00a0as a time of years when hundreds of tests would normally be conducted as regular checks, this season as part of tests with cleanliness of the Olympic Games on mind.<\/p>\n<p>CTGN reported that Sun &#8220;says his mental state is right where it needs to be, and he&#8217;s paying a lot of attention to his physical conditioning to make sure the Olympic plan mapped out by his coaches is as successful as possible.&#8221;\u00a0It quoted the swimmer as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I must keep training and striving for my personal goals. 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