{"id":422889,"date":"2020-03-17T03:23:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T10:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=422889"},"modified":"2020-03-18T13:47:31","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T20:47:31","slug":"british-olympic-swimming-trials-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/british-olympic-swimming-trials-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"British Olympic Swimming Trials Cancelled, Para-Swim Intl Gone & FINA Diving World Series Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British Olympic Swimming Trials\u00a0(London, 14-19 April) and British Para-Swimming International Meet (Sheffield, 9-12 April)\u00a0have been cancelled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. British Swmming also announced the postponement of the FINA Diving World Series – London (27-29 March) and the\u00a0 British Elite Junior Diving Championships (6-9 April).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cancellation of the British Para-Swimming International Meet also means the cancellation of two other things: the event\u00a0doubled as a leg\u00a0of the\u00a0World Para Swimming World Series<\/strong> competition and also served as the British Paralympic trials.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Swimming World<\/em> understands that the IPC will today announce the cancellation of the next two events in the\u00a0<\/strong>World Para Swimming World Series, namely Sheffield and \u00a0Indianapolis, scheduled for <\/strong><\/em>16-18 April. The Singapore round of the series, scheduled for 1-3 May, had already been cancelled, the\u00a0Berlin finale of the tour on 18-21 June still on the schedule but dependent on events as Germany goes into its first serious week of lockdown, all schools closed, as are borders, and all non-essential shops and places of mass gathering shut from tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The federation also announced that the\u00a0British Summer Championships (21-26 July) and all qualifying\u00a0windows are now under review: “<\/strong>After consultation with our Home Nation partners, we have decided to suspend the published Qualifying Window dates and process with immediate effect. Once we have had an opportunity to assess the viability of the summer competitions and the feasibility of staging such events, we will advise the wider swimming community of the updated invite process for these Championships.”<\/p>\n
Adam Peaty<\/strong>, the Olympic 100m breaststroke champion, was among the first to react, with a pragmatic response to the decisions, one that called for<\/p>\n
“… athletes who were preparing for this meet, keep your head up! Staying positive in these times is more important than ever”<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Very disappointed but I think we can all agree it was the right call to make and was inevitable. To the athletes who were preparing for this meet, keep your head up! Staying positive in these times is more important than ever \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\ude80 https:\/\/t.co\/GbqTKWAy2S<\/a><\/p>\n
— Adam Peaty OBE (@adam_peaty) March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n