{"id":426081,"date":"2020-04-06T09:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T16:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=426081"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:55:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:55:45","slug":"the-week-that-was-isl-to-fund-300-swimmers-for-next-year-kapas-tests-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-isl-to-fund-300-swimmers-for-next-year-kapas-tests-positive-for-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: ISL’s Lifeline To 320 Swimmers; Corona Woe For Kapas & Co"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a lot of uncertainty moving forward over the status of a lot of swimmer’s careers. Will anyone be forced to retire or will they try to stick out another year in pursuit of their dreams?\u00a0Konstantin Grigorishin\u00a0<\/strong>and the International Swimming League announced last week a Solidarity Program which would give a monthly stipend to all 300+ swimmers in the league at least $1500 per month for 10 months between September and July next year to tide them over a time of challenge.<\/p>\n

In other coronavirus news, Hungarian World Champion\u00a0Boglarka Kapas\u00a0<\/strong>came forward to announce she had tested positive for the virus but has not experienced any visible symptoms. Kapas was one of a slew of positive tests out of Hungary that included Dominik Kozma<\/strong>,\u00a0David Horvath<\/strong> and\u00a0Richard Bohus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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