﻿{"id":426170,"date":"2020-04-07T06:11:33","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=426170"},"modified":"2020-04-07T06:13:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:13:17","slug":"katinka-hosszu-adds-her-voice-to-calls-for-world-championships-to-be-switched-to-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-adds-her-voice-to-calls-for-world-championships-to-be-switched-to-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Katinka Hosszu Adds Her Voice To Calls For World Championships To Be Switched To 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Triple Olympic champion <strong>Katinka Hosszu<\/strong> has given her backing to the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, being moved back a year to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The competition was due to be held from 16 July to 1 August 2021 but the rescheduling of the <strong>Olympic Games<\/strong> to 23 July-8 August because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, has thrown that into doubt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/tokyo-2020-to-start-on-23-july-2021-the-international-olympic-committee-confirms\/\">Reports in Australia had claimed<\/a> that FINA were initially considering holding worlds immediately after the Games in Tokyo and the world governing body were adamant they would not be shunted back to 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/german-swim-federation-joins-canada-in-urging-fina-to-hold-2021-world-championships-in-2022\/\">However, the Canadian and German swimming federations called on FINA<\/a> to push the meet back a year to 2022 as it would be in the best interests of the swimmers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_372577\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-372577\" data-attachment-id=\"372577\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sjostrom-le-clos-drive-energy-standard-to-tight-win-over-london-roar-both-teams-go-to-vegas-showdown\/katinka-hosszu-44\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/katinka-hosszu-2019-FINA-Champs-Indy-0869-e1559528113387.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;E-M1X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;katinka-hosszu-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1559350130&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;katinka-hosszu-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"katinka-hosszu-2019 FINA Champs Indy 0869\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;katinka-hosszu- 2019, 400 Free, Day 1, FINA Champs Indy, Hosszu Katinka&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Katinka Hosszu &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/katinka-hosszu-2019-FINA-Champs-Indy-0869-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/katinka-hosszu-2019-FINA-Champs-Indy-0869-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-372577\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/katinka-hosszu-2019-FINA-Champs-Indy-0869-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"katinka-hosszu-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-372577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katinka Hosszu &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now Hosszu has swung her weight behind the move, telling Swimming World:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI would prefer 2022. It just seems like such a big event and having it switched to another year would just make more sense to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut obviously we will see what other swimmers and what FINA wants to do with the world champs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hungarian has a long and illustrious history at the World Championships and last year became the first woman to win the same event five times when she claimed 400IM gold in Gwangju, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"405473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/katinka-hosszu-isl-support-will-enable-all-swimmers-to-continue-into-2021\/katinkahosszu-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/katinkahosszu.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,666\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"katinka-hosszu\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;katinka-hosszu&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/katinkahosszu-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/katinkahosszu.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-405473 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/katinkahosszu-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"katinka-hosszu\" width=\"344\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Among the schedules suggested for Fukuoka are May\/June 2022 or fall 2021 and although Hosszu would prefer the former, it is hard to see a perfect solution given the cluttered calendar for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It is already fit to bursting with the <strong>Commonwealth Games<\/strong> (27 July-7 August),<strong> European Championships<\/strong> (11-21 August), <strong>Asian Games<\/strong> (10-25 September) and <strong>Pan-Pacific Championships<\/strong> to be held in an unidentified host city in Canada with the date to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Hosszu said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt is tough to say. It is such a weird time: nothing is great obviously. If you think about it: having it before the Olympics is not really great, having it right after the Olympics is not really great. Having it in 2022 it\u2019s hitting Europeans so there is always some kind of issue.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As of today, the European Championships will still be held in Hosszu\u2019s hometown of Budapest from 17-30 August although it is hard to imagine that such a gathering and movement of people would be in any way encouraged.<\/p>\n<p>Hosszu pondered the possibility but returned to the fact we are in the realm of the unknown where planning is impossible.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLet\u2019s say if we could have Europeans this summer in August \u2013 if we could have a big Europeans &#8211; I don\u2019t know, maybe if things are going to go back to normal soon then it could happen. Obviously we don\u2019t know yet.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_270062\" style=\"width: 357px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-270062\" data-attachment-id=\"270062\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/top-five-swim-meets-to-watch-in-2020\/katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs-e1510374925473.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;11\/10\/17 &#038; 12\/14\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nkatinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-270062\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"katinka-hosszu-hun-4-2017-world-champs\" width=\"347\" height=\"248\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-270062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katinka Hosszu: Photo Courtesy: SIPA USA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHaving world champs in 2022 we could have both Europeans and World Championships the same way we would have had Europeans and Olympics this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI guess everyone will have to figure out the best way but I feel that if the Olympics and worlds are the same year I don\u2019t know how well the swimmers could prepare for two big events in one year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Triple Olympic champion Katinka Hosszu has given her backing to the World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, being moved back a year to 2022. 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