{"id":429052,"date":"2020-04-27T09:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=429052"},"modified":"2020-04-27T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T16:12:46","slug":"the-week-that-was-dean-boxall-hopes-for-a-return-to-pool-by-may-for-olympic-hopefuls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-dean-boxall-hopes-for-a-return-to-pool-by-may-for-olympic-hopefuls\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Dean Boxall Hopes For a Return to Pool by May For Olympic Hopefuls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

As the coronavirus pandemic continues and leaves everyone stranded in their own homes, many coaches and athletes are starting to question when it will be safe to return to normal training. With the Olympics set for July 2021, Australian coach\u00a0Dean Boxall\u00a0<\/strong>believes that time should be soon, and if it is not, then elite swimmers should be given access to safe training environments.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Chinese National Team has been training, but had to send world record holder and reigning 200 free Olympic champ Sun Yang\u00a0<\/strong>home from the camp. Sun is currently serving an eight-year suspension and is ineligible under the rules of his suspension.<\/p>\n

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