{"id":450843,"date":"2020-10-26T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=450843"},"modified":"2020-10-26T11:23:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:23:36","slug":"the-week-that-was-michigan-state-to-cut-swimming-william-mary-reinstates-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-michigan-state-to-cut-swimming-william-mary-reinstates-women\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Michigan State to Cut Swimming; William & Mary Reinstates Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Michigan State University became the eighth Division I school this year to cut swimming and diving as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to negatively affect collegiate swimming and diving. William & Mary is bringing back its women’s team, but it is not sitting well with those athletes<\/a>, who will still not have a men’s team next season.<\/p>\n

In lighter news, the Tokyo Olympic Aquatic Center was christened this past weekend by Japan’s own\u00a0Rikako Ikee<\/strong>, on the comeback trail after a year-long battle with leukemia.<\/p>\n

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