Swimming World Cup in Singapore: Water too dirty: further races moved at swimming World Cup

Due to poor water quality, further open water races at the swimming World Cup in Singapore have been postponed. As the world association World Aquatics informed the teams, there is still a chance to carry out the competitions on the Palawan Beach at a later time on Wednesday. The water quality is currently not acceptable, but there should be further test results in the early Wednesday morning local time. Then the situation is re -evaluated.

The 10-kilometer races of the men with the two German medal candidates Florian Wellbrock and Oliver Klemet and the competition of women over the same distance are actually affected for 1:30 a.m.

The two German starters Lea Boy and Jeannette Spiwoks have to wait for the second time. Her race should have already taken place on Tuesday, but was then postponed to 4.15 a.m. CEST (10.15 a.m. local time) on Wednesday. That doesn’t work either. The new plan provides for men to start the men at 7:00 a.m. CEST (1 p.m. local time) and the women at 10 a.m. CEST (4:00 p.m. local time).

There were also problems with dirty water at the Olympics

Limit values for water quality should ensure the health of the athletes. “If the water quality is not right, there cannot be a race,” Christian Hansmann, board member of competitive sports, was quoted by the association magazine of the German Swimming Association after the first shift. “When swimming open water, a start always depends on the external circumstances. We are used to such shifts from the Olympic Games in Paris last year and know how to deal with it.”

During the summer games there had always been discussions about the cleanliness of the water in the Seine. Swimming and triathlon training had been canceled. In the case of triathletes, the water quality also affected the competition plan.