Olympics-Artistic swimming qualifier to be held outside Japan in June

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An Olympic artistic swimming qualifier scheduled for Tokyo in May will now be held outside Japan in June at a location to be decided, world body ...

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An Olympic artistic swimming qualifier scheduled for Tokyo in May will now be held outside Japan in June at a location to be decided, world body FINA said on Tuesday.

FILE PHOTO: XVIII Pan American Games - Lima 2019 - Artistic Swimming - Aquatic Center, Lima, Peru - July 31, 2019 - Team Peru in action during the Team Free Routine Finals. REUTERS/Pilar OlivaresREUTERS: An Olympic artistic swimming qualifier scheduled for Tokyo in May will now be held outside Japan in June at a location to be decided, world body FINA said on Tuesday.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted preparations for the start of the 2020 Summer Games, already postponed by a year, in July.FINA said in a statement that the changes were due in part to"challenges related to the international calendar and the necessary adaptation of the venue to the Olympic Games’ operations in mid-May".A marathon swimming qualifier that was scheduled for Fukuoka in late May has already been moved to Setubal, in Portugal, in June.

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