US EditionWater polo players briefly leave the pool after shots fired near Under-20 World Cup game in Brazil
SALVADOR, BRAZIL, AUG 11 – Shots fired by police during a chase of an alleged thief caused a brief halt in the Under-20 World Cup women's water polo match between China and Canada, with no injuries reported.
- Authorities confirmed on Monday no injuries after gunfire was heard twice outside the Pituba neighborhood during the China-Canada water polo match in Salvador.
- Police said the shots followed a confrontation with an alleged local thief who tried to escape outside the Pituba venue, Marco Antônio Lemos said, and police handled the situation.
- As hosts for the first time, Brazil is staging the 16-team Under-20 World Cup, with China leading Canada 3-2 when gunfire halted play.
- Reacting to the gunfire, players left the pool, lay down, and took cover by a small barrier, pausing the match for about a minute.
- Once play resumed, spectators were told about the incident, and China won the game 12:8.
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Moments of terror were experienced on Sunday afternoon during a game of the newly-initiated U20 Women's Water polo World in Brazil, when the players of the Chinese and Canadian teams had to leave the pool in the middle of the match after shots were heard in the vicinity of the stadium. This was the second game to be played in the Aquatic Arena in the city of Salvador. Chinese women were forced by 3 to 2 when about five minutes of the second quar…
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Water polo players briefly leave the pool after shots fired near Under-20 World Cup game in Brazil
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The women's World Cup sub'20 of waterpolo, which began this Sunday in Brazil, started with a scare in the pool of Salvador, where the second match of the championship was held, the one that faced Canada and China. wf_cms.rss.read_more
An armed confrontation outside the sports grounds in Salvador momentarily stopped the encounter between China and Canada, without causing any injuries.The Brazilian entrance: a shooting interrupted the debut of the Women's Sub 20 Waterpolo World Championship was first published in #BorderPeriodismo.
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