US EditionWorld Aquatics Championships race at Sentosa postponed as water quality levels exceed 'acceptable thresholds'
SENTOSA, SINGAPORE, JUL 14 – Water quality tests on July 13 showed levels exceeding acceptable limits, prompting a postponement to protect athlete safety at the World Aquatics Championships.
- On July 15, World Aquatics postponed the women's 10km open water race at Sentosa, citing water quality concerns, hours before its scheduled 8am start.
- World Aquatics said analysis of Jul 13 samples surpassed its acceptable water quality levels, despite recent tests meeting standards.
- Sixty-Nine athletes had been expected to compete, and the women's race will move to July 16 alongside the men's 10km event, featuring Singapore Olympian Chantal Liew and Kate Ona.
- World Aquatics and the Singapore 2025 Organising Committee will assess whether remaining events can proceed safely, citing it was in the 'utmost interest of athlete safety'.
- Other open water events are scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and the pool competition opens on July 27 with eight days of races.
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The World Cup’s open water swimming in Singapore was postponed again because “water quality levels exceed acceptable thresholds,” World Aquatics said in a statement.
There is no peace for the fundamental swimming, which relives the problems faced at the Paris Games with the Seine. Among the reasons the high temperatures but also an abusive discharge. Waiting for Gregorio Paltrinieri
Open water swimming at World Aquatics Championships postponed again due to poor water quality
Open water swimming at the World Championships in Singapore has been postponed again because of 'water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds,' the governing body World Aquatics said in a statement Tuesday.
In the middle of Singapore's night, the World Swimming Federation cancels the women's open-water race planned for the morning. The trouble is great and causes a new kind of discussion that was already taking place at the Olympic Games in Paris.
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