Africa-Press – Eswatini. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has defined the qualification and registration criteria for athletes, with a view to the World Championship dispute, to take place from June 18th to July 3rd, in Budapest, Hungary.
According to the document, the qualification procedure, that body clarifies that it will adopt the approved requirements for the World Cup dispute initially scheduled for next month, in Fukuoka, Japan, whose date has been rescheduled. for July 2023, at the same location.
The sport’s governing body in the world also explained that the “application forms” sent by the federations will be considered for the qualifying competitions, whose submission deadline was last March.
Regarding the achievement of the minimum qualification required by FINA, in men the swimmers must have the marks of 22 seconds and 18 hundredths, in the 50 meters freestyle, (48:77, 100 meters), (1:47.06, 200 meters) , (3:48.15, 400 meters), (7:53.11, 800 meters) and (15:04.64, 1500 meters).
In the 50, 100 and 200 meters backstroke events, minimums of 25:17, 54:03 and 1:58.07 are required, respectively, while in the 50, 100 and 200 meters breaststroke it is mandatory to have a minimum of 27:33 , 59:75 and 2:10.32 and 23:63. In mariposa, in the 50, 100 and 200 meters the marks of 23:63, 51:96 and 1:56.71, while in the 200 and 400 meters styles are required times of 1:59.76 and 4:17.48.
For this competition, the standards were divided as follows: In men’s, five of the 2022 “A” standard times were the 2019 “A” standard times and 12 of the 2022 “A” standard times were 16th place in the World Championship. 2019
Female
In this class, in the freestyle discipline the recommended minimums are: 50m 25:04, 100m 54:25, 200m 1:58.66, 400m 4:10.57, 800m 8:37.90 and 1500m 16:29.57. In the 50, 100 and 200 meters backstroke, the times must be 28:22, 1:00.59 and 2:11.08. In the 50 meters mariposa, 26:32, 100 58:33 and 200 2:25.91, breaststroke, 50m 31:22, 100m 1:07.43 and 200m 2:09.21 and 200 and 400 styles, 2:12.98 and 2:12.98.
In this class, the ten 2022 “A” standard times were the 2019 “A” standard times and seven of the 2022 “A” standard times were 16th place at the 2019 Worlds held in July in Gwangju, Korea southern.
Enrollment
In Águas Abertas, each affiliate can register four athletes, two of them male and the same number of female athletes, and they can also compete individually. In relays, each swimmer must complete a lap of 1.5 kilometers. In Diving, according to the competition regulations, a maximum of two swimmers can be registered per event.
In Artistic, each federation cannot exceed the limit of entries of up to 14 swimmers. In the Water Polo, the competition will be disputed by 16 teams, in both sexes. In this competition, the participation criteria establish the following rules: Four qualified teams from the Tokyo Olympic Games; Two from the previous year’s World League 2020; One from the host country; Nine teams from five continents to be selected from the last Championship or Tournament, according to the following formula: Europe (3), America and Asia (2) and Africa and Oceania (2).
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