Total-waterpolo-blog-logo-238×48Total-waterpolo-blog-logo-52×48Total-waterpolo-blog-logo-238×48Total-waterpolo-blog-logo-238×48
  • News
  • SUKNO U15 CAMP – MALTA 2023
  • SHOP NOW
  • LIVESCORE
    • LEN Champions League 2022/23
    • Nordic League
      • Nordic league 2022/23
      • Nordic League 2021/22
      • Nordic Women’s League 2022
    • 2023 FINA Men’s Water Polo World Cup
    • Alpe Waterpolo League
    • HaBaWaBa Spain Plus
    • HaBaWaBa Easter U12
    • HaBaWaBa Easter U10
    • Sunčana Kapica
    • AUSTRIA 🇦🇹
      • Bundesliga Women
      • Bundesliga Men
      • Supercup
      • Cup
      • Regionalliga Ost
      • U-21 Women
      • U-19
      • U-17
      • U-15
      • U-13
      • U-12
      • U-11
    • SLOVENIA 🇸🇮
      • Slovenian championship 2022/23
      • Slovenian Cup 2022/23
    • Herceg Novi Masters 2023 “30+”
    • Herceg Novi Masters 2023 “40+”
    • Budva Masters 2023
    • GERMANY
    • FINLAND 🇫🇮
      • Championship
      • U-13
      • U-15
      • U-17
    • AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺
      • Sydney Super League 2.0 Men
      • Sydney Super League 2.0 Women
    • ROMANIA 🇷🇴
      • Superliga Națională – Romanian Water Polo League 2022/23
      • Superliga Națională
    • ICELAND 🇮🇸
      • Winter League Men 2021
      • Winter League Women 2021
    • LITHUANIA 🇱🇹
      • Championships
      • Nordic Junior CH U17
      • Nordic Junior CH U15
    • Total Waterpolo Trophy U-15
    • RWL
      • Premier League 21/22
      • A1 League 21/22
  • National
    • Spain
    • Hungary
    • Italy
    • France
    • Germany
    • Netherlands
  • International
    • Tokyo 2020 Olympic Water Polo
    • World Championships
      • Budapest 2022 Men
      • Budapest 2022 Women
      • FINA World Men’s Junior Championships Prague 2021
      • Gwangju 2019
      • Budapest 2017
    • European Championships
      • Split 2022 – M
      • Split 2022 – W
      • Budapest 2020
      • Barcelona 2018
    • Other
      • World League – Belgrade 2019
      • World Cup – Berlin 2018
      • Junior WC Prague 2021
      • Junior EC Podgorica 2022
      • Montenegro Cup 2022 (U16)
  • LEN Champions League
    • LEN Champions League 2022/23
    • LEN Champions League 2019/2020
    • LEN Champions League 2018/2019
  • Total Player Award
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
✕

FINA creates Coronavirus taskforce

March 10, 2020

All sporting events in the future few months are in question, of course, because of the coronavirus outbreak. According to the unofficial information, published by the website Swimming World Magazine, FINA leaders are debating a suggestion to put a three-month moratorium on all major events under its jurisdiction, including the Olympic water polo qualifications in Rotterdam and Trieste and the World League.

FINA hasn’t confirmed that information, but the International Federation of Aquatic sports took steps to protect athletes’ health and established a COVID-19 taskforce. The group will consider and assess the spread of COVID-19. It will consider the consequences of that spread for FINA events and efforts to safeguard participants both in terms of practical measures and communications.

Today, FINA published an announcement about creating the special commission:

“Since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, FINA has been working hard to make sure our athletes, officials and fans are protected as much as possible,” said FINA President Dr. Julio C. Maglione. “All those who love Aquatics are looking forward to the competitions of Tokyo 2020. FINA is being proactive to secure the Olympic Qualifying System for our disciplines and to ensure our athletes benefit from both sporting opportunity and health protection. FINA’s long-standing focus on health means we can call on many widely-recognised experts in the medical field. We are very grateful for their time and their insights.”

The FINA taskforce will be responsible for:

– Analysing the spread of the virus
– Making a forecast of its impact on FINA events
– Recommending protective measures
– Informing FINA Member Federations on common public health strategies that will minimise spread the risk of individual infection
– Coordinating with the IOC Medical Commission

The FINA taskforce is composed of the following members: Dr. Margo Mountjoy, FINA Bureau Member and Sports Medicine Committee Liaison, Dr. Mohamed Diop, FINA Bureau Membe; Dr. Mario Fernandes, FINA Bureau Member; Prof. Cees-Rein van den Hoogenband, Sports Medicine Committee Chairman, and Prof. David Gerrard, Sports Medicine Committee Vice-Chairman

FINA continues to liaise closely with the IOC, event hosts and public health authorities. FINA encourages all event participants to continue to seek information from these reliable sources. FINA also encourages every care in adopting practical measures to safeguard health and limit the spread of COVID-19

At present, while there may be some impact on events, FINA does not anticipate changes to the overall Olympic Qualifying systems in place for its aquatic disciplines”,emphasized FINA in the end ot the statement

Ivan Curcic
Ivan Curcic

Related posts

Captains and coaches at today's press conference Photo by VK Novi Beograd/Miodrag Todorovic

May 30, 2023

Everyone is ready for start of Final Eight: There are no big favorites and underdogs


Read more

Djordje Lazic Photo by S. Sandic/WPF of Serbia

May 29, 2023

Djordje Lazic: Team spirit is Brescia’s strength; we achieved success, but we don’t want to stop


Read more

Photo by Krsto Vulovic

May 29, 2023

Champions League history: 2012 – year that changed everything


Read more

Featured Projects

Learn More

Learn More

Custom Team Gear

LEARN MORE

Shop Now

Looking for something?

✕
  • Austrian Water Polo Cup 2023
    May 30, 2023
  • 0
    Everyone is ready for start of Final Eight: There are no big favorites and underdogs
    May 30, 2023
  • 0
    Djordje Lazic: Team spirit is Brescia’s strength; we achieved success, but we don’t want to stop
    May 29, 2023
  • 0
    Champions League history: 2012 – year that changed everything
    May 29, 2023
  • 0
    Salerno avoid relegation, Trieste finish fifth
    May 28, 2023
  • Home
  • Water Polo News
  • WearWaterpolo Shop
  • Contact Us
  • Project Superstar – TW Camp
  • BIWPA
  • Custom Team Equipment
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
© 2021 Total Waterpolo. All Rights Reserved.
Total Waterpolo Arena