FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(25M)
To mark the 100 day countdown, FINA
is excited to announce that an Aquatics Festival will now take place in
parallel with the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) from December 16-21,
2021, in Abu Dhabi (UAE), which will feature three additional FINA disciplines
(diving, high diving and open water).
Yas Island will host the FINA World
Swimming Championships (25m) as well as the FINA High Diving Qualifier, the
ultimate leg of the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2021, a brand new Open
Water Swimming Mixed Relay and a FINA Diving Team Exhibition.
The world's best short-course
swimmers will descend on the UAE's capital to compete over a six-day
competition and will be joined by divers, high divers and open water swimmers
bringing Abu Dhabi further into the global spotlight and increasing the number
of elite-level athletes showcasing their talents at the event.
The FINA High Diving event will serve
as the final qualifying event for the 19th FINA World Championships, scheduled
to take place in Fukuoka (JPN) in May 2022.
The FINA Diving Team Exhibition,
meanwhile, will feature a Mixed Team event, with those alternating dives from
3m springboard and 10m platform.
The final leg of the annual circuit
of the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series will see competitors complete a
10km race, while an innovative Mixed Relay event will be staged for the first
time ever. In the Mixed Relay, each team’s four competitors (two male and two
female) will be challenged with completing a 1500m swim for a total of 6km.
With the new competitions added to
what was already an action-packed swimming schedule, the event will represent a
true aquatics celebration right in the heart of Yas Island.
FINA President Captain Husain
Al-Musallam said: “The FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) will close a
wonderful year of swimming, and will now be enhanced with the addition of the
FINA High Diving Qualifier, the FINA Diving Exhibition as well as the FINA/CNSG
Marathon Swim World Series and an innovative Open Water Swim Mixed Relay.
“We are confident this aquatic
festival will prove hugely popular with our athletes, the sports fans and the
wider UAE community.
“With an increased number of
top-class athletes from around the world now set to be involved in this
multi-sport programme, the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) promises to
be the perfect occasion to conclude the sporting year.”
This latest announcement follows
confirmation from the FINA President that the overall prize pool of over US$
2.8 million will be available for the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m),
the biggest awarded at a FINA swimming event. Prize money for individual events
has increased by 50 percent, while any swimmer who sets a new individual world
record will receive US$50,000.
The Prize money breakdown for these
new events includes:
Open Water: 1. $15’000 2. $12’000 3.
$10’500 4. $9’000 5. $7’500 6. $6’000 7. $4’500 8. $3’000
Open Water Mixed Relay Team: 1. $
20’000 2. $16’000 3. $12’000
High Diving: 1. $15’000 2. $12’000 3.
$10’500 4. $9’000 5. $7’500 6. $6’000 7. $4’500 8. $3’000 9. $2000 10. $1000
11. to end $500
Diving Team: 1. $15’000 2. $12’000 3.
$10’500 4. $9’000 5. $7’500 6. $6’000 7. $4’500 8. $3’000
Event Schedule
December 15
Open Water Swim, Mixed Relay 4 x
1,500m
December 16
FINA/ CNSG Marathon Swim World Series
(10km)
Opening Ceremony of the FINA World
Swimming Championships (25m)
December 16 – 21
FINA World Swimming Championships
(25m)
December 19 – 20
FINA Diving Exhibition/ Team event
December 19 – 20
FINA High Diving Qualifier
December 21
Closing Ceremony of the FINA World
Swimming Championships (25m)
Fédération Internationale de Natation
(FINA)
The Fédération Internationale de
Natation, founded in 1908, is the governing body for aquatics worldwide. FINA's
five discipline Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic
Swimming - are all included in the Olympic programme. High Diving made its
first appearance in FINA events at the 2013 FINA World Championships. FINA
counts 209 affiliated National Federations on the five continents and has its
headquarters in Lausanne (SUI).
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