The International Swimming Federation
has announced on Tuesday that the 21st FINA World Championships Doha 2024 will
take place from 2-18 February 2024 in Doha, Qatar, following a decision by FINA
and the Doha 2024 Local Organizing Committee.
The federation has said in a
statement that this decision came to allow plenty of time for athletes to
prepare before they compete in the Paris Olympics scheduled for the same year.
The 21st FINA World Championships
Doha 2024 were originally scheduled for the summer of 2023. However, due to the
rescheduling of the 20th FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, to the
summer of 2023 required a change in the Doha event dates.
Doha will be hosting FINA’s flagship
event for the very first time after successfully hosting multiple FINA events
over recent years, including the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m)
2014, nine editions of the FINA Swimming World Cup, four FINA Marathon Swim
World Series events and a FINA Diving World Series event in 2009.
With 76 medal events taking place
across the six FINA disciplines of swimming, artistic swimming, open water
swimming, diving, high diving and water polo, Doha will provide an ideal
setting for the world’s best aquatics competition. It will also serve as a stop
on the road to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, providing qualification
opportunities for the swimming, artistic swimming, open water swimming, diving,
and water polo disciplines.
“At FINA, we are committed to giving
athletes additional opportunities to compete on the championship stage. Today’s
announcement is a testament to this. We are extremely fortunate to have an
event host in Doha that shares our passion for aquatics with the willingness and
flexibility to organise this prestigious event to the benefit of aquatics
athletes everywhere,” said FINA President Husain Al-Musallam. “The city’s
world-class facilities will ensure that the athletes can perform at the highest
level, inspiring the next generation of aquatics fans.”
Swimming, artistic swimming and water
polo will take place in the Aspire Dome, with the venue transforming from the
world’s largest indoor multi-sport arena into the world’s largest indoor
aquatics venue. With sustainability and accessibility at the heart of the
event, the diving competitions will be at the Hamad Aquatic Centre, an indoor
venue 200m from Aspire Dome, with the high diving and open water swimming
competitions set to take place in the nearby Museum of Islamic Art.
FINA will soon announce revised dates
for the FINA World Masters Championships 2024 in Doha.
Source and cover image credit: FINA
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