Athletes representing 34 countries are scheduled to arrive in Barcelona in a few weeks, all looking for an Olympic spot at the Artistic Swimming Qualification Tournament from June 10-13 or fighting for the best possible ranking at the World Series Super Final.
On the Duet competition for Tokyo,
and before the Spanish rendezvous, 11 countries, Russia, China, Japan, Ukraine,
Spain, Canada, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Egypt, South Africa and Australia already
have earned starting rights at the Games (in which the Duet competition will
comprise 22 pairs).
Fourteen other duets are expected to
participate in Barcelona. The Duets representing Austria, Italy, France, the
United States of America, Greece, all among the Top 16 at the Rio Olympics,
will have to prove themselves once again as they face the Duets from Germany,
Liechtenstein, Netherlands, San Marino, and Hungary, who are all determined to
showcase their improvements and demonstrate that they are also in the mix for
one of the seven qualification spots. The remaining three duets will come from
the qualification of the Teams, also in Barcelona.
Concerning precisely the Team event,
Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Japan, Russia and Ukraine have already secured
their appearance in Tokyo by winning their Continental Championships or with
their finish at the Gwangju 2019 World Championships.
Entries from host Spain, France,
Greece, Italy, Korea, and the United States of America will ensure a thrilling
fight for each other for the three remaining qualification spots for Tokyo.
Great finale for the World Series
While the FINA Artistic Swimming
World Series circuit has been around since 2017, the Super Final leg originated
in 2019. At the Super Final, the first twelve highest-ranked National
Federations in each event (Solo, Duet, Mixed Duet and Teams) are invited to
attend and continue to collect points to determine the winner in each category.
After the first and only Super Final
in Budapest, Hungary in 2019, the 2020 circuit only saw the first leg, in Paris
France, contested, as the world was brought to a halt due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Despite all the challenges in 2021,
USA, Russia and Hungary were been able to successfully organise ASWS meets in
recent months.
For the 2021 Super Final in
Barcelona, all National federations were invited to participate and continue
earning points towards the final ranking and price monies. The only requirement
is the participation in at least two ASWS legs, including the Super Final.
World Series Overall Ranking after
three legs:
Russian Federation
United States of America
Spain
Canada
Hungary
Japan
Austria
Belarus
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Follow along the excitement of world
class Artistic Swimming competition for the qualification for the Tokyo Olympic
Games, as well as the for the final ranking of the 2020 FINA Artistic Swimming
World Series, by streaming on FINA.org. All results will be posted on the FINA
website and be available on the FINA app.
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