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New York – The International Swimming League is making some adjustments before its season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The 10 teams, joining the new additions of Tokyo and Toronto, will work out and compete in Budapest, Hungary, from October 16 to November 22. The final, which is likely to take place in Tokyo, will take place at the end of December.
The one-site education and festival program is a concession to COVID-19. Last year, the league held its games in the United States and Europe, but it is still known which coronavirus protocols will be in place.
The Tokyo Olympics were postponed next year and COVID-19-related uncertainty has affected the charts. The ISL competes in shorts, while the Olympic Games swim on long runs.
Among the big names missing from recent charts are Americans Katie Ledecky, Nathan Adrian, Kathleen Baker and Simone Manuel, Penny Oleksiak of Canada, Gregory Paltrinieri of Italy, Ippei Watanabe of Japan, Anton Chupkov of Russia and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary.
The new Tokyo Frog Kings, led by retired Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima, come with Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Hagino and Yui Ohashi. The Toronto Titans’ developing list comes with Canadians Kylie Masse and Kelsey Wog.
Energy Standard, based in Paris, won last year’s inaugural season championship in Las Vegas, where two world records were set. Sarah Sjostrom of Sweden won the Season’s Most Valuable Player award.
The ISL previously announced its solidarity program, which will provide a minimum of $1,500 per month to more than three hundred athletes from this month through June 2021.
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