Tokyo Organizers to Cancel Water Polo Test Event

Date: 06 April 2021 - 21:18

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympic organizers are expected to cancel a water polo test event scheduled for this weekend, according to a report on Tuesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt preparations less than four months before the start of the Games.
A cancellation would be another blow for organizers just days after they restarted test events, which had been on hold due to the pandemic, for the first time in more than a year.
The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has cancelled Olympic qualifiers including one doubling as a test event this month, meaning two of the first three test events would not be held if the water polo event is scrapped.
The water polo test event will be cancelled because overseas officials are unable to come to Japan amid strict COVID-19 countermeasures, public broadcaster NHK reported.