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US swimmer Anita Alvarez rescued from World Championship pool after fainting
•Andrea Fuentes leapt in to rescue Team USA's Alvarez, who had sunk to the bottom of the pool and was not breathing after completing her routine during Wednesday night's solo free final
After Tokyo Olympics 2020 postponement, FINA looks for new World Aquatics Championships dates
•The biannual aquatics event was scheduled for Fukuoka, Japan, from 16 July to 1 August, 2021. But on Monday, the Tokyo Games were pushed back a full year by the coronavirus pandemic and moved to the same period
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Summer Games being postponed set to crowd out 2021 sporting calendar
•After weeks of speculation and mounting criticism at the delay in announcing a postponement, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC president Thomas Bach agreed Olympics would be rescheduled for the summer of 2021 at the latest.
FINA World Championships 2019: Sarah Sjostrom sets pace as nightclub deaths overshadow world swim
•Eight swimmers were among the injured after a balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed in the early hours Saturday, sending party-goers plummeting over five metres onto people below.
World Aquatics Championships: American Simone Manuel decimates competitive field to retain 100 metres freestyle title
•Former champion Campbell came into the final as the form swimmer but allowed Manuel to open too much of a lead on the first 50m and left herself with too much to do
World Aquatics Championships: American Caeleb Dressel obliterates Michael Phelps' record to top men's 100 metres semi-final
•Caeleb Dressel turned over half a second inside world record pace before driving home to clock 49.50 seconds in Gwangju, 0.32 quicker than American legend Phelps