USA Swimming cancels meet, reviews plans with worlds delayed

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Published February 4, 2022 11:03 AM

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — USA Swimming has canceled a meet in Iowa, and it is reviewing its calendar for the rest of 2022 after the world championships were pushed back another year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The TYR Pro Swim Series Des Moines was set for March 2-5 at the MidAmerican Energy Aquatic Center at the Wellmark YMCA, It was to be a qualifying meet for the Phillips 66 International Team Trials in April. But the decision by world governing body FINA to delay the world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, for a second time has thrown the U.S. plans into turmoil.

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