In South Korea, the World Championships of swimming and
diving are opening this weekend. This
festival of water sport does not come around often enough. The 2019 World Aquatics Championships are the
18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to
28 July 2019.
From now through the 28th of July, those who consider chlorine
their scent of choice, can watch to their hearts content. Here is a rough
schedule of the sports covered:
All sports: Friday, July 12 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
Diving: Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 20, 2019
Artistic Swimming: Friday, July 12 – Saturday, July 20, 2019
Beach water polo: Saturday, July 13 – Friday, July 19, 2019
(non-medal event)
Open water swimming: Saturday, July 13 – Friday, July 19,
2019
Water polo: Sunday, July 14 – Saturday, July 27, 2019
Pool swimming: Sunday, July 21 – Sunday, July 28, 2019
High diving: Monday, July 22 – Wednesday, July 24, 2019
On tap for today are men's one meter dives. Monday features group play in men's water
polo, as well as three meter synchronized diving and mixed synchronized
swimming.
