Singapore will host the 2025 World Aquatics Championships, World Aquatics announced today. The first event after the Paris Olympics was initially assigned to Kazan, but the exclusion of Russia, due to the war in Ukraine and the uncertainty of whether the sanctions will have been lifted in the meantime, led the international federation to the decision to move the premier aquatics event for Singapore.
The 2025 World Cup will thus become the third in a row to be hosted in Asia, following this summer’s event in Fukuoka, Japan (after two postponements), and the one in Doha, Qatar, in February 2024. however, it is the first time that the top athletes in the six aquatics sports will compete in a Southeast Asian country.
“World Aquatics couldn’t be happier knowing that hosting our flagship event for 2025 is in such good hands” said the president of the international federation, Hussein Al-Musallam. “Singapore has everything we hope to share with our athletes: world-class facilities, proven experience hosting events and a comprehensive approach to athletics, from the elite level to the community. With three consecutive World Championships in Asia, the continent shows an outstanding ability to host the best aquatics athletes from around the world».
Details of the event, including dates, will be announced soon. What is certain is that most of the matches will be hosted at the state-of-the-art “Singapore Sports Hub”, which includes the country’s national stadium, an indoor stadium and the swimming center, with two 50m swimming pools. and diving.
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