FINA seems ready to set a maximum water temperature for open water swims at 31 degrees centigrade(87.8 Farenheit.) www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../35137.asp Further proof that swimmers welfare is not FINAs # 1 priority.
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Maybe it's time the swimmers collectively decided not to participate in events where the water temperature is at an unsafe level. FINA can host all of the events they want in warm water, but if the majority of athletes don't show up, they might have second thoughts about their water temperature rules.
Aside from this making a statement to FINA that their maximum water temperature is unacceptable and dangerous, at the end of the day each of the athletes must take their own health into account when deciding how much risk they are willing to take in order to compete in an OW event.
Maybe it's time the swimmers collectively decided not to participate in events where the water temperature is at an unsafe level. FINA can host all of the events they want in warm water, but if the majority of athletes don't show up, they might have second thoughts about their water temperature rules.
Aside from this making a statement to FINA that their maximum water temperature is unacceptable and dangerous, at the end of the day each of the athletes must take their own health into account when deciding how much risk they are willing to take in order to compete in an OW event.
