Olympics-Organisers hail diving World Cup after anti-COVID measures


  • Diving
  • Friday, 07 May 2021

Diving - FINA Diving World Cup 2021 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics Aquatics Test Event - Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Tokyo, Japan - May 6, 2021 Britain's Daniel Goodfellow in action during the men's 3m springboard final REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

TOKYO (Reuters) - Organisers of the diving World Cup in Tokyo hailed on Friday the "successful" staging of the event after implementing strict COVID-19 countermeasures for the more than 400 participants.

In what was seen as a dress rehearsal for bringing in international athletes for the Olympics during the pandemic, the diving World Cup, held May 1-6 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre, doubled as a test event for the upcoming Summer Games.

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