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Poland have sent six swimmers home from the Tokyo Olympics after selecting too many by mistake. A large monument of the Olympic rings is displayed at a port city of Yokohama, suburban Tokyo Photo: Photosport Poland initially picked 23 athletes but had to cut that to 17 based on world governing body FINA s qualifying rules. Polish Swimming Federation (PZP) president Pawel Slominski has apologised and said he understood the anger of those who have returned home. I express great regret, sadness and bitterness about the situation, he said in a statement. Such a situation should not take place, and the reaction of the swimmers, their emotions, the attack on the Polish Swimming Federation is understandable to me and justified. ....
20:24 EDT, 20 July 2021 Poland have suffered the humiliation of having to send six swimmers home after they accidentally selected too many for the Tokyo Olympics. The country s swimming federation had sent 23 swimmers to Japan but the PZP was forced to cut the squad down to 17 based on world governing body FINA s qualifying rules. The group of relay-only swimmers are now threatening legal action and have signed an open letter calling for the Polish Swimming Federation (PZP) board to resign following the embarrassing administrative error. PZP President Pawel Slominski apologised and said he fully understood the anger of the swimmers who returned home over the weekend. ....
Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images This isn t the splash the Polish Swimming Federation wanted to make at the Tokyo Olympics. Poland sent 23 swimmers to compete in the games, but six had to return home after organizers realized that there were too many people on the team; under the qualifying rules for FINA, the international federation for water sports, only 17 swimmers are allowed to participate, The six swimmers who had to leave Tokyo are devastated, and calling on Polish Swimming Federation board members to resign. Alicja Tchorz, who competed in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, wrote on Facebook, Imagine dedicating five years of your life and striving for another start at the most important sporting event, giving up your private life and work, sacrificing your family and your dedication results in a total flop. On Instagram, Mateusz Chowaniec said that he was deeply shocked by what happened. This is an absurd situation for me that should never have happened. In fac ....
Poland swimmers sent home from Olympics after 'embarrassing' mistake q102.ie - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from q102.ie Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.