6 Polish swimmers have actually been required to leave the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after a management mistake led to the nation having way too many rivals.
Jan Holub, Aleksandra Polanska, Dominika Kossakowska, Alicja Tchorz, Bartosz Piszczorowicz as well as Mateusz Chowaniec were all component of Poland” s 23-member swimming group.
They had actually currently shown up in Japan when the National Olympic Board revealed on Saturday that the Polish Swimming Federation (PZP) had actually chosen way too many professional athletes to contend, as well as the team required to be lowered to 17 participants, based upon the globe regulating body FINA’s certifying policies.
Several of the swimmers likewise stopped working to satisfy the essential qualification to join the Gamings.
In order to be securely confessed to the Olympics, swimmers need to damage the supposed “A common”, or should get an unique verification from the Globe Federation.
The swimmers, that went back to Poland on Sunday, have actually intimidated lawsuit as well as contacted the PZP head of state to surrender.
In an open letter, 22 of the 23 participants of the swimming team stated the federation’s head Pawel Slominski had actually shown “inexperience”.
Among the 6 swimmers that has actually gone back to Poland stated on Facebook that the federation had actually “misinterpreted the policies”.
” Picture devoting 5 years of your life as well as pursuing an additional beginning at one of the most essential showing off occasion, surrendering your exclusive life as well as job, compromising your family members as well as your devotion leads to a complete flop,” stated Tchorz, that had actually completed in the 2012 as well as 2016 Olympics.
Chowaniec, an additional of those sent out house, added Instagram: “I’m deeply stunned by what took place. This is a silly scenario for me that ought to never ever have actually taken place. I want to awaken from this headache ultimately.”
In a declaration, Slominski recognized the error as well as apologised for the management mistake.
” I reveal wonderful remorse, unhappiness, as well as anger concerning the scenario pertaining to the certification of our swimmers for the Olympic Gamings in Tokyo,” he stated.
” Such a circumstance must not occur, as well as the response of the swimmers, their feelings, the assault on the Polish Swimming Federation is easy to understand to me as well as warranted.”
Poland’s sporting activities preacher Piotr Glinski has actually required information from the federation on exactly how the mistake took place.
