Swimming Canada is looking for a brand new website for the Olympic and Paralympic trials resulting from an prolonged closure of Montreal’s Olympic pool.
The Olympic Park wrote in a information launch Wednesday that the Montreal Tower would stay closed for 4 to 6 months resulting from a hearth on March 21.
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Swimming Canada mentioned it was knowledgeable of the prolonged closure Wednesday and is engaged on a contingency plan for the trials, which have been set for Might 13 to 19.
Though the fireplace precipitated no accidents, the Olympic Park mentioned there was vital harm to the tower because of the infiltration of smoke and water from firefighters making an attempt to extinguish the fireplace.
Swimming Canada added it would attempt to keep the identical dates whereas preserving the trials within the Montreal space forward of this summer time’s Paris Video games.
The Olympics start on July 26, and the Paralympics comply with on Aug. 28.
Star swimmer Summer time McIntosh of Toronto is one among Canada’s greatest medal hopes on the Olympics.