DOHA (Qatar): The FINA Swimming World Cup Doha has attracted several international and national sponsors, who have joined the Qatar Swimming Association’s (QSA) sponsoring programme.
The event, which will take place from November 7 to 9, will host the world’s top swimmers at the Hamad Aquatic Centre.
The QSA will organize the FINA Swimming World Cup meet for the eighth consecutive year.
“We are very excited as the FINA World Cup will return to Doha. We thank all the sponsors for their contribution and support,” said Khaleel Al Jabir, QSA President and Organising Committee Chairman.
Doha is the last stop of the FINA Swimming World Cup 2019 series, and will decide the overall winners and final cluster’s champions after three days of exciting races.
Exciting races on the cards
The series started in Tokyo (JPN) while Jinan (CHN) and Singapore (SGP) hosted the next two meets, forming cluster 1. Cluster 2 involved stops in Budapest (HUN) and Berlin (GER).
The stop in Berlin, which was held from October 11 to 13, witnessed Dutchman Arno Kamminga surpassing Russia’s Vladimir Morozov to win the second cluster.
In the women’s events, Australia’s Cate Campbell surpassed Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu to win the cluster, taking an overall lead in the series.