Singapore World Cup finals cancelled because of haze


  • Swimming
  • Saturday, 03 Oct 2015

FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu speaks during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 news conference in Doha October 5, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The Singapore Swimming Association considered legal action on Saturday after thick smog caused by forest fires in Indonesia led to the cancellation of the first night of finals at swimming' s World Cup series.

Concerned about the potential health dangers to competitors, swimming' s world governing body FINA decided to cancel Saturday's finals, even though pollution readings were still just below the levels they had set as the benchmark for continuing.

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