More than four years after the death of Fran Crippen, swimming’s international governing body has scheduled an open water race in the United Arab Emirates.
The United States is not happy about that decision.
USA Swimming says it will boycott the March 13 event in Abu Dhabi, calling it a mistake to return to a country where Crippen died during an open water race in October 2010. An autopsy found the 26-year-old died from drowning and heat exhaustion, though it didn’t exclude other factors. No one noticed initially when Crippen disappeared; his body wasn’t found until two hours later.
FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu tells The Associated Press a test event will be held in February and it’s unfair to bar the Middle Eastern country from ever hosting another event.
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