Fina - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Fina at Lokmat Times

Nine of the injured are foreign athletes comprising four from the US, two from New Zealand, one from the Netherlands, an Italian and a Brazilian, although none of them received any serious injuries in the incident in Gwangju city, fire officials said.While the two killed were identified as South Koreans, most of the victims received minor injuries, except for 17 who suffered major ones,"This is an awful tragedy... Our hearts go out to the victims of the crash and their families," US Water Polo head, Christopher Ramsey said.The internal balcony, situated at a height of 2.5 meters (8 feet) from the main dance floor, collapsed at around 2.30 a.m. It was occupied by around 100 people at the time, Efe news reported.Six of the injured foreign athletes were women, and all except the Brazilian are water polo players. Among the other non-athlete foreigners in the injured list are two Uzbek men.Primary investigations suggest that the collapse occurred due to the structure bearing too much weight.New Zealand men's water polo captain Matt Small said, "We were just dancing and then the next minute we dropped five or six metres and everyone started rushing out of the club after that."It was "business as usual and then it literally collapsed beneath our feet", he added."All Australian players are safe and escaped without injury," the BBC quoted a statement from Water Polo Australia as saying.Gwangju, located some 330 km from Seoul, is currently hosting the FINA World Championships 2019, which kicked off on July 12 and are set to conclude on Sunday."FINA deeply regrets the situation and sends its best wishes to any victims of this accident," a statement from the world swimming body said.Authorities said the club had been renovated recently without official authorization and investigation is underway.( With inputs from IANS )

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Heatwave In India

Mumbai Water Cut

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election

IPL 2024

FinaFOLLOW

Fina, Latest News

Other Sports :Nataraj betters Olympic qualification time in men's 100m backstroke

Rome, June 27 India's Srihari Nataraj on Sunday shattered the Tokyo Olympic games qualification time in the men's ... ...

Other Sports :Indian swimmers cleared for Olympic qualifying events in Serbia, Rome

A 3-member Indian swimming team, including Olympic-hopeful Srihari Nataraj, will leave for Serbia later today to compete in the Belgrade Trophy 2021, a FINA-accredited Olympic Qualifying event, scheduled for June 19 and 20, 2021. ...

Other Sports :Olympic champ Sun Yang accuses nurse of illegal blood collection

China's Olympic champion swimmer Sun Yang has accused a nurse involved in his anti-doping case of not having the correct credentials and therefore collecting his blood illegally. ...

Other Sports :Sun Yang says he is innocent as CAS hearing ends

Three-time Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang said he is innocent at a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) public hearing. ...

International :S.Korea nightclub wall collapse: 2 killed, many injured

Two persons were killed and dozens injured, including athletes participating in the ongoing World Aquatic Championships, following a wall collapse at a popular South Korean nightclub on Saturday, officials said. ...