CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Swimming Australia has canceled its last warmup meet before the London Olympics after a water polo coach and two players who train at the venue were diagnosed with whooping cough.
Swimming Australia said it called off the meet at the Australian Institute of Sport, due to start Friday, as a precaution after the women’s water polo team was placed in isolation in Canberra. Olympic swimmers have been advised to continue training in their home cities until leaving to fine-tune in Europe.
Swimming Australia head coach Leigh Nugent said he’d spoken with AIS officials and, “while we are comfortable with the procedures they have put in place, we have decided to take this precaution.”
The Australian squad will gather at Manchester on July 14.
