Olympic champion expects ‘once-in-a-lifetime experience’ when China stages short-course World Aquatics Swimming Championships for third time
Beijing has been chosen as the host city for the 2026 edition of the short-course world swimming championships, it was revealed on Tuesday.
More than 1,000 athletes from over 200 countries and regions will descend on China’s capital for the six-day competition, according to an announcement at the World Aquatics General Congress in Singapore.
The annual championships, held in a 25-metre pool, will take place three years before Beijing hosts the World Aquatics Championships, contested in an Olympic-standard 50m pool.
Next year’s short-course edition adds another significant competition to the list of those held in China. The country will be staging the meet for a third time after doing so previously in Shanghai in 2006 and Hangzhou in 2018.
