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SA Swimming Nationals called off for a second day

───   11:40 Wed, 17 Apr 2013

The SA Swimming Nationals have been called off for a second straight day at the Newton Park Indoor Swimming Centre in Port Elizabeth.

It has been postponed to 6pm tomorrow evening and will no-longer serve as a World Cup qualifer.

EP Swimming officials say the water is still green with a high chlorine content making the pool unsuitable for swimming.

Problems began on Sunday when a water pump burst and South Africa's top swimmers had to swim in a green pool on Monday.

Swimming was called off yesterday, shortly after the warm-ups began.

It is understood that there was a new problem with the water pipe serving as the main feeder into the pool this morning. This resulted in water being cut-off to the toilets at the Newton Park Swimming Pool.

- Algoa FM


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The CEO of Swimming South African, Shaun Adriaanse, says the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been working around the clock to fix the situation.:

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