A promising young swimmer who had travelled from Dubai for a Welsh swimming competition was left "absolutely gutted" after it was cancelled on the day of the event. Cian George, 16, had spent a day travelling from Dubai with his father Alex to compete in the Swim Wales National Championships.
The event was originally due to be held at the Wales International Pool in Swansea but had been changed to Cardiff International Pool after "unforeseen issues" with a mechanical fault. But after Cian and other competitors had arrived at the pool Swim Wales announced that they had been "forced to postpone the meet" due to a mechanical fault at the Cardiff Pool.
"We were absolutely gutted," Alex said. "The swimmers clearly had trained but they [also] have to go through 'tapering' in the run-up to a competition where the training becomes very focused for the days they're swimming. His diet changed for the last three weeks to build for the competition. He's done five weeks of tapering for nothing."
