The European swimming federation has released preliminary info for the recently-rescheduled 2016 Junior Open Water European Championships.
The European federation rescheduled its Junior Open Water Championships (and selected a new host city) to avoid a conflict with the Junior Open Water World Championships, which also saw a change of date and venue earlier this year.
The Junior World Open Water Championships moved from Mexico to Hoorn, Netherlands when it was revealed that Mexico wouldn’t be hosting a number of major international meets this year.
That event date moved to mid-July, creating a conflict with the European meet, which was set to take place in Dunkirk, France. The European federation then moved its meet to Piombino, Italy in early September.
You can check out the full document of early info on the Piombino meet here. It’s mostly promotional material for the city itself – a small town of 34,000 people in the northern part if Italy, near Pisa – but it does show the official racing course for the Junior European Open Water Championships event.
Swimmers will race out and around a small peninsula, which should allow great visibility to anyone watching the race from the outcropping of land.
The city has previously hosted a number of events, including the European Open Water Championships in 2012.