London to host World Para-Swimming Championships

[NANO]

London will host the rearranged 2019 World Para-Swimming Championships, it has been announced.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided to strip the original hosts, Malaysia, of the right to host the event citing concerns over the safety of Israeli athletes. The event will now take place between 9 and 15 September at the London Aquatics Centre, which hosted swimming events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. IPC president Andrew Parsons said he was "delighted" to announce London as the host city. "The London Aquatics Centre brings back many fantastic memories of the 2012 Paralympic Games and I am sure athletes will be greatly excited to return to such an iconic venue," he added.Malaysian golfer Arie Irawan dies aged 28 in his hotel room during the Sanya Championship on the Chinese resort island of Hainan.Researchers from the University of Nottingham first spotted the tree in a Malaysian rainforest last August.