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The FINA Swimming World Youth Championships will begin next Wednesday (August 23) in Indianapolis, USA, and only female athletes aged 15-18 and men aged 14-17 will be eligible. 630 athletes from 90 member associations will participate in the eight-day event, including China's Cao Zihao, Deng Ziqi, Shen Jiahao, Zhang Ruixuan, Zheng Xiaojing, Yang Yifan, Ye Huiyan, Yin Quanxin and Yu Ziqin.
Olympic champions Missy Franklin, Simone Manuel, Cullen Jones and World Championship champions Madisyn Cox and Jordan Wilimovsky will be here to cheer on the young players and take part in the following live signature events (local time):
Aug. 23 (4:30 p.m.) Simone Manuel & Madisyn Cox;
8い24日(16:30) Cullen Jones & Simone Manuel & Jordan Wilimovsky;
August 25 (4:30 p.m. ) Missy Franklin;
August 26 (4:30 p.m. Missy Franklin)
The daily preliminaries start at 9:30 a.m. local time, and the semi-finals and finals start at 6:00 p.m. local time, and will be broadcast live on the FINA Youtube channel.
The tournament began in Rio 2006 and was held in Singapore last year. Many famous athletes have made their mark since then: American Olympic medalists Ryan Murphy, Simone Manuel, Chase Kalisz, Josh Prenot and Kathleen Baker.
The U.S. team will send 42 new stars to compete. At present, the schedule and athlete application status can already be viewed in the FINA App!