(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 2 - Officials on Friday postponed this
weekend's scheduled start to the Italian water polo season after
a number of players tested positive for the coronavirus.
"We have decided to put off the start of the season for both
men's and women's competitions due to positive tests and
quarantines," said the president of the Italian swimming
federation, Paolo Barelli.
Three of Saturday's Serie A water polo games had already been
postponed until further notice after three positive cases of
COVID-19 were detected.
The matches were San Donato Metanopoli-Telimar Palermo, AN
Brescia-Roma, and Posillipo-Iren Genova Quinto.
The players who tested positive are Francesco Lo Cascio of
Telimar and Marco Del Lungo and Edoardo Di Somma of AN Brescia.
Saturday was to have been the first day of play in the
COVID-delayed season. (ANSA).
COVID: Start to water polo season put off
After several players test positive for virus