The pools may open in phase 1 for sports use

The Government has made the conditions more flexible by equating them to those of phase 2, as the Spanish Swimming Federation had claimed.

The Official State Gazette (BOE) pick up a easing of certain national restrictions established after the declaration of the alarm status,

In the case of swimming, swimming pools will be allowed to opening from next Monday:

"The individual sports practice or those practices that can be developed by a maximum of two people in the case of modalities thus practiced, always without physical contact, maintaining the appropriate safety and protection measures, and in any case the safety distance of two meters".

• Individual practice is allowed
• Also those practices that can be developed by a mMaximum of 2 people but without physical contact.
• Act quickly. always keep the safety distance of 2 meters

The Spanish Swimming Federation, demanded that the government open

The Government thus attends to the reclamation made by the Spanish Swimming Federation , who complained that their athletes could not train in phase 1 while in other modalities it was allowed.

His request was supported by more than 110 clubs. Now, the opening of swimming pools is allowed from Monday (for sports use, not recreational) also in phase 1 under the same conditions as in phase 2.

In the event that the pool has training lanes

The text also informs that “When the pool is divided by training lanes, a access and control system that prevents the accumulation of people and that it complies with sanitary security and protection measures".

Capacity at 30% capacity

"In any case, the limit of the thirty percent of capacity for sports use in each pool, both in relation to access and during the practice itself“, points out the Ministry of Health.