Postponement has been decided for the World Masters Games 2021 Kansai.
The new dates are being arranged.
Please note that the followings are the information before the postponement was confirmed.

Artistic swimming involves performing various movements to music in a pool. Performances are judged based on execution, synchronicity, composition, artistic quality and expression. Players are given points and ranked according to synchronicity, level of difficulty, technique and performance composition, among other aspects.

[Schedule]
　Saturday, 28th May - Sunday, 29th May 2022

[Venue]
　Amagasaki Sports Forest ＜Amagasaki City, Hyogo＞

(1) Event, Gender, Age Categories
(General Category)

	Event	Gender	Age Categories
Free Routine	Solo	Men	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
		Women	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
	Duet	Men	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
		Women	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
		Mixed	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
	Team	Men	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
		Women	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
		Mixed	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+

(Category of Athletes with Impairments)

	Event		Gender	Age Categories
Free Routine	Solo (para-sport)	13 categories in the following (2) Impairments Category	Men	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+
			Women	25+, 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+, 80+

* The age category entered in Solo must be either the actual age category or an older age category.
* The average age of the swimmers who will actually perform in the Duet event and Team event shall apply to the age category (as of 31st December 2022. The decimal point in the calculation results is rounded down).

(2) Impairments category * Only applicable to Solo (paralyzed)

Impairments category		Category number
Physical impairments	Upper limb impairments (separation, amputation, impairment beyond the shoulder joint)	1
	Lower limb impairments (separation, amputation, impairment beyond the hip joint)	2
	Upper and lower limb impairments (impairments in 3 or more limbs or one upper limb or one lower limb)	3
	Trunk impairment (such as tortoise shell caused by caries)	4
	Use of wheelchairs other than cerebral palsy (lower limb impairment)	5
	Use of wheelchairs other than cerebral palsy (both upper and lower limb other than cerebral palsy)	6
	Physical impairments due to cerebral palsy (walkable)	7
	Physical impairments due to cerebral palsy (use of a wheelchair)	8
Vision Impairment		9
Hearing and speech impairment		10
Intellectual Impairment		11
Internal impairment		12
Mental impairment		13

* Note
1. Trunk impairment refers to spinal disorders other than cerebral palsy. (Such as scoliosis)
2. Cerebral palsy is an impairment of the brain, such as cerebral palsy, cerebrovascular disorder, brain trauma or others.
3. Hearing and speech impairment includes hearing and equilibrium impairment, vocal and speech impairment, and masticatory impairment.

1. Limited to persons with experience.
2. For safety reasons, swimmers with impairments are recommended to participate in the event of the corresponding category. And, swimmers without impairments are not allowed to participate in the category of swimmers with impairments.
3. Participants from Japan with impairments who wish to participate in the competition should register with the Japan Para Artistic Swimming Association before making an application.
4. Overseas participants with impairments who wish to participate in the competition may have to submit a PDF file of one of the following documents (1) to (3) when applying for participation as needed.
　(1) Certificate issued by a public institution
　(2) Doctor's medical certificate
　(3) Participation certificate issued by the organization the overseas athlete belongs to
5. Athletes with impairments can participate only in the general category, they need to contact event organisers to declare their impairments.
6. In the case that athletes with impairments have a helper, they need to inform that at registration. Furthermore, helpers of athletes with impairment need to wear bib distributed by the organiser on competition days.

Age Requirement

Minimum age is 25 (as at 31st December 2022) (born on or before 31st December 1997)

[Date and Time]
　Friday, 27th May 2022, 9:00 - 17:00

[Venue]
　Amagasaki Sports Forest (43 Ogimachi, Amagasaki City, Hyogo 660-0096)