Hungary's PM Orbán Receives FINA Leaders
- 27 May 2013 9:00 AM
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán received Julio Maglione, president of the international swimming federation FINA, and its general director Cornel Marculescu in Parliament on Friday as he promoted Budapest’s bid to host the 2021 World Swimming Championships.
Orbán told his guests that Budapest is willing to host the 2017 junior world swimming championships if it wins the right to host the senior event.
Gwangju in South Korea, Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates and Baku in Azerbaijan are also vying for the right to host the 2021 tournament. The winner will be announced in Barcelona on July 19.
Source: Hungary Around the Clock
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