"The Hungarian Swimming Federation has submitted a bid to FINA, the international swimming authority, to host the 2015 world swimming championships.The Hungarian federation hosted the European swimming championships in 2006 and 2010, the European short-course tournament in 2007 in Debrecen and the European youths championships in 2005.
The cabinet would support the idea of hosting the world swimming championships in 2017 rather than 2015, Swimming Association general secretary Jozsef Ruza said Wednesday.
He said state secretary for sports Attila Czene indicated in a letter to the Association that hosting the 2017 tournament would be more appropriate under the financial circumstances. "
Source: Hungary Around the Clock.
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09.09.2010