A brand-new aquatic complex built in the city of Otopeni next to the capital of Bucharest will host three LEN events in the coming years: the junior swimming and diving Europeans in 2022 and the European Short-Course Swimming Championships in 2023.
At its meeting in Rome, the LEN
Bureau gave its unanimous support to the ambitious bid presented by Camelia
Potec, the President of the Romanian Swimming and Modern Pentathlon Federation,
former Olympic champion in swimming. The bid offered to host three LEN events,
the junior European Championships in swimming and diving next year, and the
European Short-Course Swimming Championships in the winter of 2023.
“We are delighted to embrace this bid
and to welcome a new host, especially because Romania has always been a strong
player in European Aquatics” LEN President Paolo Barelli said. “It’s always
great to see when a brand-new aquatic complex is constructed and it’s
encouraging that the federation was immediately ready to announce its
intentions to welcome the LEN Family in this magnificent facility.”
The state-of-the-art complex in
Otopeni can accommodate 3,000 spectators and it features an Olympic size pool
and a diving tower. According to the plans, the LEN Family will be accommodated
in the finest hotels in Bucharest, where further training facilities will also
be available.
“It’s great to receive more good news
from Rome after watching the brilliant swims of our extremely talented young
athlete David Popovici” sports minister Eduard Novak said. “We are very happy
to support this event on behalf of the government and I would like to thank LEN
for the trust to allocate these outstanding championships to Romania. We can
guarantee that these competitions will enjoy successful partnerships at all
levels in our country. Let me also thank the Romanian Swimming Federation and
its President Camelia Potec for her proposal to organise these meets.”
“I’m really thankful for the LEN
Bureau and President Barelli for the support, we will do our best to stage a
series of memorable events in our new complex” Camelia Potec added. “Having
this new venue will definitely lift Romanian aquatics to a new dimension but we
also wanted to share the benefits of the new complex with the LEN Family. I
think these events will also give a boost for the popularity of swimming in
Romania, so it’s a win-win situation both for us and European Aquatics.”
The exact dates of the events shall
be announced later this year.
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