The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor
Orbán and FINA President Husain Al-Musallam today announced an agreement for
Hungary’s capital city to hold a FINA World Championships from 18 June – 3 July
2022.
The agreement ensures athletes have a
global aquatics championship to target in the summer of 2022. The agreement was
reached after approval from the FINA Bureau today.
FINA and key stakeholders of the
Fukuoka 2022 Organising Committee jointly agreed last week to move the FINA
World Championships from 13-29 May 2022 to 14-30 July 2023 due to the current
health impacts of the Omicron COVID-19 variant and the pandemic measures
currently in place in Japan.
“As an aquatics community, we are
finding solutions around the pandemic and today’s announcement is an important
step in this process,” FINA President Husain Al-Musallam said. “We know we need
to be imaginative in our approach in navigating through the current health
crisis for our athletes. Today’s agreement is a testament to this work. FINA
also recognises that the pandemic is evolving differently according to time and
place. We are extremely fortunate to have event hosts that share our passion
for aquatics and have the willingness, capability and flexibility to organise
FINA’s most prestigious event. We are deeply grateful to all our hosts and know
that aquatics athletes feel the same way.”
“With four FINA World Championships
and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games over the next four years, we are maximising
the racing opportunities and earnings potential for established and emerging
aquatics athletes alike,” FINA President Al-Musallam added.
A regular stop for FINA Swimming
World Cup, FINA Water Polo World League and FINA World Series events, Budapest
previously hosted the FINA World Championships in 2017. That event saw 12 world
records set in the pool during an event that drew record-breaking numbers of
spectators and television viewers.
This FINA World Championships is set
to feature five FINA aquatics disciples: swimming, diving, water polo, artistic
swimming and open water swimming. FINA will continue to work towards similar
event programming for high dive athletes and masters competitors.
FINA continues to consult athletes
and stakeholders on the schedule for the FINA World Championships in Doha,
Qatar and more information will follow as soon as possible.
FINA
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