South Korea to bid for swimming championships 26/07/2010 |
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South Korea will bid to host the 2013 Swimming World Championships in place of Dubai following a request from world governing body FINA.
Dubai was awarded the championships last year after beating off competition from Hamburg and Moscow but was forced to pull out in May after the emirate was badly hit by the global economic downturn.
"We decided to bid for the 2013 World Championships at the request of the international swimming body FINA," said the Korea Swimming Federation.
If South Korea's bid is successful, it would mean back-to-back versions of the championships in East Asia after Shanghai stages the event next year.
Dubai will still host the world short course championships, which are contested in a 25m rather than 50m pool, in December this year.
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