BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Julio Maglione, president of swimming's world governing body FINA, was re-elected for a third term on Saturday following a bitter campaign which threatened to overshadow the start of the world championships. A FINA congress vote in the Hungarian capital on the eve of the swimming competition saw the 81-year-old Maglione win another four-year term after facing heated opposition from Paolo Barelli, an Italian senator and president of the European Swimming Federation (LEN). “I’m feeling very well and I respect the decision of FINA assembly,” said Maglione. At its congress during the last world championships in Kazan, Russia, two years ago, FINA removed age and term limits for senior bureau officials, allowing Maglione to run for a third term. One FINA member said Barelli had entered on a "suicide mission" in running against Maglione.

Source: The Star July 22, 2017 16:07 UTC