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Gwangju picked to host 2019 swimming championships
July 19, 2013
The South Korean metropolitan city of Gwangju was selected on Friday as the host of the 2019 world swimming championships.In Barcelona, Spain, the international governing body of swimming, known as FINA, announced Gwangju as the host of the event, which was formally called the FINA World Aquatics Championships. The decision was reached without an election during the FINA Bureau Meeting in Barcelona, the host of the 2013 world championships this month.Budapest, Hungary, which was in the bidding f