ST. PETERSBURG, June 4. /TASS/. The international governing body of the swimming sports, World Aquatics, has offered the Russian Aquatic Sports Federation (RASF) to host the World and European championships, RASF Chairman Dmitry Mazepin said on Thursday.
"I have a proposal already on the table regarding the organization of the European and World Championships [in Russia]," Mazepin said speaking at the ‘In the Lead up to the 2028 Olympics’ panel conference held within the framework of the 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
"They [World Aquatics] insist that [the Russian city of] Kazan cannot serve as the venue anymore while Moscow has no suitable offers regarding venues at the moment," Mazepin stated.
In response to Mazepin’s statement Russian Sports Minister and President of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Mikhail Degtyarev replied that the aforementioned championships could be hosted in the future at the aquatics center in the Russian Urals city of Yekaterinburg.
"The [Russian] Sports Ministry highly recommends to the Russian Aquatic Sports Federation to view the city of Yekaterinburg as a venue for the World and European championships, where luxury swimming pools have been built for the Universiade, which was later cancelled," Degtyarev stated.
