Hungary Replaces Israel as World Junior Open Water Championships Host

With tensions between Israel and Hamas showing no immediate signs of easing up in the next month, for sale Swimming world governing body FINA has decided to move the upcoming world junior open water championships from its original location, medicine the Israeli port city of Eliat to Hungary. 

The town is located at the northern tip of the Red Sea, medicine and with fighting taking place all over the Middle East region.

FINA has proposed Lake Balaton in eastern Hungary as the new site. The meet was scheduled for August 28-30, but FINA announced today that the championship will now run September 5-7.

The first junior world open water championship took place in Welland, Ontario, in 2012.