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South Korea are to bid to host the 2013 swimming world championships in place of Dubai following a request from world governing body FINA, the Korea Swimming Federation (KSF) said.
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," KSF Lee Ki-heung told the Yonhap news agency.
The event, which also includes the other aquatic sports of diving, synchronised swimming, open water swimming and water polo, takes place every two years.
If South Korea's bid is successful, it would mean back-to-back versions of the championships in East Asia after Shanghai hosts the event next year.
Dubai will still host the world short course championships, which are contested in a 25m rather than 50m swimming pool, in December this year.
(Writing by Nick Mulvenney in Beijing; Editing by John O'Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
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