World champion swimmers coming to Budapest – 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup

Budapest will be hosting the fourth leg of the 2018 FINA Swimming World Cup series from 4th October to 6th October. Since the Hungarian capital city successfully hosted numerous FINA swimming events, it has fair chances of becoming one of the most popular venues of the World Cup, argues Duna Aréna Press.

Dávid Szántó, the head of the organising committee has revealed that thanks to the unforgettable events hosted by Duna Aréna, not just one but seven star-swimmers from the 2017 World Championships will participate at the 2018 World Cup, including Katinka Hosszú, the best swimmer of the Hungarian team.

Hosszú excelled at the 200m and 400m medley numbers at the 2017 FINA World Championships.

Fans are welcome to cheer for the Swedish Sarah Sjöström (1st places at the 50m freestyle, 50 and 100m butterfly-stroke numbers, women), the Russian Júlia Jefimova (1st place at 200m breaststroke, women), the Spanish Mireira Belmonte (1st place at 200m butterfly-stroke, women), the South-African Chad le Clos (1st place at 200m butterfly, men), the British Benjamin Proud (1st place at 50m butterfly, men), and the Russian Anton Chupkov (1st place at 200m breaststroke, men).

The number of events that Hosszú and Sjöström will participate in is yet to be revealed, along with the ones in which they will compete against one another. However, the head coach of the Hungarian swimming club, Dr Csaba Sós, argues that