altSHANGHAI in China and Doha in Qatar have entered the race to host the 2011 World Championships, the last big swimming event before the 2012 Olympic Games in London, FINA announced today.

 

FINA announced that the two bidding cities were part of a group of seven potential hosts, including an unnamed city from Japan, Seoul in Korea, Durban in South Africa, Madrid in Spain and San Francisco in the United States.

 

The host of the 14th FINA World Championships 2011 will be decided and announced by the FINA Bureau on March 24 at the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne.

 

After Australia and before 2011, the 13th FINA World Championships will be held in Rome, from July 19-August 2, 2009.