Maglione wins third term as FINA president after bitter campaign

Julio Cesar Maglione, President of the International Swimming Federation FINA addresses a news conference at the European Swimming Championships in Budapest August 4, 2010. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Julio Maglione, president of swimming's world governing body FINA, was re-elected for a third term on Saturday following a bitter campaign which threatened to overshadow the start of the world championships.

A FINA congress vote in the Hungarian capital on the eve of the swimming competition saw the 81-year-old Maglione win another four-year term after facing heated opposition from Paolo Barelli, an Italian senator and president of the European Swimming Federation (LEN).