FILE PHOTO - FINA Executive Director Cornel Marculescu speaks during the FINA Swimming World Cup 2012 news conference in Doha October 5, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The international swimming governing body FINA will not revert to 'synchronised swimming' after the name of the sport was changed to 'artistic swimming' last week, FINA executive chairman Cornel Marculescu told Reuters on Wednesday.
FINA's Congress - which also elected top officials including a new term for 81-year-old Chairman Julio Maglione - voted to change the name to attract a wider audience to a sport that has expanded recently, including having male competitors.
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