Hungary's Hosszu challenges sport body FINA over new rules


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 21 Jun 2017

Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu flips her hair at a training session in Budapest, Hungary July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File photo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, a triple Olympic champion at the Rio games last year and a perennial force on professional circuits, called on fellow swimmers on Wednesday to demand a bigger share from the sport's proceeds.

Hosszu, whose home city of Budapest hosts the World Aquatics Championship next month, spoke up after the international swimming body FINA recently introduced new restrictions to the annual World Cup pro series.

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