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17 July 2019Roma wants to host the European Swimming Championships 2022. With a memory signed by Virginia Raggi, the injured Campidoglio "recognizes the importance of the event called 'Grande Europea Aquatics Aquatics Championships2022', European swimming championships" and "shows interest of Roma Capitale to present its candidacy to host the event ".

The role of institutional referent for the sports federations concerned is entrusted to the councilor for sport and great events Daniele Frongia.

Rome is a candidate to host the European Swimming Championships in 2022.

The capital of Italy wants to confirm itself as the protagonist of international sporting events.

We are ready for the challenge to create a sustainable event that brings citizens closer to sport. pic.twitter.com/sqvnGTqUa2

- Virginia Raggi (@virginiaraggi) 17 July 2019


In the document signed by the mayor, Virginia Raggi, it is specified that "at present there are no expenses for the upgrading and restructuring of existing swimming facilities, which may in the case find capacity in the specific programs also provided by the Government in the field of sports facilities" . The event, which will last two weeks and will involve 52 nations and about 1,500 athletes, represents an "opportunity for international aggregation and a tool for promoting tourism, as well as an important economic income for the whole Capitoline area".

La Giunta therefore "recognizes the importance of the event" which "responds to the triple need to bring back to Italy an international event of high sporting merit, to use and enhance existing systems and, above all, to further promote swimming and disciplines water culture ". The Capitol's decision comes exactly ten years after the 2009 World Swimming Championships, hosted in the Foro Italico area transformed for the occasion. In the document, finally, the competent structures are entrusted with the task of making the "appropriate and necessary feasibility checks, reserving the right to evaluate any future economic commitments at a later stage". The role of institutional referent for relations with national and international sports federations interested in the event is entrusted to the Councilor for Sport and Major Events.