{"id":46432,"date":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?guid=2e5283975c801d0aaf18a9ef20739668"},"modified":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","slug":"kuwaits-al-musallam-sole-candidate-to-claim-fina-top-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/kuwaits-al-musallam-sole-candidate-to-claim-fina-top-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Kuwait&#8217;s Al-Musallam sole candidate to claim FINA top seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P> Kuwait&#8217;s Hussain Al-Musallam looks set to become the new chief of swimming&#8217;s world governing body FINA, after his only challenger pulled out of upcoming elections for the top spot.<\/P><P>The withdrawal of Italy&#8217;s Paolo Barelli, who declared his support for Al-Musallam, the Asian Swimming Federation&#8217;s candidate, means the Kuwaiti sexagenarian is almost certain to claim the FINA top seat, he told KUNA via telephone on Monday.<\/P><P>Ahead of FINA&#8217;s elections next month, Al-Musallam said he was proud to become the first Arab to head swimming&#8217;s governing body, attributing his success to the overwhelming support at home.<\/P><P>The Kuwaiti government has thrown its weight behind Al-Musallam&#8217;s campaign, seeing him as the frontrunner to succeed Julio Maglione. <\/P><P><\/P><P><\/P><P><\/P><P>Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/P><P><\/P><P><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Kuwait&#8217;s Hussain Al-Musallam looks set to become the new chief of swimming&#8217;s world governing body FINA, after his only challenger pulled out of upcoming elections for the top spot.The withdrawal of Italy&#8217;s Paolo Barelli, who declared his support for A&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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