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London named as replacement host for 2019 World Para-Swimming Championships

The UK capital of London has been named as the new host of the 2019 World Para-Swimming Championships.

The event has been without a host since January, when World Para-Swimming stripped Kuching, Malaysia of its hosting rights over the country’s refusal to grant visas to Israeli athletes. The city, on the island of Borneo, would have been the first-ever Asian host of the World Para Swimming Championships.

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