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Nonetheless, I feel it is the only way to make the world aware of the current untenable situation we are facing. We cannot continue to silently accept things that are clearly wrong or be bullied any further.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Barelli went on to explain that no European had been in control of FINA since 1984 but that, in recent years, European athletes had won up to 50 percent of the medals awarded at major competitions. He accused FINA&#8217;s non-European leaders (including the Uruguay-native Maglione) of seeking control over both political and economic power.<\/p>\n<p>He accused a FINA Executive, implied to be American\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/30mostswimfluential-dale-neuburger\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dale Neuburger<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0of a conflict of interest<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>because Neuberger is a FINA Bureau member, a FINA executive and also a director of\u00a0FINA commercial partner <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tseconsulting.com\/theteam\/dale-neuburger\/\" target=\"_blank\">TSE Consulting<\/a>. (Neuburger, for his part, has explained to <em>Swimming World <\/em> in the past\u00a0that he is in no way involved with TSE&#8217;s dealings\u00a0with FINA and TSE&#8217;s FINA relationship does not fall under his\u00a0department.)<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Barelli accuses FINA of scheduling events that interfere with those on the LEN calendar, &#8220;limiting the historical collaboration which always existed among our member federations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, Butler adds at the end of his article that while Barelli figures to receive support in his Presidential bid from Europe, most FINA-member nations from other continents are expected to back Maglione.<\/p>\n<p>According to Butler, FINA will announce its full list of Bureau candidates May 22, and elections will be held during this summer&#8217;s World Championships in Budapest. But Barelli is reportedly also running for the position of European vice president and is the lone candidate, meaning he has a fall back should he lose his Presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Husain Al-Musallam\u00a0<\/strong>is the lone candidate to retain his position as first vice president, even after news broke last week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-vice-president-husain-al-musallam-connected-with-fifa-corruption-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">Al-Musallam was one of the conspirators<\/a> who bribed a football official in the FIFA scandal currently being investigated by the U.S. Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the running for vice presidential positions are Neuburger,\u00a0South Africa&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sam Ramsamy<\/strong> and Fiji&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Dennis Miller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read more from InsideTheGames by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidethegames.biz\/articles\/1050054\/exclusive-barelli-claims-fina-officials-from-africa-and-asia-more-interested-in-political-and-economic-power-than-promoting-sport\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paolo Barelli, currently the head of the European Swimming Federation and Italian Swimming Federation, has announced himself as candidate for the position of FINA President. 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