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A number of top-level swimmers from across Europe are reported to have had their plans for the European Championships thrown into disarray after it was discovered that Bucharest and Budapest are actually two different places.
The 30th European Swimming Championships have begun in Budapest, in Hungary, but some competitors have found themselves stranded over 500 miles away in Bucharest, Romania, after mistakes in travel planning.
It was hoped that over 1,100 competitors would be travelling from all over the continent to take part in swimming, synchro, diving and open water events, welcomed with the slogan ‘open heart, open mind, open arms’. However, close attention will now inevitably be paid to the precise number who actually arrive in time.
‘As God is my witness I thought they were the same place – like Beijing and Peking!’ said one nation’s team manager before adding ‘Which one do vampires come from?’
