Hungarian member of IOC: Hungary’s Olympic team ‘stood its ground’ in Paris
The Hungarian team at the Olympic Games in Paris has “stood its ground in a tough competition,” Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian member of the International Olympic Committee, said on public television on Sunday.
Hungary’s Olympic team in Paris
Hungary’s athletes have won six gold, seven silver, and six bronze medals, finishing in 14th place, Fürjes told news channel M1 on the closing day of the Games.
Fürjes acknowledged the Olympic team’s performance and thanked the fans for their support in Paris. Although the Hungarian Olympic team didn’t bring home the same number of golds as earlier in sports such as canoeing and kayaking, water polo or wrestling, there were “surprises”, too, such as in Taekwondo, he said.
Noting the uproar over the opening ceremony, Fürjes said the event should have been “free of offense” and observed “mutual respect as a fundamental value”.
Fürjes said he would initiate a review of rules on equal opportunity for female athletes to ensure that competitors “with male-type chromosomes” could not compete with women “as happened in women’s boxing”.
Fürjes said he was confident that Hungary could host an Olympic event similar to that in Paris.
The Olympics Park in Budapest, Hungary. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
“It would take a huge effort, but the most important thing would be the need for solidarity, which is why I am a bit sceptical,” he added.
He said “full agreement” on the matter between the Hungarian Olympic Committee, the mayor and municipal council of Budapest, the political parties, the government or the nation in general was “not yet apparent”.
“If they could come together and put aside their differences on this issue, accord could be reached and we would have a shot at hosting the next European Olympics in Hungary,” he said.
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It is a great pity that Hungary still persists in discrimination. Even as a member of the IOC.
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Hungary is selective and is correct in its decision to keep uneducated, lazy, dirty, criminal migrants out from the country.
Now, the head of IOC German Thomas Bach stated that he cannot tell the difference between a man and woman. Bach should be dumped immediately, my neighbor’s 3-year-old can differentiate. Anyone with a beard and mustache qualifies as a man according to the little girl.
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Mariavonteresa.shame on you.
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I agree with the statement made by the Hungarian IOC committee.
I was very uneasy and had doubts about the way the Paris Olympics were handled, apart from the athletes’ competitions. The Paris Olympics was definitely the worst I have ever seen. The opening and closing ceremonies were especially bad.
First of all, the Olympic opening ceremony must be something that can be shown to children all over the world.
The eerie and grotesque performances, such as the severed head scene that references the historical episode of Marie Antoinette and a parody of the Last Supper, could be seen as mocking religion and a violation of traditional values, and it would not be surprising if they were perceived as simply selfish pranks. This ruined a unique and innovative idea that was so typical of the French.
Many people were undoubtedly offended by the provocative and mysterious performance that was openly held at the closing ceremony, which even seemed to express the globalists’ goals and desires to have a select few people at the top, regardless of nationality, dominate the general public through a “new order.”
It is only natural that the Hungarian government would make such comments about the Olympics, given that they are defending the country against “illegal” immigration, rejecting coercive LGBTQ propaganda, and fighting globalist attacks to protect traditional values of religion, family and culture.