Day 15 in Rio2016: Fantastic finish
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The 20th of August was another golden day for the Hungarian team in Rio, as the Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Tamara Csipes, Krisztina Fazekas-Zur kayak unit was able to the win the K-4 500 m final with an outstanding performance. Our men’s water polo team finished in the 5th place after defeating Greece, pentathlonists Ádám Marosi and Bence Demeter finished in the 12th and 17th place, while it was another unlucky day for our wrestlers.
What a day for our women’s K-4 500 m unit! They fulfilled many dreams with crossing the finish line in the first place after an amazing race. It was a bit tougher than the qualification, but the only thing that matters is the final result. With the win, Danuta Kozák became five time Olympic Champion, Gabriella Szabó three time, Krisztina Fazeka-Zur two time and Tamara Csipes one time Olympic Champion.
Danuta Kozák’s tripling in Rio is a historic moment in Hungarian kayak-canoe, not to mention that she became the only woman besides the eight time Olympic Champion Birgit Fischer, who was able to win in three different Olympic events, and Danuta is the first to accomplish this at the same Olympic Games! “I haven’t realised the tripling yet. Thinking back I had such a wonderful four years since the London Olympics that this is the crown to it all” said Danuta.
This is the first Olympic gold medal for Tamara Csipes, who is now part of the few Hungarian father-daughter pairs, where both the fathers and daughters were able to triumph at the Olympic Games (her father, Ferenc Csipes, won a gold medal is men’s K-4 1000 m is Seoul). “The others welcomed me in the club. I’m finally an Olympic Champion and I also worked a lot for it. I’ve been doing a much tougher mental and physical work since last October. I’m so happy that it wasn’t in vain” said Tamara.
The Henrik Vasbányai & Róbert Mike duo was very close to the bronze medal in the final of men’s C-2 1000m. They were only in the last place at 250 metres but spurted incredibly in the end. If only there were a few more metres to go, they would’ve have got hold of the mighty bronze medals.
