• Coronavirus in Hungary
  • Budapest
  • Hungary border control
  • HelloMagyar
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
EnglishFrenchGermanSpanish
Budapest offers to host compact, manageable OlympicsBudapest offers to host compact, manageable OlympicsBudapest offers to host compact, manageable OlympicsBudapest offers to host compact, manageable Olympics
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Society
  • Sport
  • Culture
  • Special Hungary
  • News To Go
  • World
  • Contact Us
  • About us
  • About us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
✕
Breaking News
Support us
Daily News Daily News · 17/08/2016
· Sport

Budapest offers to host compact, manageable Olympics

Budapest Olympic Games

Rio de Janeiro, August 16 (MTI) – Budapest offers to host a compact Olympics of manageable size and with a human face, Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games, told a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday.

Once selected, Budapest would welcome the top athletes of the world with a secure environment and reliable organisation, he said.

With its bid, Budapest seeks to encourage new cities and new regions to follow suit, Fürjes said.

London, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo are all megapolises while the International Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 programme is meant to give a chance to medium-size cities, he said.

Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest's bid for the 2024 Games

Balázs Fürjes, the Hungarian government official in charge of Budapest’s bid for the 2024 Games

Should its bid succeed, Budapest would be the first city in central Europe to host Olympic Summer Games, Fürjes said.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is scheduled to select the host of the 2024 Olympics in Lima next year.

Button

Attila Mizser, Olympic champion modern pentathlonist and sports director of Budapest 2024 Nonprofit, said the Olympic venues would be located close to one another, with some of them connected by the Danube.

“The whole city would become a fantastic Olympic park,” he said.

Gusztav Bienerth, another senior official in charge of the bid, said that Hungary’s economy is “in good shape” and to generate sufficient funds for organisation over seven years would not impose a huge burden on its state budget.

Button

In response to a question, Furjes said that “Budapest does have a chance. We are proud of participating in this competition and wish to win it.”

He added that the IOC would probably select a low-risk venue for the 2024 Olympics, and Budapest meets this expectation.

Photo: MTI

Source: MTI

Budapest Olympic Games
Share
Daily News
Daily News

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

SUPPORT US

Subscribe to our newsletter

Sign up to receive daily updates, news & stories about Hungary!

Select your location below or enter your country so we can deliver our morning newsletters to you in time.


Thank you!

You have successfully joined our subscriber list.


.

Latest news
  • Medicine shortage can stay for a long time in Hungary
  • Hungarian tourism boomed in 2022, but where did most of the visitors come from?
  • President Novák meets Azeri counterpart Ilham Alijev in Budapest
  • Stadiums, World Championships: multiple priced prestige projects in Hungary
  • Focus on energy cooperation: PM Orbán meets Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Budapest
  • Will it all come out? Report on the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary elections declassified
  • AGROmashEXPO draws 44,000 visitors
  • PHOTOS: 7 fabulous winter lake destinations in Hungary

About us

Contact us

Copyright rules

© 2023 DailyNewsHungary. All rights reserved! | Server and development by Svigelj Levente E.V