The Hungarian women’s team triumphs at the World Modern Pentathlon Championships

According to nlcafe.hu, Zsófia Földházi, Tamara Alekszejev and Sarolta Kovács won the women’s team event at the 2017 World Modern Pentathlon Championships held in Cairo. Moreover, Zsófia Földházi and Róbert Kasza both won silver medals in the individual events. With these three medals, Hungary finished in third place of the medal table.

The final of the women’s individual event featured the same athletes and it started on Saturday with fencing. Zsófia Földházi did outstandingly well with a 20/15 win-loss rate, which was a good base for the other events. She finished in third place in 200 m swimming and performed well in the equestrian event as well.

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Before the last event (running and shooting), Földházi was in 2^nd place, Kovács in 7^th and Alekszejev in 11^th. Zsófia Földházi managed to keep her position, thus winning a silver medal, while Alekszejev and Kovács finished in 7^th and 8^th places. When it came to the team event, the three girls joined their forces and came before everyone else.

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“It was a very exciting and good competition for the girls, they put their hearts and souls into it. This championship was a bit stressful for Sarolta, it was lighter for Zsófi, while Tamara ran so willingly that she almost collapsed before the finish line” said Head Coach Ákos Kállai.

Team Hungary had joyful moments in the men’s field too. 24.hu writes that Róbert Kasza won a silver medal in the men’s individual event. He started out with 24 wins and 11 losses in fencing, went on with an 8^th place in swimming and a really good ride on the horse racecourse. He started the last phase from the 2^nd place, which he managed to keep till the end.

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Congratulations!

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ce: ZsK

Source: http://www.nlcafe.hu/