Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday evening received foreign leaders visiting Hungary on the occasion of the August 20 national holiday and the World Athletics Championships at Budapest’s new National Athletics Centre, the PM’s press office reported. Furthermore, Hungary won its first medal at the World Athletics Championships! Check out our photos below.
The high-rankig politicians and senior businessmen were invited to watch events of the World Athletics Championships. Here are some photos:
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- Turkish President Erdogan. Photo: MTI
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- Orbán and Serbian President Alaksandar Vucic. Photo: MTI
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- The Hungarian prime minister and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the emir of Qatar. Photo: MTI
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- Photo: MTI
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- World Athletics leader Sebastian Coe, the emir of Qatar and PM Orbán. Photo: MTI
Results of finals held at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on Sunday:
Men’s 100 m:
1. Noah Lyles (USA) 9:82 sec
2. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) 9:88
3. Zharnel Hughes (UK) 9:88
Men’s 10,000 m:
1. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 27:51:42 min
2. Daniel Simiu Ebenyo (Kenya) 27:52:60
3. Selemon Bariega (Ethiopia) 27:52:72
Men’s Hammer Throw:
1. Ethan Katzberg (Canada) 81:25 m
2. Wojciech Nowicki (Poland) 81:02
3. Bence Halász (Hungary) 80:82
Bence Halász. Photo: MTI
Women’s Long-Jump:1. Ivana Vuleta (Serbia) 7:14 m2. Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) 6:91
3. Alina Rotaru-Kottmann (Romania) 6:88
Heptathlon
1. Katarina Jonhson-Thompson (UK) 6,740 points
2. Anna Hall (USA) 6,720
3. Anouk Vetter (Netherlands) 6,501
Women Race Walk 20 km
1. Maria Perez (Spain) 1:26:51 hours
2. Jemima Montag (Australia) 1:27:16
3. Antonella Palmisano (Italy) 1:27:26
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