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Men’s handball world championships – Hungarians knock out Olympic Champions – Highlights

Press release (Offical site of France2017) – Hungary pull off one of a huge shock in their eighth-final in Albertville in south-eastern France. Xavier Sabate’s men send home the Olympic champions with a controlled and mature performance, which saw them hold a lead over Danes from start to finish. This was the first win in a major competition for Hungary over Denmark since 2007. Hungary will now play Norway in the quarter-final on Tuesday (24.01) at 17:00 in Albertville.

Eighth-final:

Hungary vs Denmark 27:25 (13:12), Albertville

Perhaps boost by the return of captain László Nagy to the camp, Hungary came bursting out of the gates, and with five minutes gone, they found themselves 4:1 up. Led by an allusive Máte Lékai and solid Roland Mikler between the posts – who had already saved three of the Dane’s four shots – Hungary were clinically focused in front of a sold-out Albertville arena (6,540).

In the 13th minute, Nagy popped up in the Dane’s half and netted his first goal (6:4) since returning from injury. Young prospect, Ádám Juhász, further punished the Dane’s slow start (7:4), prompting Denmark’s Icelandic-born coach Gudmundur Gudmundsson to call a time-out (14’). Coming back with more urgency in defence, the Danes managed to pull it level though a signature Mikkel Hansen underarm jump-shot (8:8, 21’). It was Hansen (8/13) scoring on one side and the allusive Lekai (6/14 top scorer) assisting on the other who were the real engines for both sides; it stayed level right up until Gábor Ancsin gave Hungary a one-goal half-time lead (13:12).

In the second half, the Hungarians came out with the same intention as the did in the first, establishing a three-goal lead over the lackluster Danes off some silky back court movement finished off by Iman Jamali (19:16, 41’). Roland Mikler, was having a stormer between the Hungarians posts with another four massive saves in the opening period.

Two further goals from Jamali (4/6) and Zsolt Balogh (4/5) put the Hungarian’s four up, forcing another time-out for the Olympic champions (21:17, 45’). Svan (6/7) and Damgaard (3/8) for Denmark suddenly went up in gears putting up a 5:1 run between them, and amazingly the Danes were back level (23:23, 53’).

A rocket underarm shot from Balogh, Gábor Császár showing up to net his first and a save at the other end from Mikler (his 15th in total) – and we were on our way to a sensation (26:24, 29’)! A quick Hansen goal, and his only of the second half, brought it back to a one-goal gap. With only 20 seconds left, the Hungarians were in possession with the Danes pressing high, when Csaszar found himself alone in front of goal, and the Kadetten Schaffhausen man calmly bounced it under Landin to send home one of the hot France 2017 favourites, Denmark (27:25).

Player of the Match awarded by Adidas: Roland MIKLER (HUN)

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Photo: MTI/EPA/Sebastien Nogier

Men’s Handball World Championships – Croatia fight hard to tame ‘Nagy-less’ Hungarians

Croatia show their true face against Hungary on Saturday in Rouen, francehandball2017.com reports.

After the lacklustre performance during the 28:23 win against Saudi Arabia the day before, Zeljko Babic’s kept their clean record by a 31:28 (11:11) win. The burden of missing their injured mastermind László Nagy again was too heavy for the Hungarians, who still wait for their first points after the top clashes against Germany and Croatia.

Group C: Hungary vs Croatia 28:31 (11:11)

According to francehandball2017.com, even without László Nagy (ankle injury), Hungary had built up an extremely solid defensive wall in the first 25 minutes, putting enormous pressure on the Croats. Thus, the team of head coach Zeljko Babic had big problems in scoring, causing a huge number of errors. On the other hand, the Hungarians sometimes were too hectic moving forward, but were in lead until the dying minute of the first half.

When the score read 6:3, Hungary were in full control, and the Croatians lacked ideas. But when Filip Ivic replaced Ivan Stevanovic in the goal, the tide started to turn. His impressive saves and Babic’s tactic to use an additional court player to break the Hungarian wall of concrete after being down 11:7. By netting four unanswered goals, the Croats – boosted by unstoppable wing Manuel Strlek – levelled the score at half-time (11:11) in a fast and furious match attended by 5,588 fans in the Kindarena.

The offical site said, after five minutes without a goal after the break, a rocket from team captain Domagoj Duvnjak provided the Croats with the first ever lead. This fight in a match between two European powerhouses lived up to it’s name literally by the facts that Hungarian Iman Jamali needed to be stitched on top of the eyebrow and Croat Luka Stepancic needed to change his torn shirt – both right after the break.

The momentum now was on the Croatian side, as Ivic still was on fire and the wings Strlek and Zlatko Horvat were flawless. But it took until the 47th minute, when after a double from line player Tin Kontrec and Stepancic gave Croatia their first four-goal gap at 22:18.

Behind the bench, former World Handball Player of the Year, Ivano Balic, was something like an additional coach from the tribune, instructing players and coaches permanently.

Hungary tried hard to return, but had too many turnovers and missed passes – and the time was ticking against them. When Duvnjak stroke to make it 27:22 six minutes before the end, the Croats had paved their path to victory. Luka Cindric decided the game with a breakthrough goal 150 seconds prior to the final buzzer (29:25).

Top scorers were Strlek and Hungarian Harsányi with six goals each.

Post-match reactions and morre informations read HERE.

Photo: MTI/EPA/Yoan Valat

Men’s Handball World Championships – Tough match againts defending EURO champions

Sigurdsson’s German side – defending EURO champions – had many more problems than expected to beat Hungary in their opener of Group C in Rouen. Match winners were goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter (14 saves) and top scorer Uwe Gensheimer (13 goals).

Germany vs Hungary 27:23 (16:11)

The EURO champions had started with an extremely strong defence including goalkeeper Silvio Heinevetter, who surprisingly replaced EURO hero Andreas Wolff between the posts and reached a saving percentage of 45 per cent in the first half. The reason why the Germans had not gained an even bigger advantage after 30 minutes was that Hungarian goalkeeping veteran Nándor Fazekas was showing a similar performance.

But as his attacking teammates – mainly from back court positions – lacked luck and precision after Germany forged ahead quite easily to a 14:8 lead after only seven minutes.

Even though his father had passed away less than one week ago and he had returned to the team only yesterday, Uwe Gensheimer proved why he is one of the best left wingers and penalty takers in the world of handball. Thanks to seven goals from seven attempts in the first 30 minute, he like Heinevetter, was crucial in the 16:9 scoreline. Hungary were lucky to net twice right before the half-time buzzer.

One premiere in the matches of Group C was the use of the video proof technology by the Macedonian referees Nikolov/Nachevski, who thanks to the technological support saw that the ball making it 9:7 for Germany (Pieczkowski) was indeed behind the goal line.

Things could have changed rapidly after the break, but Hungary could not profit immediately from a nearly two-minute long two-man advantage, but instead missed three chances, including a penalty shot saved by Heinevetter.

The Germans lost their pace. No scoring for eight minutes they opened the gate for the opponents. When Gábor Császár netted for 15:16 (the sixth straight goal for his side), everything was open again.

The Hungarian middle block with Timuzsin Schuch and Patrick Ligetvari (who received a direct red card 25 seconds before the end) controlled the German back court axis, but on the other hand, still Heinevetter had shut up shop. He was the only German player on top level in the first 15 minutes of the second half. After 14 minutes, Gensheimer had stopped his goal-less spell by scoring to make it 18:16, followed by his tenth notch for 22:20 — eight minutes before the end.

Icelandic-born German coach Dagur Sigurdsson extended the risk by continuously replacing the goalkeeper by an additional court player to open gaps in the strong Hungarian defence. But even this measure did not work, as his players had too many technical mistakes in attack.

With exactly four minutes to play, Kai Hafner popped up and netting (24:21) his sixth goal – while Hungarian team captain László Nagy had not played a single minute in the second half. It was close right until the 25:23 with 25 seconds to go.

Post-match reactions:

GER Coach, Dagur Sigurdsson: “We could profit from the fact when Laszlo Nagy was out, and Hungary needed to change their game plan. But we finished the first half poorly and did not start well in the second half. But we did not give the lead from our hands. It was tough and difficult to win the opener.”

László Nagy (HUN):

“I recognised that I injured my ankle. We did not want to take any risk, and now we have to wait to see what the doctors say. In general, I was impressed by our performance, we showed a great fighting spirit. But I am satisfied with the way we played.”

Photo: MTI/EPA/Yoan Valat

Katinka Hosszú rocked the Short Track Swimming World Championships with new records

The Iron Lady keeps on breaking and setting newer and newer records, and this is exactly what she did in Windsor. After ruling the Short Track Swimming World Cup, she went on by making history at the Short Track World Championships. Seven gold medals, new world records – this is Katinka Hosszú.

Hosszabbitas.hu writes that on the first day, she started out by winning 400 m medley and finishing in second place in 200 m freestyle. Then she won 200 m butterfly and 100 m backstroke on the second day, thus making it to the top of the all-time ranking list: in point of individual gold medals she took over the lead from the American Jenny Thompson, while in point of total medals she caught up to Thompson, the Swedish Therese Alshammar and the Slovakian Jana Moracova.

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Even though she won her first ever World Championships medal in 200 m butterfly back in 2009, and then her first Short Track World Championship title in 2012, she kind of let this event rest after 2014, and focused on backstroke besides the medleys. But she stepped her game up in butterfly again at this year’s World Cup series to now top it off with a gold medal. She was in the lead the whole time, no one could doubt her win.

At 100 m backstroke Katinka was the title defender and although she had to face serious opponents like Emily Seebohm and Mie Nielsen, the Iron Lady beat everyone from the second lane. She competed as a real Olympic Champion and approached her own world record by half second.

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“The truth is, I found it hard to get hyped-up for this World Championships after the Olympic Games. It’s like I still have a little hungover from Rio, which means that I sometimes find it hard to concentrate on certain events” said Katinka after day 2.

The next day she went on by winning her fourth gold medal at the championships in 200 m backstroke. Looking back on the past, it’s crazy to see that she only needed three days to achieve what she fought so hard for throughout a whole competition in Doha two years ago. After her final, she did great in the semi-final of 100 m medley, but couldn’t switch to 800 m freestyle due to the tense programme.

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The following day she went on by winning another gold medal in 100 m medley (10 golds and 19 medals all together at this point). No one could take up the race with her, it seems like Katinka is competing only with herself (and her previous time results) in certain events.

For instance, 200 m medley is an event where no one was able to defeat Katinka on short track since 2012, and also where in the last three seasons of the World Cup she triumphed 26/26 times. The same thing happened in Windsor: Katinka won her 6th (!) gold medal, thus setting another record as she is the first swimmer to win 6 individual gold medals at a World Championships (both long and short track). Moreover, she came in second in 50 m backstroke.

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On the last day, Katinka had one more event, the 100 m butterfly. She knew that it would be tough to beat Worrell, but she pushed so hard in the end, that she set a new Hungarian record and won her 7th gold medal. Incredible. Hungary finished in the 4th place of the medal table, however, if Katinka was a country herself, she would’ve came in second after the USA regarding gold medals.

“I’m very happy for this last medal, you can probably tell as well. This was my easiest night, because I only had one race. I could finally celebrate, because I didn’t have to think about another race. I practiced a lot, how to bear this type of pressure mentally. I also needed a good sleep for today – it was finally time to rest after the previous days, and this is one of the most important factors.”

Besides the Iron Lady, Péter Bernek won a bronze medal in 400 m freestyle and Dávid Verrasztó won a bronze medal in 400 m medley.

Photos: www.facebook.com/KatinkaHosszú

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Hungarian winners in pole sport at the World Championship Air Power Athletics

Despite illness and a broken toe, the Hungarian athletes won two gold medals in pole sports at the 2016 World Championship Air Power Athletics in Riga, Latvia on November 27 and 28. Competing among 100 contestants from 16 countries, Noémi Marosvölgyi won the gold in the singles, as well as in the doubles with Katalin Engel, index.hu reports.

The Hungarian athletes had an eventful journey to Latvia: their flight was delayed, and it looked like they were going to miss their connecting flight to Warsaw, but in the very last minute, they were put on a direct flight to Riga.

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Their training for the championship went well, and they won both the singles and the doubles confidently, despite the fact that Katalin Engel suffered a fraction in his toe two weeks ago and Noémi Marosvölgyi got sick before the competition. The World Championship was the pair’s first competition together, and following the great success, they plan to continue working together.

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Pole dancing, historically associated with night clubs, has become popular as a form of acrobatic fitness workout, and it requires significant strength and flexibility. The climbs, spins, and body inversions are similar to the moves of gymnastics and scoring is based on both the artistic and the athletic qualities of the performance.

Photos: index.hu

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Salamon’s open letter: Let the war of the Hungarian swimming sport end!

According to globoport.hu, Ferenc Salamon, the member of FINA’s masters committee, writes “Enough of this fight!” in his open letter commenting on the argument between Katinka Hosszú and Tamás Gyárfás.

“The Hungarian swimming sport is facing the toughest challenge of all times: Hungary has never organised such an illustrious sport event as the 2017 Aquatics World Championship, no Hungarian swimmer has ever competed in front of home audience at such an event.

There’s no place for harshly becoming personal or degrading frays right now. Still, people outstandingly successful in their own fields, have been engaged in a battle for days, thus, distracting attention and energy from what should be the most important: preparing for the competitions and getting ready for next year’s World Championships.

We are facing a truly unmatched opportunity – we can only succeed if we all try our best in favour of the great, joint goal.

Athletes and trainers, the figures of swimming: let’s put aside our offences and do our jobs. This is everyone’s interest!” writes the member of FINA’s master committee in his open letter.

Photo: MTI

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Hungary to host kickboxing world championships in 2017

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary has won the right to organise the kickboxing world championships in 2017.

The Hungarian kickboxing association on Saturday said the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations (WAKO) decided to award the right to hold the next world championships to Hungary at a meeting held during the European championships in Maribor.

Hungary has so far hosted the world kickboxing championships twice: in Budapest in 1985 and in Szeged in 2005.

Budapest to organise the Escape Room World Championships

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes that Red Bull is about to bring one of its most special projects to Budapest next year, so get ready for the Mission: Unlock Enoch escape room competition, which connects the gamers of the world with the fans of escape rooms.

You can enter the competition on the Red Bull Mind Gamers website, where the ones who solve the online logical games the quickest get qualified to regional rounds. The Budapest qualification round will be held on the 29th of November in Raktár Bar, where the first challenge will be the opening of a mysterious digital dice in 20 minutes.

A system of rooms behind closed doors, sixty minutes and plenty of exercises to be solved – escape rooms have been spreading in the last years like mushrooms all over the world. This is especially true for the Hungarian capital, which basically became the Mecca of escape rooms. The Mission: Unlock Enoch wants to turn this idea into a global competition between occasional teams.

The competition will start out as an individual online game and finish as an exciting world championship. Adventurous participants can test themselves on the Red Bull Mind Gamers website, from where the quickest solutions qualify to regional rounds, in teams, in 40 locations of the world.

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The Budapest quarter-finals will be held on the 29th of November in the Raktár Bar, in the neighbourhood of Vörösmarty Square, where competitors will have to open a mysterious dice under a given time. Those who are able to qualify will be divided into national teams of 4, out of which 40 teams will make it to the World Championship held in Budapest in March 2017.

The Mission: Unlock Enoch project was inspired by the Mind Gamers movie and MIT University’s Game Lab Escape Room Game Jam concept. The escape room was designed by Scott Nicholson, the I.T. professor of Syracuse University and the director of the Because Play Matters game lab.

The course of the game:

  1. Online qualification: Choose the closest city to you, be the quickest, and get into the regional semi-final.
  2. Regional qualification: Recruit a team of four and open the digital dice. The best Hungarian team qualifies to the final.
  3. Escape Room World Championships: The best teams will face each other in a space combining virtual reality and the concept of traditional escape rooms.

Photos: www.redbull.com

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Hungarian success at the World Championship for Rescue Dogs

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports that the Hungarian team achieved great success at this year’s IRO World Championship for Rescue Dogs in Italy: out of over 60 units coming from 24 countries Hungary won the silver medal!

The International Rescue Dog Organization (IRO) held the 22nd World Championship for Rescue Dogs in Caselette, Italy, September 22-25. The world’s most excellent rescue dog teams participated: more than 60 teams coming from 24 countries competed, fulfilling the discipline and skill-based tasks. Humanity’s four-legged friends had to compete in 3 different events, which were tracking, area search and rubble.

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The team of Hungary, among others, included Sarolta Leczki, head of the rescue dog team at the Fire Department of Budapest, who competed with rescue dog Bosco. The team performed excellently so the Hungarians ended up winning the silver medal. But the 3 dogs of the Mancs a Kézben Member Association of the Central Pest Rescue Team also achieved good results.

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Below you may read the full list lining up all the teams and their members representing Hungary at the 22nd IRO World Championship for Rescue Dogs.

Mancs a Kézben Association (Paw in the hand – Member Association of the Central Pest Rescue Team):

  • Erzsébet Zachár and McAfee
  • Zsuzsanna Vida and Neo
  • Diána Pinkóczi and Mangó

Kutyákkal az Életért Foundation (With dogs for life):

  • Sarolta Leczki and Bosco
  • Bea Belényi and Zen
  • Péter Arató and Bindy

S.O.S Rescue Dog Association:

  • Ildikó Gáspár and Szuszó
  • Zsuzsa Szemes and Cindy
  • Erzsébet Kröpf and Gamin
  • Gábor Szalánczi and Roger

Pest County Search and Rescue Service:

  • László Balázs and Szimba

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Photos: facebook.com/bmokf.hivatalos

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Bernd Storck announces his 23-man squad against Switzerland

Nemzetisport.hu writes that Bernd Storck, the coach of the Hungarian national football team, narrowed down his squad preparing for the World Championship qualification round against Switzerland to 23 players.

Ádám Kovácsik, Gergely Nagy, Szilveszter Hangya, István Kovács and Dominik Nagy were left out of the previous squad so they won’t step onto the pitch against Switzerland, just like the injured Endre Botka and Dániel Böde.

Hungarian national team squad against Switzerland:

Goalkeepers: Dénes Dibusz (Ferencváros), Péter Gulácsi (RB Leipzig), Balázs Megyeri (Greuther Fürth)

Defenders: Barnabás Bese (Le Havre), Attila Fiola (Videoton FC), Richárd Guzmics (Wisla Kraków), Tamás Kádár (Lech Poznan), Zsolt Korcsmár (Vasas), Mihály Korhut (Hapoel Beer-Seva), Ádám Lang (Dijon)

Midfielders: Ákos Elek (DVTK), Zoltán Gera (Ferencváros), Ádám Nagy (Bologna), Máté Vida (Vasas)

Forwards: István Bognár (DVTK), Balázs Dzsudzsák (al-Vahda), Ádám Gyurcsó (Pogon Szczecin), László Kleinheisler (Darmstadt), Gergő Lovrencsics (Ferencváros), Krisztián Németh (al-Garafa), Nemanja Nikolic (Legia Warszawa), Zoltán Steiber (Kaiserslautern), Ádám Szalai (Hoffenheim)

Telki, 2016. szeptember 27. Bernd Storck szövetségi kapitány a Svájc és Lettország ellen készülõ magyar labdarúgó-válogatott edzésén a Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség telki edzõközpontjában 2016. szeptember 27-én. MTI Fotó: Illyés Tibor

The first period of the preparation for the World Championship qualification matches against Switzerland and Latvia was finished on Friday. Yesterday the team had a training with the U21 team. Bernd Storck emphasizes that the joint trainings were very useful and they proved that there are many players in the U21 squad who have the potential to be part of the national squad in the future.

The members of the final squad will meet again in Telki on Sunday, when most of the legionary players will also join the national team.

The World Championship qualification match against Switzerland will be held in the Groupama Arena on the 7th of October. Next up the Hungarian national football team will step onto the pitch of the Latvian team on the 10th of October. All tickets were sold out for the Hungary-Switzerland match.

Photos: MTI

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Budapest to host 2018 wrestling world championships

Budapest (MTI) – Budapest will host the 2018 Wrestling World Championships in line with a decision by the United World Wrestling (UWW), the head of the Hungarian association (MBSZ) said on Friday.

Szilárd Németh said after a meeting of the MBSZ board that the Hungarian association received UWW leader Nenad Lalovic’s letter informing them of the success of Budapest’s application on Thursday evening.

Budapest last time hosted the event in 2013. The 2018 WWC is expected to be held in the second half of October.

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Hungarians achieved great victories at the Aerobatic Championships

HVG.hu reports that the Hungarian competitors managed to win three gold medals at the 19th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championship, held at the Matkó Airport in Hungary, alongside the 7th World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championships.

The 10-day event (July 20-30) was organized by the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale), the Hungarian Aeronautical Association, and the Hungarian Aerobatic Club, and was held in Hungary at the airport of Matkópuszta.

And as for the results, according to the press service of the non-Olympic sports, the site writes that Ferenc Tóth became the gold winner in the individual Unlimited Category, just ahead of another Hungarian competitor János Szilágyi, who therefore won the silver medal.

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Also, the same category’s team version ended with a Hungarian victory, as the aforementioned Tóth and Szilágyi with János Sonkoly made up a team and eventually got to stand on the very top of the podium, between the teams of France and Germany.

Moreover, the Advanced Category too brought successes: individually Dávid Józsa won a silver medal. But he was also part of the team alongside Miklós Hoós and Péter Szabó, which ended up being the owner of the gold medals, followed by Poland and Italy.

Photos: FAI / Mika Ganszauge – facebook.com/airsports.fai

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Spaghetti bridge building championship in Budapest

MTI – The RECCS World Championship in Spaghetti Bridge Building took place at the Óbuda University on May 26. The bridge of the winning Romanian team from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca withstood a load of 455.30 kg before breaking.

According to reccs.uni-obuda.hu, the history of spaghetti bridge building spans several decades. Many technical universities host their own championships year by year. In Hungary, the first competition was held by the Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering over 20 years ago. In 2004, they were joined by the Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering, who, after organising their own event and achieving great success, decided to compete internationally at the Okanagan University College in Canada. They won 6 of the past 8 years’ championships, often setting a new world record as well.

The first international competition in Hungary was held in 2005. Participants from Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Serbia competed against each other in bridge and support categories. Since 2011, RECCS is a world championship with contestants from Iran, Latvia, Germany, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Portugal.

The contestants have to follow strict rules to participate in the competition. The bridges are built using commercially available or homemade dried pasta and the elements are bound by glue. The dimensions of the bridge are specified, as well as the weight of the structure which cannot exceed 1000 grams. The bridge must contain a continuous pathway between the two sides, as well as the loading platform through which the strength of the bridge is measured. The current record, set by Szilárd Attila Márkos in support category in 2011, is 578 kg.

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Here’s how much the 2017 World Aquatics Championships will cost Hungary

There are many rumors in the media about the actual costs of the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, but atlatszo.hu calculated how much money the government will really spend, based on government decisions and the amount of money that was separated from the budget each year.

Based on the findings, atlatszo.hu estimates that the Championships will cost Hungary at least 89.843 billion HUF. The majority, 52 billion HUF will be spent this year, but an additional 25 billion HUF will be needed in 2017. Exact numbers can only be revealed after the Championships have already ended, and there are additional costs, like the construction of buildings, stadiums etc. which are although included, but would have been built regardless of the Championships.

The first official report estimated that the Championships will only cost 8 billion HUF, but it has soon escalated. Hungary won the rights to host the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in 2013 and it was supposed to be held in 2021, but after Guadalajara, Mexico dropped out, Hungary was chosen as the host of the 2017 Championships.

The estimated 89.843 billion HUF so far includes the building and reconstruction of all the swimming pools and complexes, the reconstruction of several buildings on Margaret Island and the Pest-side quay, and the costs of the events.

The government has spent 1.4 billion HUF in 2013, 1.585 billion HUF in 2014, and 6.979 billion HUF in 2015, so far; it’s estimated to spend 52.201 billion HUF in 2016, 25.748 billion HUF in 2017, and 1.93 billion HUF in 2018.

The complete list of expenses includes the renovation of the Dagály Swimming Complex (47.208 billion HUF), the developing of Budapest’s infrastructure (13.908 billion HUF), the costs of organization (10 billion HUF), the reconstruction of different swimming pools (8.203 billion HUF), the Dagály bath (4.831 billion HUF), developing the infrastructure of Balatonfüred (2.659 billion HUF), copyright fees paid to FINA (International Swimming Federation) (1.933 billion HUF), the construction of a ferry terminal (0.799 billion HUF), and the preparation of the World Championships (0.3 billion HUF).

The final estimation of atlatszo.hu is then 89.843 billion HUF, but additional costs may arise later. Also, the income this event generates can also reduce expenses. Again, the final numbers can only be told after the event has ended, because the organizer receives 100% of the sold tickets, and Budapest will also host the Masters World Championships after the two-week long World Aquatics Championships, which is estimated to have 10-14,000 viewers and high-entry fees; also, visitors and tourists will need accommodation, which will generate income for Budapest. Sponsors (the Championships’ first main national sponsor is Magyar Telekom) can also reduce expenses.

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The Hungarian ice hockey team to have a historical win

For the first time in 77 years, the Hungarian men’s national ice hockey team secured an International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship win after they beat Belarus 5-2, writes index.hu.

This win also gave back hope, as the team may still have a chance to stay in the championship. This hope was lost after the team couldn’t beat France.

The Hungarian team had their hopes up after the first period, took the lead in group A, and it was the first time they scored with fewer players.  Due to the many penalties, Hungary had to play with fewer players four times during the match. It was during one of these occasions that Belarus scored, and the state of the game was 2-1.

In the sixth minute Kóger had the rubber, and Gergő Nagy scored in the left upper corner. Five minutes later, during Szirányi’s penalty, the team couldn’t halt a Belarus player, and Vas took a score. Later Galló received a penalty, and when the Canadian Geoff Platt was all alone it wasn’t hard for him to score.

In the first period the Hungarian team had the lead for 2-1, and after another penalty, in the second and worst period, the team gained another two scores. Sebők had an amazing breakaway and scored, and Vilmos Galló, who have been extremely hard-working during the whole championship, also managed to score.

At the end of the second period the two members of the Belarus team got penalties which lasted in the third period as well.

Security was the most important aspect for the Hungarian team while the Belarus kept rushing. There was an almost 5 minutes long uninterrupted gameplay in the second half of the third period, and it was not until the 8th minutes that the enemy team even had the chance to strike, but goalie Rajna had everything secured.

The last five minutes was really intense, and the Hungarian team had a couple of dangerous situations and fewer players for the last 112 seconds. The team was wonderful, and János Vas even scored in the last three seconds.

The Hungarian team beat Belarus, which took fourth place at the 2006 Olympic Games.  In the history of World Championships, it was officially the first time that the Hungarian national anthem was played. Miklós Rajna was chosen on the spot as the best Hungarian player.

This was a historical win, but it does not automatically mean that the team will stay in the game. There are two ways for group A: one is to beat the Germans on Monday; then the team will stay, regardless of the other results. If the team doesn’t score three points, then Belarus have to get fewer points against France on Tuesday than what we currently have.

It’s not only the Hungarin hockey team which had a marvellous performance, but the Hungarian fans’ constant support is also something that we can be proud of. Read more about them here.

Watch all the Hungarian goals here:

Video: Youtube/IIHF Worlds 2016

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The Hungarian warriors defeated the Slovakians – VIDEO

Alfahir.hu reports that a relatively unknown but interesting sport’s World Championship was going on in Prague with fully armored medieval knights battling for the glory of their nations.

The knights were all dressed up in clothes resembling the medieval times and they even had weapons, which were, of course, rather harmless as they would have been unable to be used for actually killing someone. Different battles went down, they fought in pairs and in groups, too. The goal was, as you can guess, to take down the enemy and claim the glory of victory.

Importantly, Hungarians also participated in the spectacular event that is called “The Battle of the Nations”. Friday (May 6) ended poorly for them, however, on Saturday they managed to defeat the Finnish and Slovakian knights in the round of five-against-five (5 v 5).

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This is how the facade of the Budapest World Aquatics Championships 2017 will look like

Nemzetisport.hu writes that Hungarian Telekom (Magyar Telekom) will be the main sponsor of the World Aquatics Championships held next year. The declaration of intent was signed on Monday by Miklós Sleszták Minister of National Development, the president of the organisational committee and Christopher Mattheisen, President of the Hungarian Telekom. The facade designed by the Krea Contemporary Art School was presented at the event; however, there is deep silence regarding the old plans.

“This World Championships won’t only be the competition of swimmers, water polo players and divers, but also the competition of Hungarian engineers and executors. This is a chance to show the knowledge, which could lead to the success of the 2024 Olympic Games bid” said Miklós Seszták at the event, who also quoted Dénes Kemény, the president of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation.

“The edge of the goalpost is always just, because the shot of the one, who’s been working harder for the victory, goes in.”

The facade of the World Championships, which was designed by Ferenc Hetsch student of the Krea Contemporary Art School, was also presented at the event. The young graphic told that he used water and the motives and colours of the Hungarian folk art as inspiration, while designing. Then he presented the logo, the icons of the sports and locations, and the graphic design of certain products.

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Mária Nemes, the headmaster of the Art Schools said that Ferenc Hetsch will be helped by a professional opportunity of higher education.

“We are proud of this facade; the aim of the organisational committee was a modern facade which could also enter us in the Olympic Games. And I think that this is perfect for this aim” said Miklós Seszták.

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The former facade plans that generated a lot of criticism weren’t mentioned at the press event.

The president of the organisational committee also talked about the construction of the Dagály Swimming Arena and emphasized that they are perfectly keeping up with the schedule and it will be finished until the 31st of March, 2017, as they will have competitions there in June. He added that the works of the Komjádi Pool will start in September and the renovations will be expectedly finished in the second quarter-year of the following year.

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According to the two-year-long sponsorship agreement the Hungarian Telekom will be the main sponsor of the Masters World Championships as well as the World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest and Balatonfüred in 2017.

“It’s a great honour to be the main sponsor of a World Championships that includes six branches of sport. We wish the best of luck to all Hungarian competitors and their trainers” said Christopher Mattheisen.

Photos: Krea Contemporary Art School

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The swimming arena for the 2017 Swimming World Championships is under construction – Drone video

Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu reports that the building of the Dagály swimming arena has already begun. The arena in Budapest will be the main location for the Championships, and is planned to be the most significant sports and wellness centre of Hungary, available for thousands of visitors after the Champs.

The 2017 Swimming World Championships are to be held in Budapest and Balatonfüred, Hungary, 14-30 July, according to Wikipedia. Originally, the event was supposed to be held in Guadalajara, Mexico, but after their withdrawal in February 2015, Hungary took over the organization tasks.

Balatonfüred will host the open-water swim race, whereas the audience can watch the other competitions of the swimmers in Budapest, as the super high diving, diving, swimming and synchronised swimming will take place in the Dagály swimming arena. Furthermore, the water polo matches are going to be held in the Komjádi Béla Sports Swimming Pool also in the capital city.

Check out FlyArt’s short video below to see the current state of the construction.

 

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