Budapest (MTI) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach for talks in Rio de Janeiro, which covered Hungary’s bid to host the 2024 Games, the PM’s press chief said on Friday.
Orbán congratulated Bach on organising a successful Olympics in Rio and said Hungary is committed to its bid to host the event in 2024.
He said the IOC’s Agenda 2020 programme, a cost-cutting policy meant to make it cheaper to host the Games, was “tailor-made” for Hungary because it also gives medium-size cities a chance to bid for the Olympics.
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Orbán told Bach that over the next few years, Hungary will carry out the infrastructure developments that would be needed to host the Games regardless of whether or not it is selected to stage the event.
The question is no longer “Why should Hungary host the Olympics?”, but rather “Why shouldn’t it?” Orbán said.
The 19th of August started out great with our kayak-canoe units qualifying into the finals. However, the continuation wasn’t too bright: our women’s water polo team lost the bronze match in a nerve-wrecking battle, hammer thrower Krisztián Pars couldn’t defend his Olympic title as he finished in the 7th place, and out female pentathlonists also missed the medals.
The Hungarian kayak-canoe team continued their great performance in yesterday’s qualifications and semi-finals. The women’s K-4 500 m unit (Gabriella Szabó, Danuta Kozák, Tamara Csipes, Krisztina Fazekas-Zur) won their race imperiously so we can have high hopes for another gold medal in today’s final.
The Henrik Vasbányai & Róbert Mike duo also made it into today’s final of C-2 1000 m. On the other hand, the men’s K-4 1000 m unit (Benjámin Ceiner, Tibor Hufnágel, Attila Kugler, Tamás Somorácz) and Péter Molnár only made it into final B in K-1 200 m.
On a sad note, our women’s water polo team lost the bronze match against Russia in a head-to-head battle, which ended with a nerve-wrecking penalty shootout. The bronze medal was so close, the girls played very well but the opponent levelled the score in the last second (!), thus saving the match to a penalty shootout. This means that the Hungarian women’s water polo team has now lost three Olympic bronze matches in a row. Such a pity!
“The bronze medals were taken in the last moment, but it was our fault. We turned the match around and then lost the battle, which we were so close to win, by making a few mistakes. (…) We practiced the penalty shots, we have two good goal-keepers, but the Russians moved a tad bit better. A 4th place at the Olympics is a great feat of arms, but we’ll miss those medals. I feel sorry for the girls, but we have a young team capable of advancing until the Budapest World Championships next year” said Attila Bíró.
Unfortunately it wasn’t London Champion Krisztián Pars’ day either, he finished his participation with a throw of 75,28 metres, which was only enough for the 7th place. We also watched the pentathlon events with high hopes as our girls, Sarolta Kovács and Zsófia Földházi had the potential to reverse the results. In the end they finished in the 17th and 27th place.
RESULTS:
Women’s K-4 500 m, qualification – Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák & Tamara Csipes & Krisztina Fazekas-Zur 1st place –> final A
Men’s K-1 200 m, semi-final – Péter Molnár 6th place –> final B
Men’s C-2 1000 m, semi-final – Henrik Vasbányai & Róbert Mike 3rd place –> final A
Men’s K-4 1000 m, semi-final – Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel & Attila Kugler & Tamás Somorácz 5th place –> final B
Men’s 50 km walking – Bence Venyercsán 44th place, Miklós Srp disqualified, Sándor Rácz gave up
Women’s 20 km walking – Viktória Madarász 25th, Barbara Kovács 58th and Rita Récsei 59th
Women’s water polo, bronze match – Hungary-Russia 12:12 (penalty shootout 6:7) –> 4th place
Women’s pentathlon, final – Sarolta Kovács 17th place, Zsófia Földházi 27th place
Men’s hammer throw, final – Krisztián Pars 7th place
CNN interview – Katinka Hosszú joined only a handful of athletes to win triple gold medals in individual events in a single Games. She spoke to CNN’s Don Riddell about her success at Rio 2016. Watch HERE:
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The 18th of August was a glorious day for the Hungarian kayak-canoe sport as Danuta Kozák won her second gold in Rio, which is her fourth Olympic gold in total. The other units, the Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka duo finished in the 4th place, while the Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel duo finished in the 7th place. Our pentathlonists, female wrestlers and triathlonists also started their participation in Rio, and the men’s water polo team is now, after beating Brazil, a scorer for sure.
We were most excited for Danuta Kozák’s K-1 500 m final, which turned out to be an iconic moment in Hungarian sport history, as Danuta was able to defend her Olympic title, thus becoming the only Hungarian kayaker with four Olympic gold medals. She seemingly took a weak start, but was already in the lead at 250 metres and increased her pull so much that there was no question left at the finish line. She sensationally beat the whole field, it kind of reminded us of Katinka Hosszú in 400 m medley.
With her fourth Olympic gold medal, Danuta passed legendary kayakers Katalin Kovács, Natasa Douchev-Janics, Zoltán Kammerer and Botond Storcz who are all the proud owners of three Olympic gold medals. Danuta even has the chance to become a five time Olympic Champion providing that the women’s K-4 500 m succeeds. This would also make her the first Hungarian kayaker to triple at an Olympic Games.
“I wasn’t expecting such a pull, you just don’t think about it. I wanted to race healthily so that I can do my 100% best. And I succeeded. I’m luckily over the illness. I want to thank József Toma and the medical team, the whole federation for keeping me in countenance, they really helped a lot mentally as well. Our goal was to defend my title after London, this is the fulfilment of a four year dream” said Danuta Kozák.
After the damper against Montenegro, the Hungarian men’s water polo team met with Brazil in the first round of the fight for the 5th-8th places. Hungary won hands down and the match looked like a ‘How to play water polo like a pro’ class. The boys have to stay strong for a little more as they’ll met Greece, a tougher opponent in the next match for the 5th place.
“Even though we ended up here, we need to get the max out of it. This was an obligatory win. We had to win mostly for the crew and Tibor Benedek, who worked with us throughout the year. And for those who still cheer for us at home” said Balázs Erdélyi.
“We have to get over the lost quarter-final for a few more days. Whether or not we’ll manage to do so in the long-run, is another question. I had no doubt that the players still had the anger. However, we’ll have to crank up as the battle for the 5th-6th place will be different. Today it seemed like we were there mentally, but we have to prepare differently against the Spanish or the Greek and we’ll have to, and we can beat both” said Coach Tibor Benedek.
RESULTS:
Men’s K-2 1000 m, final – Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel 7th place
Men’s C-1 200 m, final B – Jonatán Hajdu 2nd place –> 10th place on the whole
Men’s K-2 200 m, final – Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka 4th place
Women’s K-1 500 m, final – Danuta Kozák 1st place
Women’s high jump, qualification – Barbara Szabó didn’t make it into the final
The 17th of August was mainly about water sports for the Hungarian Team. We have three finalist kayak units thanks to Danuta Kozák (K-1 500m), Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka (K-2 200m) and Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel (K-2 1000m). Unfortunately the American water whirl overcame our women’s water polo team, who can still fight for the bronze medal. Lastly, Olympic Champion Krisztián Pars got into the final of hammer throw with ease.
The Hungarian kayak-canoe team continued their great performance yesterday and we’ll have three finalists to cheer for today: Danuta Kozák in K-1 500 m, the Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel duo in K-2 1000 m and the Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka duo in K-2 200 m. Jonatán Hajdu also raced yesterday in C-1 200 m but unfortunately he was only able to qualify into final B.
Danuta Kozák confidently won both her heat and her semi-final, and hopefully she’ll top the tournament with another shining medal early afternoon. The Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka duo made it into final A with a similarly convincing performance, while the Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel duo qualified to the final with a bravura.
Despite the many injuries Krisztián Pars suffered this year, he qualified into the final of hammer throwing with the fourth best result, 75,49 metres. “The throwing circle is much slower on the centre court compared to the training court. I had to correlate the strength, dynamism and pace to this. The first throw was just how I planned it and the second was much racier. This was what I wanted to achieve in the qualification and we’ll see what happens in the final. I’ll do all that I can, I trust my routine. The rest of the day will be good for me, to replay the things that happened, fix the movements that will be needed, because I don’t have a secure, stable point that I used to have, yet” said Krisztián Pars.
The most exciting part of Day 12 in Rio was probably the Hungarian women’s water polo team’s semi-final against the USA. Let’s just say that all odds were against us. We lost our group match against the American team, who won all their important matches in the last couple of years. And unfortunately, no matter how hard the Hungarian girls tried, they simply couldn’t break through the American walls.
“It could’ve been closer. We should’ve avoided a few mistakes to stay in the game. The start wasn’t too bad, but then came a weaker period, then another stronger, and they physically overcame us in the end. We should’ve needed an extreme goal-keeper performance, closed blocks and defence to beat this American team. We don’t want to miss the bronze medal now. The Russian team is well put together, but we also have enough power left to get the bronze medal” said Coach Attila Bíró.
RESULTS:
Men’s K-2 1000 m, semi-final – Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel 3rd place –> final A
Men’s C-1 200 m, semi-final – Jonatán Hajdu 4th place –> final B
Men’s K-2 200 m, semi-final – Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka 1st place –> final A
Women’s K-1 500 m, semi-final – Danuta Kozák 1st place –> final A
Men’s hammer throw, qualification – Krisztián Pars 4th best time –> final
Women’s water polo, semi-final – Hungary – USA 10:14
Women’s diving, qualification – Villő Kormos 27th place –> didn’t make it into the final
The kayak-canoe finals started on the 16th of August and brought about an amazing gold medal for the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák duo in K-2 500 m. On a sad note, wrestlers Balázs Kiss and Tamás Lőrincz dropped out in the second round, while the men’s water polo team lost the quarter-final to Montenegro in a dramatic battle. Weight-lifter Péter Nagy finished in the 10th place and hurdler Balázs Baji didn’t make it into the final.
The second day of the kayak-canoe programme in Rio brought about the sixth Hungarian gold medal thanks to the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák power duo. It was a nerve-wrecking and close fight, in which the Hungarian girls beat the German duo with 51 thousandth as their hearts pushed them in at the finish line. This is the 23rd Olympic gold medal of the very successful Hungarian kayak-canoe sport.
It turned out after the qualification round that Danuta Kozák suffered from a bowel contagion a day before the race, but she was able to get herself together as much as she could. “I had a rough night two days ago and I’m still not a 100% okay. It was worth training so much this year because I was able to keep on going and pushing Gabi. It was her soul, her strike that made us cross the finish line in the first place. I thought that she shouts because we only came in second. Our dream came true as we can now stand side by side on the podium. Thanks for all the support, we are proud to be Hungarians!” said Danuta Kozák.
“We’ve been talking about this for the last two days that everything will be decided in the last 20 metres. The Germans arose but we were able to fight back in the last metres. Sitting with Danuta in the kayak gave me so much power, we totally trust each other. I saw that we won, but they correct the final result sometimes. I still can’t believe it!” said Gabriella Szabó.
Unfortunately, the rest of day didn’t go this well. It actually went awfully. The Hungarian men’s water polo team lost the quarter-final to Montenegro in a penalty shootout after a tough battle. We knew that their team is quite aggressive, menacing, and that they fight a lot. Just like their anthem suggests. But our team is also capable of everything.
It seemed like the opponent’s goal-keeper was on fire, we just couldn’t finish our attacks; it took us a very long time until we started scoring goals. We had a change of goal-keeper, which was a great decision as Attila Decker helped a lot in the rising from the dead. We did rise and levelled the score, which meant that it was time for the penalty shootout. The same happened a day ago with our women’s water polo team. Unlike the girls, it didn’t end well for us with two fatal penalties missed.
“Penalties are not only about luck. Preparation and concentration is needed as the penalties are a crucial part of the game, they can even decide a final. We were weaker, we played markedly bad in the first quarter. We should’ve gained psychological ascendancy over them after our comeback and it should’ve given us enough power to win the penalty shootout. I’m very sorry that it happened this way, many dreams are shattered now. (…) We have to do our job and pull ourselves together for the next match” said Coach Tibor Benedek.
Yesterday was another unlucky day for the Hungarian wrestlers in Rio2016. London’s silver medallist, Tamás Lőrincz lost the eighth final in men’s 66 kg Greco-Roman wrestling. It was kind of a slap in the face after what happened to his brother the previous day. “It seems like we can’t touch our opponents, it’s forbidden for us” said Coach András Sike referring to one of the admonitions.
Our other wrestler, the 98 kg Balázs Kiss had a great start but lost to his Swedish opponent in the eighth final, who then lost his next match, meaning that Balázs couldn’t continue on the repechage. This was an unfortunate ending for the Hungarian Greco-Roman wrestlers.
Nevertheless, congratulations to the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák duo!
RESULTS:
Women’s K-2 500 m, final – Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák 1st place
Men’s C-1 1000 m, final B – Henrik Vasbányai was disqualified
Women’s K-1 200 m, final B – Natasa Douchev-Janics 1st place –> 9th place on the whole
Men’s K-1 1000 m, final B – Bálint Kopasz 2nd place –> 10th place on the whole
Men’s water polo, quarter-final – Hungary-Montenegro 9:9, penalty shootout 2:4
Men’s 10 km swimming – Márk Papp 13th place
Men’s Greco-Roman 98 kg wrestling, eighth final – Balázs Kiss-Fredrik Schön 3:5
Men’s Greco-Roman 66 kg wrestling, eighth final – Tamás Lőrincz-Rju Han Su 0:4
Men’s +105 kg weight-lifting, group B – Péter Nagy 2nd place –> 10th place on the whole
Men’s 110 m hurdles, semi-final – Balázs Baji 15th place –> he didn’t make it into the final
Gabriella Szabó and Danuta Kozák
Gábor Kis, Balázs Hárai, Ádám Decker, Viktor Nagy and Gergő Zalánki
The 15th of August started with the 10 km marathon swimming, where we could cheer for Éva Risztov and Anna Olasz. The programme went on with kayak-canoe, where only the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák duo was able to qualify into final A. Our women’s water polo team played a dramatic match against Australia, where the girls resuscitated and got into the semi-final. Wrestler Viktor Lőrincz was as close to the bronze medal as one could be, but in the end he got the worst of it. Finally, hurdler Balázs Baji qualified into the semi-final in defiance of the heavy rain.
The Hungarian kayak-canoe team started their participation in Rio yesterday. The Danuta Kozák & Gabriella Szabó duo won their heat as potential winners should, so they immediately qualified into the final. Unfortunately, Natasa Douchev-Janics (K-1 200m), Henrik Vasbányai (C-1 1000m) and Bálint Kopasz (K-1 1000m) weren’t able to qualify into final A in the other events.
It was time for the Hungarian women’s water polo team to face Australia in the quarter-final. Let’s just say that they spooked us quite a bit. We bet that many people walked out of the room when the score was 5:1 to the opponent. It happened too quickly, but this is where the beauty of sports, competing, and the Olympic Games comes into picture. The Hungarian girls arose from the ground and levelled the score, thus, saving the match and fraying out a penalty shootout.
What happened next was magical. Our girls scored five confident goals, while the opponent missed one, meaning that we won the match and qualified into the semi-finals. “We have a mental power that kept us in the match, thank God! This was like a Quimby concert, where anything can happen anytime. I thought that if we could save the match to a tie, then we would win, because we have two amazing goal keepers. But we also needed luck. This match can give us ease for the semi-finals, so we’ll have less to lose against the USA. Our minimum goal was to play for a medal and this can now give us a big boost” said Coach Attila Bíró.
Then came the most upsetting part of Day 10. Attending the Olympic Games is a big achievement in itself, but it’s very hard to keep calm when tiny matters decide about the fate of a fantastic wrestler. Viktor Lőrincz had a great day and took on everything for that bronze medal he dreamt about. He was in the lead and kept active in the bronze match, but unfortunately the referee saw things differently…
Being smart is easy from the other side of the television, but this time, we truly felt like the referee took the bronze medal out of Viktor Lőrincz’s pocket. “I don’t like blaming the referees, but I feel like they took away my medal. I gave in everything, made up for the two points, did the action after the admonition, and then they gave it back to him?! I can’t believe it, I wanted to win this medal so badly. I thought about my loved ones in the break who did so much to get us here (his brother, Tamás, will be competing today). We promised to bring home two medals with my brother… I’ll have to get myself together to help Tamás tomorrow with everything I can, he deserves to win the Games. I want to thank everyone for the support” said Viktor Lőrincz, fighting his tears.
Keep your head up Viktor, you are our bronze medallist!!!
RESULTS:
Women’s water polo, quarter-final – Australia-Hungary 8:8 (penalty shootout 3:5)
Men’s 85 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, bronze match – Viktor Lőrincz – Denis Kudla (Germany) 3:3 (last point was Kudla’s) à Viktor finished in the 5th place
Women’s K-2 500 m, qualification – Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák won their heat, thus qualifying into the final
Men’s C-1 1000 m, semi-final – Henrik Vasbányai 3rd place, which was only enough for final B
Women’s K-1 200 m, semi-final – Natasa Douchev-Janics 4th place, which was only enough for final B
Men’s K-1 1000 m, semi-final – Bálint Kopasz 5th place, which was only enough for final B
Women’s 10 km swimming – Éva Risztov 13th place, Anna Olasz 14th place
Men’s 110 m hurdles, qualification – Balázs Baji 2nd place in his heat, he made it into the semi-final
After winning three gold medals, in the last event in Rio in 200 backstroke she won only silver medal. She was leading all along, but in the last final meters Maya Dirado caught up with her and the American swimmer touched the wall just a few tenths of a second before Katinka.
“This was Dirado’s last race (she retires from active competition after Rio) but for me the silver medal is an inspiration for future competitions…In London, I finished in fourth place, then Shane told me this was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. Today, I feel something similar…” told Katinka to the media after the finals.
Katinka was so exhausted that after the finals she threw up. “The last 25 meters was death… fate wanted it this way; this was Maya’s last chance to win a gold medal in Rio, but for me the result is an inspiration for next year’s Budapest World Championships where I can win more than three gold medals,” said Katinka.
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Regarding the Olympic pressure that many Hungarian swimmers complained about Katinka had this to say: I and Shane had decided long before that we look at the Olympics just like any other world tournament. I swam the 200 m IM and the 400 m IM a million times before – I knew what to do said Katinka.
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“Except the 200 m back event, everything went according to plans…But in general, everything was fine as it was. We worked hard…we did what was the best for us. And we were right,” told Katinka to journalists after her last race in Rio.
The 14th of August brought about quite some excitement for Hungarians in Rio2016. The men’s epee team worked very hard the whole day and won a bronze medal in the end, which was more than fascinating. Wrestler Péter Bácsi finished in the 5th place after tough battles, while the men’s water polo team defeated Brazil in the last round of the group phase, thus qualifying to the quarter-finals as the winners of the group.
The first Hungarian wrestler to start his Olympic Games was Péter Bácsi in 75 kg Greco-Roman. He started out so strongly and convincingly that we thought that no one could stop him. Unfortunately, this is not how things go in wrestling and combat sports in general, where the result can change in just a few seconds. He lost the semi-final in a very though and balanced battle so he could try for the bronze medal a few hours later.
He came out confidently but his opponent surprised him with an immediate attack that gave a bad lead. Despite his tries, he couldn’t work off his disadvantage and finished the Rio Olympic Games in the 5th place. “He had four matches, his opponent had two…One wrestles four times, the other two time. He wins a bronze with two won matches and Peti is only the 5th with three wins. It’s crazy” said András Sike, the coach of the World and European Champion wrestler.
On the brighter side, the Hungarian men’s epee team finished the day with a win that meant a bronze medal, more exactly four bronze medals, to Géza Imre, Gábor Boczkó, András Rédli and Péter Somfai. The big dream, of course, was a final and a gold medal, but they had to face the unbeatable French team in the semi-final. The Hungarian team came for a medal and they can now leave with a beautifully shining, well-deserved bronze medal.
“My hair turned grey… András (Rédli) surprised everyone with a hoodlum touch that no one expected, and it gave us a boost. I am so glad that we were able to finish with a win. I am happy and satisfied. It’s no use complain, I am proud of my two medals. Some Koreans even hugged me and told me that this was their last match. I think they also acknowledge what I’ve done” said Géza Imre, who won a silver medal in men’s individual epee.
Lastly, the men’s water polo team faced the soaring Brazil in the last round of the group phase. The situation was bit tight as a win would’ve meant the first place in our group, a tie would’ve meant the 3rd, while a loss could’ve been fatal.
Luckily we didn’t have to be terrified, because our team took the lead and started dictating the rhythm after a few chaotic minutes. And they won by 10:6 in front of the Brazilian audience, thus qualifying into the quarter-final in the first place of the group, which means that Montenegro is up next on Tuesday.
RESULTS:
Men’s subcaliber rifle shooting, combined – István Péni 12th place, Péter Sidi 34th place, they didn’t qualify into the final
Women’s marathon run – Zsófia Erdélyi 52nd place, Krisztina Papp 65th place and Tünde Szabó 83rd place
Men’s 75 kg Greco-Roman wrestling, bronze match – Péter Bácsi-Saeid Morad Abdvali (Iran) 2:5
Men’s epee fencing team, bronze match – Hungary-Ukraine 39:37 –> 3rd place
Men’s Finn sailing, heats – Zsombor Berecz 16th and 12th place, meaning that he finished in the 12th place on the whole
Men’s water polo, last round of the group phase – Brazil-Hungary 6:10
The 13th of August was a much calmer day in Rio2016 after the amazing Hungarian successes on Day 7. The swimming events finished without Hungarian participants and the women’s water polo team lost to the USA, which luckily didn’t affect our qualification to the quarter-finals. We cheered for discus thrower Zoltán Kővágó and heptathlonists Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas and Xénia Krizsán in the athletics stadium, who finished in the 7th, 8th and 16th place.
It was time for our women’s water polo team to face the Americans in the last round of group B. We unfortunately lost by 6:11 so the girls will have to meet Australia in the quarter-final on Monday. “It was practically sure after our loss to Spain that we’ll finish in the 3rd place of the group no matter what we do. I think we look forward to the Monday match confidently as the American and the Australian team represent a similar game style. We didn’t play like it was a training match, this is the Olympic Games. Of course, we tested tactics we want to play, but not all of them. We’ll need more outstanding individual performances in the quarter-final. We shouldn’t draw conclusions from former matches, but they won’t be able to surprise us” said Coach Attila Bíró.
Zoltán Kővágó started out great in the men’s discus throw final with 64,50 metres. However, the 2004 Olympic silver medallist couldn’t advance in the continuation and finished in the 7th place in the end. “I reached the level of 5 Olympic Games, attended 4, made it into the final of 2 and won 1 medal. I believe this is not a bad rate. I think there’s more to it, I could easily do Tokyo. I don’t know how the field will form, we’ll see if it would be worth it. For the time being I can see that German engineers have worked a lot on the results. If everything goes well, I could be in the final” said Zoltán Kővágó.
RESULTS:
Women’s heptathlon, long jump – Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas 8th place and Xénia Krizsán 16th place
Men’s discus throw, final – Zoltán Kővágó 7th place
Men’s sculls, final C – Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár 2nd place, 14th place on the whole
Men’s Finn sailing, heats – Zsombor Berecz 12th and 18th place
Men’s Laser sailing, heats – Benjamin Vadnai 29th and 25th place, 33rd on the whole
Women’s Laser Radial sailing, heats – Mária Érdi 9th and 20th place, 14th on the whole
Women’s water polo, 3rd round – Hungary-USA 6:11
Women’s individual badminton, 2nd round – Laura Sárosi-Michelle Li 0:2
What a day! The Hungarian Team grew richer with two silver and two bronze medals on the 12th of August. They were all well-deserved by Katinka Hosszú, László Cseh, Boglárka Kapás and Anita Márton, who brought so much joy into our lives.
The Hungarian swimmers had yet another amazing day with three beautifully shining medals. In her fourth event, Katinka Hosszú was really close to win her fourth gold medal but in the end she came in second. Nevertheless, what Katinka did and does is unbelievable, and she is a true icon.
“Losing when the gold medal seems so close is always hard, but I believe that I can’t complain about this after four medals.”
Then came László Cseh, who we all rooted for so badly. And who would’ve thought that there was going to be a tie in the second place between three legends: Michael Phelps, Chad le Clos and László Cseh. Seeing them holding hands so happily was an extraordinary experience. The triumvirate of men’s butterfly. Laci can finally feel like he won a silver and didn’t lose a gold.
“That 50.39 was quite something to look up to. Before the Games I hoped to have this time but I think that the silver medal is fantastic. It’s so special that it is the three of us in a tie. It might be better to stand there alone but I’m happy to share with Chad and Michael” said the very happy Laci.
This was followed by another dose of happiness thanks to Boglárka Kapás who finished in the 3rd place of women’s 800 m freestyle. There were 10 more centimetres missing so she would’ve come in second, but it doesn’t matter, because she is totally satisfied with her result.
“The silver was only a tenth away but I don’t care about it at all, because I got what I came for and it feels fantastic. I started crying when I was coming to the interview because only then did I realize what happened. (…) I am very grateful now, thank you!” said Bogi while fighting her tears.
However, an even more pleasant medal can be connected to Anita Márton’s accomplishment, who finished in the 3rd place of women’s shot put, with an amazing throw. This is a real treasure as Hungarian athletics’ medals have been quite rare at the latest Olympics, but Anita was able to continue her triumphant path after her European Championship silver medal from July.
“When it turned out that the bronze medal is mine I broke down in tears, there was so much in my head, I couldn’t believe it. Then I thought about the hard work I put into this. I worked so much in the last 15 years for a result like this!”
Moreover, after three ties, the Hungarian men’s water polo team was finally able to break the ice and get the well-deserved 2 points. They knocked out Japan by 17:7 in the 4th round of the group phase in a very convincing way. We had great actions and goal keeper Viktor Nagy was brilliant. It was almost like a gala match.
“I am satisfied because we won. No matter how good we play, the one thing that counts at the end of the day is the result on the scoreboard. Even if we play bad, we can still win. We prepared well for the match, they haven’t changed their tactics, so they couldn’t surprise us. The 17 goals says it all. Sunday’s match will be a matter of life and death” said Coach Tibor Benedek.
RESULTS:
Men’s water polo, 4th round – Hungary-Japan 17:7
Men’s subcaliber rifle shooting, qualification – Péter Sidi 10th place, Norber Szabián 42nd place, they didn’t get into the final
Men’s +100 kg judo, 2nd round – Barna Bor lost to Alex García Mendoza (Cuba)
Men’s 75 kg boxing, eighth final – Zoltán Harcsa-Arlen López (Cuba), Zoltán lost with a technical K.O.
Women’s shot put, final – Anita Márton 3rd place
Women’s heptathlon – Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas is in the 10th place and Xénia Krizsán is in the 18th place after two events
Men’s discus throwing, qualification – Zoltán Kővágó got into the final
Men’s 20 km walking – Máté Helebrandt 28th place
Women’s 50 m freestyle, qualification – Flóra Molnár 25th place, she didn’t get into the semi-final
Men’s 1500 m freestyle, qualification – Kristóf Rasovszky 35th place, Gergely Gyurta 19th place, they didn’t get into the final
Men’s 4×100 m medley relay, qualification – Hungary (Gábor Balog, Richárd Bohus, Bence Pulai, Dániel Gyurta) 9th place, they didn’t get into the final
Women’s 200 m backstroke, final – Katinka Hosszú 2nd place
Men’s 100 m butterfly, final – László Cseh 2nd place
Women’s 800 m freestyle, final – Boglárka Kapás 3rd place
Mission, a song by the young jazz pianist Tamás Balogh encompasses well what sport and music have in common: the aspiration for improvement and accomplishment, fidelio.hu writes.
Tamás Balogh, a participant in the 50 Talented Young Hungarians programme, found inspiration in the intersection of the two fields. “I’ve been following Katinka Hosszú’s successes for a long time, it is extraordinary what she has achieved, and how she managed to reach the height of her career at the Olympics. The mentality with which she sets her goals and then accomplishes them is very inspiring. I strive for the same with music. In the past I was prone to procrastination, but then – partly inspired by her – I realised that there is only here and now. It’s a cliché but everything starts in the present,” he said.
The song Mission was written months ago, but was recorded in his home studio only recently. The track features the talented singer Lili Nagy, student of the Kodolányi János College in Székesfehérvár.
Tamás Balogh is releasing a full album entitled Mystic Stars on YouTube soon. “This will be a jazz/hip-hop album which features electronic tunes as well as live instruments and vocals. I was inspired by the likes of Flying Lotus, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, or Kendrick Lamar. It’s a big dream of mine to work together with my idols one day,” he said.
The 11th of August passed without finals and medals for the Hungarian Team in Rio2016. Swimmers Katinka Hosszú, Boglárka Kapás and László Cseh all made it into the finals of their events and sailor Zsombor Berecz surprised us with his great performance. Judoist Abigél Joó finished in the 7th place, while the women’s water polo team lost to Spain and badminton player Laura Sárosi also lost her first match.
The most pleasant surprise of yesterday was sailor Zsombor Berecz, who won one of the heats and finished in the 7th place in another in Finn division, meaning that he is currently in the 3rd place of the aggregated table. Sailing is not as much in the Hungarian news as swimming for example, but it seems like it was high time we all looked up the internet for the rules and cheered together!
“I managed to accomplish what my coach asked from me before the start. Nobody can take this victory away from me. I started out weaker in the second heat but the 7th place is also a fantastic result. This is the best of my sailing career!” said Zsombor Berecz.
It was time for the Hungarian women’s water polo team to play their second match at the Games, this time against Spain. Even though they were in the lead for some time, they lost the match by 10:11. If you only look at the result you would think that it was a very balanced match, but the truth is that after we led by 6:4, the Spanish team forged ahead with a 1:6 series and the Hungarian girls had to backtrack from this situation. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to fray out a tie.
Coach Attila Bíró summed up the match in two sentences: “We didn’t play well, we didn’t play at such a level that was needed to defeat the Spanish team. We lacked too much and made lots of mistakes.”
Fortunately it was a better day for our swimmers: Katinka Hosszú got into the final of 200 m backstroke with the best time, László Cseh made it into the final of 100 m butterfly with the 4th best time (passing Phelps) and Boglárka Kapás got into the final of 800 m freestyle with the 2nd best result.
“I wanted to finish under 2:06. I always have a goal to be after. I already said after 100 m backstroke that there are many things to be improved and this is what I’ll try to do. I didn’t really have time to celebrate my gold medals as there is one more final to go. No matter how it turns out, this Olympic Games was amazing for me” summed up Katinka.
“Beating Phelps with one hundredth is a small victory for my soul but it doesn’t mean anything. I’m happy to be in the final and I want to swim my best there, no matter what place I’ll finish in, I’ll be satisfied. I don’t have dreams that I know I can’t fulfill for sure” said Laci Cseh.
“I swam well but didn’t give in all. (…) I don’t think about catching up to Ledecky, let’s be real: the gold medal is sold out, but there are two more medals that we’ll be all fighting for. I think I’ll need at least 8:15, but maybe even less – I believe I’m able to this” said Bogi.
You can watch their finals tonight!
RESULTS:
Women’s 78 kg judo, repechage – Abigél Joó finished in the 7th place
Men’s 100 kg judo, 1st round – Miklós Cirjenics lost to Karl-Richard Frey (Germany)
Women’s subcaliber rifle shooting, qualification – Julianna Miskolczi finished in the 22nd place, which didn’t get her into the final
Women’s individual badminton, group matches – Laura Sárosi-Sindhu V. Pusarla (India) 0:2
Men’s coxless pair rowing, final B – Béla Simon and Adrián Juhász finished in the 3rd place, which means the 9th place on the aggregated board
Women’s water polo, 2nd round – Spain-Hungary 11:10
Men’s 50 m freestyle, heats – Krisztián Takács finished in the 17th place, which didn’t get him into the semi-finals
Women’s 800 m freestyle, heats – Boglárka Kapás got into the final with the 2nd best time, while Éva Risztov didn’t make it into the final
Men’s 100 m butterfly, heats – László Cseh qualified with the 2nd best time, while Bence Pulai finished in the 26th place, which wasn’t enough for the semi-finals
Men’s 100 m butterfly, semi-finals – László Cseh 4th place
Women’s 200 m backstroke, heats – Katinka Hosszú qualified with the best time, while Réka György finished in the 22nd place and dropped out
Women’s 200 m backstroke, semi-finals – Katinka Hosszú 1st place
Men’s surf RSX – Áron Gádorfalvi daily result: 26th place
Men’s Finn sailing – Zsombor Berecz 1st and 7th place
Women’s surf RSX – Sára Cholnoky daily result: 25th place
Budapest, August 11 (MTI) – President János Áder is to open a conference on Hungarian culture and language held at the Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil on Thursday, the Pallas Athene Domus Animae Foundation (PADA) said.
A Hungarian course launched by the university in cooperation with the University of Pécs in Hungary and with support from PADA has been attended by over 100 students in the past year and a half. The Hungarians in Brazil Conference connected to the course will be held for the second time.
There are Hungarian communities in each country in South America but the largest and most active ones are in Brazil. There are tens of thousands of Brazilians with Hungarian descent living in the area around Sao Paolo and the course helps them learn about their predecessors’ language and culture, the foundation said in a statement.
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The conference is expected to further promote Hungarian language and culture in Brazil and strengthen links between USP and Hungarian higher education institutions. The USP Hungarian Professors’ Circle is being set up this year and a cooperation agreement between the Budapest University of Technology and Economics and USP’s technical department will be extended.
The 10th of August brought about another fantastic Olympic gold medal as Áron Szilágyi marched into the final of men’s individual sabre and won. The men’s water polo team played a tie with Greece in the 3rd round, the women’s 4×200 m freestyle relay finished in the 6th place, and judoist Krisztián Tóth dropped out in the eighth finals.
We were the most excited for London’s Olympic Champion Áron Szilágyi yesterday knowing that it’s very rare that someone can defend his/her Olympic title in combat sports. Hungary has always been a “fencing nation” with outstanding results, however, successes didn’t always come as planned, and Áron Szilágyi’s break-through in London was the most pleasant surprise as he was only 22 years old then. He came to Rio with one aim: to do his best and defend his title.
He had to face tough opponents and long fencing-bouts throughout the day but he managed to keep calm, concentrated, and confident. And what he did in the final bout was magical and imposing. He won with utter professionalism and determination. He outclassed his opponent and showed off his wide repertoire. He is the classic example of an iconic sabre fencer.
By defending his Olympic title he revived the Hungarian tradition and rose into the illustrious company of Jenő Fuchs and Rudolf Kárpáti, the only ones who were able to do the same before. “I am a very blessed man for being able to relive this for the second time. It was incredible! I’m fighting my tears. I know exactly how much work we’ve put into this. Not just me, my whole team, coach, family and everyone! I am very happy!” said Áron right after the bout. Congratulations to him on his sensational gold medal!
The Hungarian men’s water polo team played against Greece in the 3rd round. We knew that it was going to be a tough match since you can never be sure against Greece. It was a great game, the boys played very well but it seems that there is nothing new under the Rio sun as the Greeks levelled in the last minute, so the match ended in a tie. Again. This is becoming a bit frustrating for the team, but we hope that they’ll win their next match.
“It seems like this is our fate, we have to take the hard way. Actually, it doesn’t matter who was playing good or bad, the only thing that counts is who wins in the end. This tie is not good for us, there’s nothing to explain about it. If I can say one thing about the Olympic Games it is that one continuously goes from the lowest of hell to the highest of heaven” said Coach Tibor Benedek.
Some people try to look at the funny side of things and remind everyone that this was exactly how Portugal started out at Euro2016 but in the end they won. However, the competition is getting more and more serious so we hope that the boys will break the ice against Japan.
Budapest (MTI) – Hungary’s swimming sensation Katinka Hosszú is set to be nominated for honorary citizen of the city of Baja in southern Hungary, according to the city’s website.
The 27-year-old Hosszú, who has won three gold medals in four days at the Rio Summer Olympics, is being nominated for the award by Baja Mayor Róbert Fercsák (Fidesz) and farm ministry state secretary Róbert Zsigó, who is also an MP for the city.
Fercsák said the nomination is a token of Baja’s appreciation of Hosszú’s accomplishments.
The Baja city council will decide on the city awards at a future session. The awards will bestowed at a special holiday session in December.
Hosszu, the “Iron Lady”, won her first Olympic gold medal by shattering the world record in the women’s 400m medley on Saturday. She then went on to win the 100m backstroke on Monday before claiming victory in the 200m medley on Tuesday. She is the first woman to win three individual swimming golds since Inge de Bruin of the Netherlands at the Sydney Games in 2000.
Katinka Hosszú’s father who is in Rio talked to Hungarian National Sports Magazine (Nemzeti Sport) about his daughter’s career in sports. In the interview, István Hosszú revealed why his daughter was named Katinka, which is not a very common name in Hungary – it is not among the first 200 most popular names, yet!
Katinka has a huge fan base in Hungary; after winning the Olympic championship title and considering her outstanding performance in Rio the popularity of this name may increase in the future.
First, the parents wanted to call their newborn baby girl “Katalin” (Catherine), but they didn’t really like that name. Next, they considered calling her “Kata”, which is a variation of “Katalin”; they did like that name, but it lacked rhythm and dynamism.
After some deliberation, they decided to call her “Katinka”; mostly, because this name sounded more dynamic and it was also beautiful.
The name “Katinka” derived from “Katalin” by adding the diminutive “-ka” suffix to the original name, which as a result, underwent some morphological change.
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In Hungarian unlike in English diminutives have only positive connotations. Names with diminutive suffixes cutify the bearer of the name. Names that carry diminutive suffixes are very popular among female children.
Budapest, August 10 (MTI) – President János Áder greeted Hungarian athletes in the Hungarian House at a small ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, the venue of the 2016 Olympics, late on Tuesday local time.
Áder also congratulated Géza Imre who won Hungary’s first silver medal in fencing just before the ceremony.
The Hungarian president commended two other athletes who were unable to attend: swimmers Katinka Hosszú and Tamás Kenderesi.
Hosszú finished later on Tuesday by winning her third gold medal in Rio and Kenderesi won Hungary’s first bronze after beating US Olympic champion Michael Phelps during the semi-finals.
Hungary currently ranks third behind the US and China on the 2016 Olyimpic Games’ medal standings with 4 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medals.
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