Rami Anis, a member of the Refugee Olympic Team did a part of his training for the Olympics in Hungary this summer. The Syrian swimmer escaped from Aleppo a few years ago, hvg.hu writes.
Anis posted a photo on his Facebook page of his Olympic preparations in a training camp in Hungary. The photo was taken on July 10 at the swimming pool in Százhalombatta.
In 2011, at the age of 20, Anis left his home of Aleppo, which is the most heavily affected area of the civil war raging in Syria. Anis did not think he would have to stay away for long.
“The bag I took had two jackets, two t-shirts, two trousers – it was a small bag. I thought I would be in Turkey for a couple of months and then return to my country,” he said on the Rio Olympics website.
According to hvg.hu, Anis first fled to Turkey, where he trained at the Galatasaray Sports Club, but since he did not have Turkish citizenship, he could not swim competitively. He left Turkey in an inflatable dinghy, and arrived first in Samos, Greece, then finally in Belgium where now he resides. He was granted asylum in December 2015, and today he trains at the Royal Ghent Swimming Club.
At the Olympics, Anis competes in 100m freestyle on August 9, and in 100m butterfly on August 11.
On the 9th of August our women’s water polo team started the Games with a win against China. Epee fencer András Rédli dropped out among the best 32, Gábor Boczkó was beaten by Géza Imre in the eighth finals, who then marched into the final and won Hungary’s first silver medal in Rio. Then came Katinka Hosszú and won her 3rd gold medal in 200 m medley, while 19-year-old Tamás Kenderesi finished in the third place in 200 m butterfly. Hungary is in the 3rd place of the medal table after Day 4!!!
Katinka Hosszú is unbeatable in Rio. She swims imperiously and leaves everyone behind. Truth be told, the result of the 200 m medley wasn’t this obvious, because Katinka finally found an opponent, but let’s face it: currently nobody can beat her in medley. “I enjoy being here and competing here. There’s always a challenge and I love this. And the end is far away.”
The other final we were waiting for was László Cseh’s and Tamás Kenderesi’s 200 m butterfly final. If there was only one person who could win a gold in Rio then probably everyone would’ve wanted Laci to be that person. He is a very loveable person, who achieved so much in his life, but the Olympic gold medal was missing from the collection. He was very close at several times but he left to Rio in such a good shape that we all thought: this was his time.
Unfortunately it wasn’t. He lost his energy in the last 50 m and only came in in the 7th place. It was harrowing to see. “The problem was that I felt like I wasn’t progressing in the last 50 metres, like I swam another final 10 minutes ago. It was horrible, I clearly got tired. I tried to go on but something went very wrong…I congratulate Tamás for his bronze medal and I’ll try my best in 100 m butterfly!”
What made things better was Tamás Kenderesi’s amazing run-in, which was enough for the bronze medal. He wasn’t able to beat Phelps for the third time but won Hungary’s first bronze medal in Rio. This is what he said after the final: “The last five metres were quite pinching, I was thinking about things I could do. I think my heart got me in. I am tired, I could eat a few cheese burgers…” Gotta love him!
The most harrowing moment of yesterday was probably Géza Imre’s fight for the golden medal in epee fencing. Géza Imre, who became a World Champion at the age of 40 and is the oldest member of the Hungarian Olympic Team, put all his experience into this day. He was confident and had a whole country cheer for him. He led the final fencing-bout by 14:9 when something happened and he just could finish it. Nevertheless, he won a beautifully shining silver medal and he remains an icon.
The Hungarian women’s water polo team started out great in Rio. They beat China by 13:11, which is a very promising start in the group phase. “In the last two and a half years we haven’t been able to beat the Chinese team, so I’m very happy for the comeback and the great start. We knew that it was going to be a tough battle. We played very well, even fantastically at times. It’s going to be harder against Spain, but I look forward to a good offensive game and a massive defence” said Coach Attila Bíró.
The biggest shock of the day was probably Dániel Gyurta’s poor performance, who didn’t even make it into the semi-finals in 200 m breaststroke. London’s gold medalist has been quite mysterious about his preparation lately, but he stated that he was focusing on his main event subordinating everything else. However, we could sense that something was wrong, a probable poor result was in the air.
This is what he wrote on his official Facebook page: “Sport is unpredictable. Today, this was the best I could. I am part of the international elite since 13 years, alone in todays’ heats. I had my downturns before and I stood up. I’ll have the power to stand up again and return. This is all I can promise and I am grateful for your support which I’m gonna repay. With love: Dani
Do not forget that Hungarian athletes are out there and they all need loud cheering! I’ll be also back with the relay. GO HUNGARY!”
He is a great sportsmen who achieved a lot in his career. He is an Olympic Champion, three times World Champion, two times European Champion and several times Hungarian Champion. And this is not the end, we wish him a successful return!
RESULTS:
Men’s pair rowing, quarter-final – Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár didn’t make it into the best 12
Men’s coxless pair, semi-final – Béla Simon and Adrián Juhász made it into final B
Women’s 25 m pistol shooting, qualification – Zsófia Csonka 10th place, Renáta Tobai-Sike 16th place
Budapest, August 9 (MTI) – President János Áder met International Olympic Committee (IOC) head Thomas Bach for talks in Rio de Janeiro on Monday, which also covered Budapest’s bid to host the 2024 Olympics.
The Hungarian Olympic Committee said on its website mob.hu that Áder discussed the Hungarian bid with several IOC members during Rio 2016. Before the consultations with Bach about Hungary’s options, Ader met officials from China and Peru.
Áder had previously met the German sports diplomat to discuss Hungary’s bid at the UN New York headquarters last September, mob.hu said.
Bach described Hungary as a strong contender at the end of last year.
Áder also plans to meet Dutch and Irish IOC members in Rio de Janeiro in the next few days.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is scheduled to meet Bach next Friday and they will visit the Hungarian House in Rio.
The 8th of August was an eventful day of ups and downs for the Hungarian Team. Katinka Hosszú won her second Olympic gold medal in 100 m backstroke and got into the final of 200 m medley with the 2nd best time. Tamás Kenderesi got into the final of 200 m butterfly with the best time, while László Cseh did the same with the 3rd best time. Judoists Miklós Ungvári and Hedvig Karakas finished in the 5th and 7th place on the repechage. Péter Sidi finished in the 5th place in men’s rifle shooting, boxer Zoltán Harcsa made it into the best 16, while fencer Anna Márton dropped out among the best 16.
We can now firmly state that Katinka Hosszú is truly in her best shape ever. She won her second gold medal in 100 m backstroke, which is not her main event. This was much more surprising, thus touching as well. She was only in the 6th place after 50 metres, but what she did on the second 50 metres was incredible. She swam powerfully and easily at the same time. The whole world is blown away by her.
Another surprise of Day 3 was the 19-year-old Tamás Kenderesi who beat Michael Phelps in both of the qualifying round and the semi-finals of 200 m butterfly. “This wasn’t how I planned it, but Phelps was just next to me, so I thought, why not give it a pull? Why shouldn’t I beat him now? Not that it meant anything…” said Tamás. He even blew away BBC who called him “the most understated celebration of Rio2016 so far after beating Le Clos & Phelps”.
The other potential Hungarian winner, László Cseh also did well yesterday: he got into the final of 200 m butterfly with the third best time so he can strive for that well-desired Olympic gold medal from quite a good position.
The second match of the Hungarian water polo team against Australia also ended in a tie, just like the first match against Serbia. “It became clear in the last three years that playing against the Australians is never easy. Even if I’m currently not satisfied with the result, it was a good lesson for us. Two days ago we were happy with the tie, but today we aren’t. It was a good slap in the face. The field is very steady, we’ll have to be there mentally on all matches as only a few goals will decide” said Coach Tibor Benedek after the match.
One of our most routinish sportsmen, Péter Sidi (this is his 5th Olympic Games) finished in the 5th place of men’s rifle shooting, which is his best result ever. 5th place at his 5th Games…he hopes for an even better result in his other events.
We had great hopes in our judiosts yesterday, but unfortunately things didn’t go the way they planned. Both Hedvig Karakas and London’s silver medalist Miklós Ungvári started out great but tables can turn in a second in judo. And this was what happened, they both continued on repechage where Hedvig finished in the 7th place and Miki in the 5th place.
The other sad scene yesterday was the dropping out of Anna Márton, our talented fencer. “The biggest problem was that I didn’t have actions. I trusted my power but it is not enough in this sport. I am very disappointed, I wanted to achieve much more” said the World Championship bronze medalist and European Championship silver medalist, who attended her first Olympic Games.
RESULTS:
Women’s 100 m backstroke – Katinka Hosszú Olympic gold medal
Women’s 200 m medley, semi-final – Katinka Hosszú 2nd best time, Zsuzsanna Jakabos dropped out with the 10th best time
Women’s 200 m freestyle, qualification – Ajna Késely 25th place, Evelyn Verrasztó 28th place
Men’s 200 m butterfly, semi-final – Tamás Kenderesi 1st place, László Cseh 3rd place
American coach-husband Shane Tusup sent a message to Katinka Hosszú after she won 400m IM with new world record in Rio2016.
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Budapest, August 8 (MTI) – Hungary’s anti-doping group MACS dismissed suspicions of doping after Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú smashed the world record in the women’s 400m medley on Saturday, claiming her first Olympic gold medal.
Hosszú lowered the world record with an astonishing 4:26.36 in Rio, beating the previous record that was set in 2012 by China’s Ye Shiwen by more than two seconds.
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The ease with which Hosszu blitzed the field will surely raise questions. Last year, Hosszu feuded with Hungarian officials over her whereabouts and availability for out-of-competition drug tests. Hosszu is known as “The Iron Lady” in Hungary, where she is quite popular and powerful. – Sports Illustrated (USA)
Ágnes Tiszeker, head of MACS, told the press service of the 2017 World Aquatic Championships on Monday that Hosszú had been tested for illegal substances 39 times over the past 13 months. She spoke in response to questions raised in the US press over Hosszu’s results, and whether her performance had been clean, free of illegal drug use.
It is astonishing and sad to see that the trend in world sports today is an increasing number of doping cases, bans and suspensions on the one hand, and unjustified accusations on the other, Tiszeker was quoted as saying to the media service.
Hosszú Katinka and her husband and trainer Shane Tusup. MTI Photo: Tamás Kovács
The tests completed by Hosszú included 29 urine tests and nine blood tests. Hosszu also took part in an on-site drug test on one occasion. On top of this, she had been checked by the international FINA and the International Olympic Committee NOB several times, Tiszeker added in her statement.
Tamás Gyarfás, the president of the Hungarian Swimming Association (MUSZ), said in a statement on Monday that the accusations by the US press are unfounded as all of Hosszú’s tests had been negative for doping.
Unfortunately, yesterday didn’t turn out quite as perfect for Hungarian Olympians as the opening day in Rio. Swimmer Boglárka Kapás finished in the 4th place in 400 meter freestyle and Katinka Hosszú made it into the final of 100 meter backstroke, but most of our Olympians weren’t satisfied with their poor performance.
To sum up the 7th of August: Boglárka Kapás finished in the 4th place of the 400 meter freestyle swimming with her personal best time, which unfortunately wasn’t enough for a medal, even though she was very close to finishing in the third place. The event was won by the American Katie Ledecky, who seemed just as unstoppable as Katinka Hosszú two days ago.
Apropos, Katinka got into the final of 100 meters backstroke with the second best time but unfortunately, the rest of Hungarian swimmers didn’t feel the rhythm as much. Dominik Kozma (200 m freestyle), Péter Bernek (200 m freestyle), Anna Sztankovics (100 m breaststroke), Gábor Balog (100 m backstroke), Ajna Késely (400 m freestyle) and the 4×100 m men’s freestyle relay all dropped out.
Moreover, our table tennis players (Ádám Pattantyús, Georgina Póta, Petra Lovas), tennis players (Tímea Babos, Réka Jani), boxer Balázs Bacskai, gymnast Zsófia Kovács and shooters Renáta Tobai-Sike, Viktória Egri all had to say goodbye to the Rio Olympic Games.
Results
Tennis Women’s Singles Round 1
Petra Kvitová (Czech Republic, 11.) – Tímea Babos 6:1, 6:2
Attention Ladies, it’s now our time to lay our eyes on some of the most handsome sportsmen in the Hungarian Olympic Team. We have to admit that picking the sexiest men out of the delegation was a hard task as we have quite a lot good looking athletes. Nevertheless, here comes our subjective list, and, of course, as the saying goes: ‘no touching, only watching’. 😉
Áron Szilágyi (fencing)
We are convinced that whole Hungary fell in love with Áron Szilágyi and his mesmerising blue eyes after he won a gold medal at the London Olympic Games. He wasn’t generally known beforehand but he struck us all like a lightning. He is also a European and World Champion and carried the Hungarian flag so engagingly at the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games that you couldn’t take your eyes off of him. At least if you are a women.
Balázs Baji (athletics)
As we’ve reported a few weeks ago, Balázs Baji made us all happy when he won a silver medal at the Athletics European Championships in 110 metres hurdles. Besides his run his appearance is also exceptional and we are not surprised that he is the boyfriend of a beautiful Hungarian model. Get ready to root for the handsome athlete on the 16th of August.
Dániel Gyurta (swimming)
Well, what can we say? He always had a secure place on the list of the sexiest Hungarian sportsmen. The whole world has had several chances to admire his finely muscly build-up as he was swimming for success. With his Olympic gold, three World Championship and two European Championship gold medals, he is one of the most successful Hungarian swimmers. He grew up in front of our eyes as he was only 15 at the time of his first Olympic Games when he tore in with a silver medal and awed Hungary. We have good news: he also has a similarly handsome brother, Gergely.
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Henrik Vasbányai and Róbert Mike (canoe)
Kayak-canoe is the third most successful Hungarian sport, we are fortunate enough to always have great talents. So we thought that we shouldn’t separate this winner duo, who definitely melt women’s hearts with their strapping looks and charming smiles. They are European and World Champions in C2 1000 m and are preparing to top their collection with an Olympic gold medal. The best of luck to them!
Men’s water polo team
Okay, this is cheating, but it would impossible to highlight anyone from the Hungarian men’s water polo team. They are the ultimate eye candy as a team, who are adored by so many. The Hungarian water polo team is the world’s most successful with 9 Olympic golds, 3 World Championship golds and 12 European Championship gold medals. The current team is led by three time Olympic Champion Tibor Benedek who wants to, and has every chance to, make the team mighty again.
Let our hearts beat together for the Hungarian boys (and girls of course) and don’t be shy to comment if you miss someone from the list!
Photos: www.facebook.com/SzilágyiÁron, BalázsBaji, DanielGyurtaOfficial, RóbertMike, VLV – A magyar férfi vízilabda-válogatott hivatalos oldala, MTI
What an opening day for Hungary at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games! Hungarian Olympians never had such a strong start as yesterday: Emese Szász won the gold medal in women’s epee fencing and Katinka Hosszú beat everyone in 400 metres individual medley swimming and to top it all, she broke the world record, her only opponent in the pool. The men’s water polo team started out great with a tie against Serbia and the only bittersweet moment of the day was judoist Éva Csernoviczki’s 7th place, who was injured, but still tried her best.
The first day started out just great with the men’s water polo match between Hungary and Serbia. We should keep in mind that the Serbian team won all world events in the last couple of years (except for the 2013 World ChampionshipsJ) and they are the absolute potential winners in Rio. But there are other great water polo nations who are threats to the title, out of which Hungary is one of the greatest.
Our team played such an amazing match that we managed to pull off a tie, which is a perfect start against Serbia. And this is only the group phase where teams try to collect as many points as they can. So from this aspect the outcome doesn’t mean much, but a good start means a lot psychologically. The Hungarian men’s water polo team truly played as a team (the first 8 goals were scored by 8 different players) and they have every chance to continue marching towards the final.
Without any further talk, we should get down to the most exciting part of Day 1, which was Emese Szász’ fascinating battle for the gold medal. To be honest, nobody expected a gold medal, neither such a confident attitude, as she hasn’t been able to achieve outstanding successes at world events in a very long time.
But the 33-year-old epee fencer proved statistics wrong and rose from the dead, if it was needed. As you saw her fighting her way for the mighty gold medal you realised how much she deserved it. And watching her whoops of joy and rejoicing was heart-warming.
So Hungary has a new Olympic Champion in women’s epee fencing after Tímea Nagy’s successes in 2000 and 2004. Timi was also helped by the four time Olympic Champion Győző Kulcsár, who is now Emese’s coach. Not to mention that Hungary’s first gold medal in Rio was won in fencing just like 4 years ago (Áron Szilágyi). This could be a lucky charm for Hungarians.
What came next was even more unbelievable. It was Katinka Hosszú, the Iron Lady herself. We knew that she was in her best shape and that she was the absolute potential winner of the 400 metres individual medley. But she came, destroyed the field, and broke the world record with such ease that it was totally worth waking up for her in the middle of the night (in Hungarian time her final was at 3:50 am in the morning).
It became obvious that Katinka’s only opponent is the world record as she beat everybody with 4 seconds! She said that she felt like she was at training and was able to do everything just like they planned with Shane. It was so good to see Shane’s fanatic, tribal-like jubilance. They are partners in crime, and what they did in the last four years is incredible. New York Times even published a long article about their relationship. They are truly a winning duo and Katinka seems unstoppable. As their favourite saying goes: Hard work always pays off!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBCl6Scyk9E
FURTHER RESULTS:
Men’s water polo, 1st round – Serbia-Hungary 13-13
Women’s 400 m medley swimming – Katinka Hosszú 1st place, Zsuzsanna Jakabos 13th place
Women’s 100 m butterfly – Liliána Szilágyi 13th place
Men’s 400 m medley – Gergely Gyurta 11th place, Dávid Verrasztó 12th place
Men’s 400 m freestyle – Péter Bernek 21st place, Gergő Kis 38th place
Men’s 100 m breaststroke – Dániel Gyurta 16th place
Women’s rifle shooting – Julianna Miskolczi 22nd place
Men’s pistole shooting – Miklós Tátrai 42nd place
Men’s normal weight sculls rowing – Bendegúz Pétervári-Molnár qualified
Coxless pair rowing – Adrián Juhász, Simon Béla qualified
Rio de Janeiro, August 6 (MTI) – Brazil’s sports minister Leonardo Picciani met counterparts from countries participating in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including Hungary’s state secretary for sports Tünde Szabó.
At the meeting held before the opening ceremony of the Games, Szabó congratulated Picciani on hosting the games, the human resources ministry said in a statement of Saturday. She also held talks with Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hirokazu Matsuno from Japan, which will host the 2020 games.
Szabó said the meeting was all the more important for Hungary because Budapest competes with Los Angeles, Paris and Rome for hosting the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee will select the winning city in Lima next September.
Szabó also met Israel’s minister of culture and sports, Britain’ state secretary for sport, as well as the Croatian and Slovenian sports ministers.
Rio de Janeiro, August 5 (MTI) – President János Áder opened a Hungarian House in Rio de Janeiro, the venue of the 2016 Olympics, on Friday.
Áder, who will attend the official opening of the Olympic Games in the evening, said the achievements of Hungarian athletes in previous Olympics have entitled the country to submit its bid to host the 2024 Olympic Summer Games.
Hungary’s bid was also inspired by the National Olympic Committee’s Agenda 2020 reform programme, he said.
“Hungary has been present in the Olympic Games since the very beginning,” Áder said, noting that his country was a founding member of the Olympic movement and had its athletes competing at almost all Games, with the exception of the ones in Antwerp in 1920 and in Los Angeles in 1984.
By winning a total of 168 gold, 148 silver and 170 bronze medals, Hungary ranks as the third most successful nation relative to its size and population in the history of the Games, he said.
Hungary should be considered to host the Games in 2024 not only because its traditions and results in sports, but also because it is the only country among the top ten medal winners that has not hosted the Olympics yet, the president said.
“We are serious about this issue and this is also why we have established the Hungarian House which will serve as a platform, an exhibition space and a gate, connecting the past with the future,” Áder said.
The Hungarian House is meant to become a meeting point for members of the International Olympic Committee and other senior decision makers of the Olympic family. Furthermore, it features an exhibition on Hungary’s Olympic performance and bid for the 2024 Games.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will jointly visit the facility on August 19.
Most Hungarian sportspeople have already arrived in Rio and circuited the locations to be able to adapt to the conditions as soon as possible. They started training right away in order to be in the best shape when their time comes. There’s no time to rest as some of them start already on the first weekend. We’ll be able to cheer for our water polo team, swimmers, shooters, gymnasts and judoists. Make sure to set your alarm if you don’t want to miss exciting finals. But for now, we bring you some photos of the Hungarian Olympic Team and their preparation in Rio.
Judoist Hedvig Karakas
Gymnast Zsófia Kovács
Shooter István Péni, fencer Edina Knapek, judoists Abigél Joó and Krisztián Tóth
The men’s water polo team is taking a selfie
Hoisting of the Hungarian flag
Swimmer Katinka Hosszú
Swimmer Dániel Gyurta
Swimmer Dániel Gyurta
Swimmer Zsuzsanna Jakabos
Shooter Julianna Miskolczi
Shooter Miklós Tátrai
Shooter Péter Sidi
Shooter István Péni
Table tennis players Petra Lovas and Georgina Póta
We hope you’re already in Olympic fever, but in case not, we now bring you some of the most beautiful women from the Hungarian Olympic Team, who will guarantee that fever 😉 Life.hu put together a list of beautiful Hungarian sportswomen, who are not only talented, but also their appearance at the Olympic Games will definitely be unforgettable.
Zsófia Földházi (pentathlon)
She did ballet as a small girl and managed to keep her slender body while being a professional pentathlonist, which comes with a lot of different physical strain. And she does all this with naughtily wavy hair and sparkling brown eyes along with her beautiful face and radiance, which would make male hearts melt even in a movie, let alone in Olympic broadcasting. By the way, she is a European and World Champion.
Zsuzsanna Jakabos (swimming)
We would bet that the first person that comes to most of our minds when talking about beautiful Hungarian sportswomen is Zsuzsanna Jakabos. You could easily mistake her for a supermodel and she is probably known by even those who are not sport fans as she’s been on the front cover of quite a lot of magazines. We hope that she’ll be able to fulfil her dreams in Rio!
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Villő Kormos (diving)
We are not surprised that divers have a finely lithe and gracefully aerodynamic body. Still, it is her charming smile that makes Villő Kormos so special, that makes us all want to smile with her. Not to mention that she has bright blue eyes that fall in line with her nickname, Villanyka (little electric light). Also, she is a three time European bronze medallist in synchronic diving.
Edina Gangl (water polo)
If we were the opponent of the Hungarian water polo team and wanted to score a goal, we might be distracted by the beauty of the goal keeper – not that anyone has a chance to trick her. We can only see her engaging face in the pool, as the cap covers her amazingly long brown hair. Her team won the European Championships this year, so we are right to root for the women’s water polo team as potential winners in Rio.
Aida Mohamed (fencing)
She couldn’t be missing from the list of the prettiest Hungarian sportswomen either. Would you guess that she is the mother of two children and is over 40? Aida, who was born to a Syrian father and a Hungarian mother, will be competing at her 6th Olympic Games in a row, which makes her an absolute recorder. We wish that the gold medal goes again to a Hungarian mother after Tímea Nagy.
Hedvig Karakas (judo)
Women doing combat sports are believed to all have manly muscular bodies, but if we look at Hedvig Karakas we see the living evidence for the opposite: she is a real gracious beauty, with brown hair and unique blue eyes. She is also a European and World Championship bronze medalist. We wish the best of luck to her as well!
Boglárka Kapás (swimming)
Looking at Bogi you get the feeling that she is the embodier of loveliness: with her delicate figure and pretty features she represents the charming, girl-like appeal on the list. And also, beauty and intelligence are brought together, as she studies psychology at the Eötvös Loránd Science University. She had a perfect start this year, with 4 gold medals at the European Championships, and we hope she continues to succeed in her best shape at the Games.
The work of the unstoppable Iron Lady and her husband-coach, Shane Tusup, has been admired by many. Their relationship, preparation, training techniques and successes even inspired New York Times, who published a long report about them. It’s definitely worth reading.
The article emphasizes that Katinka, running away from the failure in London, took on a completely new approach when she started working with her husband as her trainee. Their relationship is twofold: they are both husband & wife, trainer & athlete.
“He’s pretty hard as a coach,” she said, “but at home he’s supersweet and loving and really funny. So we can laugh a lot.”
Besides having her husband inspire her as her trainer, the way Shane treats Katinka can seem very harsh for some people. This is basically the main focus of the article, which even quotes Jessica Hardy, who used to train with Katinka for some time. She finds Shane’s methods frightening and added that he fordbid Katinka from talking to her in 2013 as he thought that Jessica had a bad influence on her. “I’ve seen coaches exhibit that kind of behaviour in training, but this is another level. It’s scary.”
Katinka admits that Shane is a stonehard trainer, who wants immediate results even in the case of a simple movement, but he is a lovely husband. She formerly had a similar relationship with her grandfather, who wasn’t her loving grandpa at the side of the pool but more of a tough trainer.
“I always say if you find a coach who can make you a step or two better, or if what we’re doing is not working and you think there’s something you need to change, you need to tell me because then I’ll step back, that coach will step in, and we’ll be happy,” Tusup said, adding, “She has that offer to this day.”
What is it that an American trainer can give a Hungarian swimmer? Dorina Szekeres, 2012 Olympian and an employee at the couple’s management agency, answers this question: “We have the drive, but we didn’t have the confidence. That’s what we learned in the U.S., that anything is possible. If you’re not in an environment telling you you’re good, how will you know how good you can be? Katinka never saw the potential she has. My old coach is asking me how she is training, what she’s doing in the weight room. It’s no magic. She’s getting the work done. She’s pushing herself every day.”
Katinka said that Shane even prepared her for the chance of not winning a gold medal in Rio. “Shane is always reminding me, ‘You lost the one that you thought you could not survive without, and you’re thriving,’” Hosszú said, referring to the 400 individual medley in London. “Why would you ever worry about anything?”
The article describes them as pool water and chlorine: you are not likely to find one without the other. The bond Katinka and Shane have seems to be working out just perfect. With 5 events on their list, the couple face their biggest challenge in Rio in the upcoming days. The Iron Lady and her husband honestly seem unstoppable…are they really?
The 5th of August marks the flare of the Olympic flame in Rio, which means the beginning of the XXXI Summer Olympic Games. Hungary is represented by 160 sportsmen, and the Hungarian Olympic Committee collected some fun facts about the team for the occasion.
The youngest member of the Olympic Team is Anna Késely, who will only turn 15 in September, after Rio. Swimmers were always the youngest at the latest Games: Liliána Szilágyi in London and Boglárka Kapás in Beijing; however they were both already 15 at the Games.
The oldest sportsmen is Géza Imre. The World Champion, Olympic silver and bronze medallist epee fencer turned 41 last December. Hungary’s all time youngest Olympic Champion is Krisztina Egerszegi (she was 14), while the oldest is Aladár Gerevich (he was 50).
The mostroutinish members of the team are fencer Aida Mohamed and surfer Áron Gádorfalvi, who will be participating at their 6th Olympic Games in a row, thus catching up to the recorder seven times Olympic Champion Aladár Gerevich. Aida will also break the record of Ildikó Rejtő and become the Hungarian sportswoman who attended the most Olympic Games. Rio will be the 5th participation for epee fencer Géza Imre, shooter Péter Sidi and three time Olympic Champion Natasa Douchev-Janics, who represented Yugoslavia at the time of her first participation.
The tallest members of the team are water polo player Márton Vámos and discus thrower Zoltán Kővágó with their 204 centimetres. Water polo players Ádám Decker and Balázs Hárai only lag behind them with one centimetre. The shortest member of the team is marathon runner Tünde Szabó with 154 centimetres, passing shooter Julianna Miskolczi (156 cm) and gymnast Zsófia Kovács (157 cm). And the team’s heaviest person is weight-lifter Péter Nagy with 150 kg-s.
The Hungarian Olympic Team is strengthened by six sibling pairs. Olympic Champion water polo players Dániel Varga and Dénes Varga are attending their 3rd Games, while the similarly water polo players Attila Decker and Ádám Decker could celebrate again after the 2013 World Championships. The wrestler Lőrincz brothers, Olympic silver medallist Tamás and Olympic freshman Viktor, also try for medals together, just like the champion of 200 m breaststroke Dániel Gyurta and his smaller brother Gergely Gyurta. Imre Pulai, the father of swimmers Bence Pulai and Vince Pulai, won a C-2 gold medal in Sydney and the preparation of his sons is now led by their foster-father, György Turi. The life of the Verrasztó family also revolves around swimming: this will be Evelyn’s 4th and Dávid’s 2nd Olympic Games. Their father, Zoltán Verrasztó is an Olympic silver and bronze medallist, while their mother, Mónika Gyúró is a several times Hungarian Champion swimmer.
Tamara Csipes wants to repeat her father’s, Ferenc Csipes’ Olympic success from 1988. Up till now it only happened 3 times that the child of an Olympic Champion also won a gold medal: the hammer thrower Imre Németh’s (1948) javelin thrower son Miklós in 1976 , the water polo player Márton Homonnai’s (1936) swimmer daughter Kató Szőke in 1952 and the water polo player István Szívós’ (1952,1956) water polo player son István in 1976. Current water polo player Márton Szívós is the member of this family, meaning that he could write sport history if winning in Rio as the third generation.
There is only one other three-generation Hungarian Olympic family: swimmer Liliána Szilágyi’s father, Zoltán Szilágyi attended three Olympic Games and her grandfather is a three time Olympic Champion water polo player. Her family is quite rich in medals: Liliána’s aunt, Andrea Gyarmati, is an Olympic silver medallist swimmer, while her uncle, Mihály Hesz is an Olympic Champion canoer.
The Bogen-Gerevich fencer family has the most medals as a family. The grandfather, Albert Bogen won a silver medal in 1912, his daughter, Erna Bogen won a bronze medal in 1932, while her husband, Aladár Gerevich, won 10 medals at 6 Olympic Games. Their son, Pál Gerevich, won two gold medals as part of the fencing team in 1972 and 1980.
Budapest, August 4 (MTI) – President János Áder will pay a visit to Brazil where he will meet politicians and sports officials, his office said on Thursday.
Áder will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
He will watch several sporting events involving Hungarian athletes compete and visit the Olympic Village.
The president’s schedule includes opening the Hungarian House in Rio and meeting the deputy president of Brazil as well as the president and the vice president of the International Olympic Committee.
Áder is scheduled to meet the state governor of Sao Paulo and open a conference focusing on Hungarians in Brazil at Sao Paulo University.
The president will also visit Nova Friburgo in south-eastern Brazil where Hungarians are regarded as a founding nation.
Áder will be accompanied by his wife, Anita Herczegh.
Orbán to attend closing ceremony of Rio Olympics
Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, will attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics in Rio di Janeiro. Press chief Bertalan Havasi said it was “entirely natural” that Hungary should be represented at such a high level at an event on the scale of the Olympics.
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio is beginning soon and, interestingly, in case of a Hungarian victory a new national anthem will be heard. Szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu writes that a shortened version of our national anthem, made by the MÁV Symphonic Orchestra, is to be played at the Olympics, celebrating a Hungarian winner.
According to the site, the Hungarian National Olympic Committee (MOB) made a shortened, 90-seconds long version of the national anthem back in 2013, because the International Olympic Committee ordered it, saying the original was too long.
Because of this, the new orchestral version was made by the MÁV Symphonic Orchestra. Still, only the Winter Olympics were held in the meantime, where Hungarians could not manage to win any gold medals, Rio can be the first place to embrace the refurbished Hungarian national anthem.
The new version was certified by the Erkel Ferenc Company, who highlighted in their statement that the MOB had to adapt to international expectations. Therefore, the anthem is now instrumental, without any vocals during the 90 seconds, but it was composed in a B-flat tone, appropriate for community singing.
Moreover, the bell sound marked by the composer in a separate line of the sheet can be heard in the version, unlike the previous ones. Thus, the reference to the historic triumph at Nándorfehérvár, which happened exactly 560 years ago, is rather explicit. The only thing left is to hope that we may hear it frequently in the following weeks.
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