Ah, but the glory days! In the mid-1950s, three Hungarian athletes held the world 1500m record at various times, and but for the Hungarian uprising, the 1956 Olympic 1500m and 5000m results could have been radically different.
Bence Halász has the best shot at a medal on the men's side with an 80.92m PV from last year's European Championships, which got him a Silver medal. Xénia Krizsán on the women's side has probably the most likely chance to get a medal without 2 of the top 4 Heptathletes (Nafi Thiam and Adrianna Sulek) not competing this year. She won the Götzis Hypo-Meeting in 2021 with a Heptathlon score of 6651, which would get a medal in most global championship Heptathlons (albeit, not in 2022).
If you can find 100 Years of Olympic Glory, Bud Greenspan's version of the story of Hungarian pistol shooter Karoly Takacs is pretty inspirational.
Won 3 gold medals. Lost his shooting hand after the second gold to a bomb during war. When he showed up for his third Olympics with a wooden prosthetic hand his fellow competitors were in shock and asked why he was there. He said he was there to learn.
After winning his 3rd gold medal with the other hand, his chief competitor came up to him and said Karolyi, you have learned enough!
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Ah, but the glory days! In the mid-1950s, three Hungarian athletes held the world 1500m record at various times, and but for the Hungarian uprising, the 1956 Olympic 1500m and 5000m results could have been radically different.
It was not just the 1500.
István Rózsavölgyi held the world records at 1000m, 1500m and 2000m.
Lazlo Tabori held the 1500m record and broke the 2000m record, finishing second to Rózsavölgyi in that race and was the third man to run a mile under 4 mins. Lazlo wore a big silver wrist watch engraved on the back with the 2000m details, while Rózsavölgyi received a similar watch in gold.
Sándor Iharos held world records at 1500m, 3000m, 2 miles, 3 miles, 5000m, 6 miles and 10,000m.
Far-right governments like flashy, expensive infrastructure projects to make the country look better than it actually is.
The country is phenomenal, as are the Hungarian people. Have you been there or is your opinion shaped by your political biases?
It's not controversial that they have a far-right government. Why do you think CPAC took their annual meeting there a couple years ago? (not that it's relevant, but yes I've been to Hungary.)
The country is phenomenal, as are the Hungarian people. Have you been there or is your opinion shaped by your political biases?
It's not controversial that they have a far-right government. Why do you think CPAC took their annual meeting there a couple years ago? (not that it's relevant, but yes I've been to Hungary.)
So it would be preferable for a country that is finally emerging from decades of communist oppression to find its rightful place as a respectable European nation to not invest in infrastructure like sports stadiums? What does this have to do with whether the government is right or left?
I've spent tons of time in Hungary. I lived there for two years about 25 years ago and have made many many trips back over the years. I watched the country rebuild itself from a third world communist dump to a beautiful vibrant nation. I have a lot of friends from the country. There has been a ton of investment in infrastructure there, roads, etc., finally modernizing the nation. Why is it unreasonable for them to build a sports stadium in their capital city? And most likely the EU funded it, so I guess the EU is a far-right organization now?
Lastly, you may not agree with the government's positions, but they are doing a fantastic job of bringing the nation forward. The main position that has put them in the hot seat is that they don't want to take on an overwhelming number of economic migrants. The people in Hungary were extremely poor for decades and are finally getting on their feet. They probably don't want their labor markets saturated and to become poor again. I think it's perfectly reasonable for them to engage in some protectionism, at least until they have rebuilt a middle class again.
Go live in Hungary for a couple years, then go live in Germany for a couple years (I've done both), and then tell me which country is more fascist. There's a reason I have visited Hungary many times and have never gone back to Germany since I lived there. And I say this as a person with probably at least 90% German heritage.
It's not controversial that they have a far-right government. Why do you think CPAC took their annual meeting there a couple years ago? (not that it's relevant, but yes I've been to Hungary.)
So it would be preferable for a country that is finally emerging from decades of communist oppression to find its rightful place as a respectable European nation to not invest in infrastructure like sports stadiums? What does this have to do with whether the government is right or left?
I've spent tons of time in Hungary. I lived there for two years about 25 years ago and have made many many trips back over the years. I watched the country rebuild itself from a third world communist dump to a beautiful vibrant nation. I have a lot of friends from the country. There has been a ton of investment in infrastructure there, roads, etc., finally modernizing the nation. Why is it unreasonable for them to build a sports stadium in their capital city? And most likely the EU funded it, so I guess the EU is a far-right organization now?
Lastly, you may not agree with the government's positions, but they are doing a fantastic job of bringing the nation forward. The main position that has put them in the hot seat is that they don't want to take on an overwhelming number of economic migrants. The people in Hungary were extremely poor for decades and are finally getting on their feet. They probably don't want their labor markets saturated and to become poor again. I think it's perfectly reasonable for them to engage in some protectionism, at least until they have rebuilt a middle class again.
Go live in Hungary for a couple years, then go live in Germany for a couple years (I've done both), and then tell me which country is more fascist. There's a reason I have visited Hungary many times and have never gone back to Germany since I lived there. And I say this as a person with probably at least 90% German heritage.
They have human rights issues with their largest minority group the Roma(Gypsies) and they have been going back to the communist ideology on homosexuality. The government is also an ally with Putin but other than that it's all milk and honey.
Perhaps not so much t&f athletes but they can certainly use this nice stadium to wipe the floor with the US national soccer team. Much more important sport
It's not controversial that they have a far-right government. Why do you think CPAC took their annual meeting there a couple years ago? (not that it's relevant, but yes I've been to Hungary.)
So it would be preferable for a country that is finally emerging from decades of communist oppression to find its rightful place as a respectable European nation to not invest in infrastructure like sports stadiums? What does this have to do with whether the government is right or left?
I've spent tons of time in Hungary. I lived there for two years about 25 years ago and have made many many trips back over the years. I watched the country rebuild itself from a third world communist dump to a beautiful vibrant nation. I have a lot of friends from the country. There has been a ton of investment in infrastructure there, roads, etc., finally modernizing the nation. Why is it unreasonable for them to build a sports stadium in their capital city? And most likely the EU funded it, so I guess the EU is a far-right organization now?
Lastly, you may not agree with the government's positions, but they are doing a fantastic job of bringing the nation forward. The main position that has put them in the hot seat is that they don't want to take on an overwhelming number of economic migrants. The people in Hungary were extremely poor for decades and are finally getting on their feet. They probably don't want their labor markets saturated and to become poor again. I think it's perfectly reasonable for them to engage in some protectionism, at least until they have rebuilt a middle class again.
Go live in Hungary for a couple years, then go live in Germany for a couple years (I've done both), and then tell me which country is more fascist. There's a reason I have visited Hungary many times and have never gone back to Germany since I lived there. And I say this as a person with probably at least 90% German heritage.
Hungarian resident here. What you just typed out is the government’s official spiel on numerous stances, nearly word for word- the same propaganda the citizens are bombarded with 24/7 via the state-owned media.
They have not pushed the country forward; they have nearly destroyed it. They build sports stadium after stadium while the people struggle to eat with 30% food inflation. The politicians suckle from the EU teet and enrich their cronies.
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