Winners Ágnes Kiss and Bianka Nagy (L-R) within the ultimate of the ladies’s canoe double 500m race
The Hungarian kayakers and canoeists delivered an excellent efficiency at their house World Cup in Szeged with an actual medal bathe. With a complete of 20 podium puts, together with seven gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze medals, the athletes demonstrated their power and likewise supplied some emotional moments.
On the primary day of the finals on Saturday the quartet of Márk Opavszky, Bence Fodor, Gergely Balogh and Zsombor Tamási delivered an excellent efficiency within the males’s kayak 4 (K4) on 500m. Following a powerful get started, they fought their as far back as the highest after the German Olympic champions had quickly taken the lead, and so they controlled to safe gold. “We knew we were in for a tough fight, but we worked as a real team,” defined Márk Opavszky after the race. The 2d Hungarian boat with Bence Nádas, Hunor Hidvégi, Zalán Hidvégi and Gergő Keller confirmed a livid ultimate dash and took bronze.
It used to be a just right feeling to look that the way forward for the Hungarian males’s kayak 4 is safe,”
mentioned Bence Nádas proudly.
The ladies’s K4 race additionally brought about jubilation. Alíz Gombás, Emese Kőhalmi, Laura Ujfalvi and Hanna Pető gained the silver medal which stunned them: “We only started training together last week, but it worked out fantastically,” mentioned Emese Kőhalmi delighted.
Ágnes Kiss and Bianka Nagy ruled the ladies’s canoe double (C2) 500m and celebrated a smartly deserved house victory. “It was a tough race, but we were able to do our own thing,” mentioned Ágnes Kiss after the race.
In the ladies’s unmarried kayak 1000m, Zsóka Csikós proved her elegance with silver and Eszter Rendessy with bronze. After an unsuccessful get started, Eszter Rendessy fought her means onto the rostrum with an excellent ultimate spurt overtaking the Swede opponent.
Second-placed Zsóka Csikós. Photo: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt
Third-placed Eszter Rendessy. Photo: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt
Bálint Kopasz set the golden ultimate level on Saturday within the males’s unmarried kayak 1000m. “That was a top performance in an extremely strong field,” the champion summed up his success.
Sunday additionally introduced additional Hungarian good fortune. Ádám Varga took gold within the males’s unmarried kayak 500m. The athlete used to be relieved after his victory: “This victory means a lot to me, especially after yesterday,” Varga mentioned, regarding his disappointing 6th position within the 1000m on Saturday.
Levente Kurucz and Márk Opavszky demonstrated their power within the males’s K2 500m and paddled to gold at the ultimate day. “We had a very good race, but it was not perfect yet,” mentioned Levente Kurucz, already taking a look forward.
Noémi Pupp and Sára Fojt fought their method to bronze within the ladies’s K2 500m in a powerful box. “After a difficult time, this success is very good for our souls,” admitted Sára Fojt after the race.
A unique spotlight used to be the victory of the ladies’s C4 500m with Ágnes Kiss, Bianka Nagy, Réka Opavszky and Zsófia Csorba. “Our goal was to go straight ahead, and that is what won us the race,” defined Réka Opavszky.
In the 5000-meter distance, the Hungarian ladies’s unmarried canoeists as soon as once more confirmed their stamina: Zsófia Csorba took gold in spite of an incident and Borbála Zagyvai secured bronze. Balázs Adolf gained bronze within the males’s C1 5000m, whilst Emese Kőhalmi gained silver within the ladies’s K1 5000m and Bálint Noé finished the Hungarian medal assortment with a bronze medal.
In the top, the Hungarian nationwide group accrued a complete of twenty medals, seven gold, 5 silver and 8 bronze on the World Cup in Szeged.
Both the nationwide captains, László Foltán Jr., in control of the canoeists, and Dávid Tóth, main the kayakers, had been glad with the Hungarian group’s efficiency over the weekend. Foltán informed M4 Sport that the development used to be an absolute good fortune.
Highlighting the duo of Ágnes Kiss and Bianka Nagy, he mentioned, “this weekend confirmed that they are on the right track, thus they have given up their plans to try themselves at singles. They will also compete in pairs and fours at the World Cup in Poznan this weekend, with a similar program to Szeged.”
Speaking in regards to the males’s canoeists, he mentioned he believes the background is there with the children,
and not anything proves this higher than the truth that 8 Hungarian competition stood at the podium on the C4 effects rite.
Dávid Tóth wired that he used to be truly taking part in his first world pageant, the place he used to be the trainer of the Hungarian kayak group. “I can be satisfied, because at the World Cups both A and B teams from the same nation can compete, and there were quite a few events in which both of our teams did very well,” he mentioned.
Via MTI, Featured symbol: MTI/Czeglédi Zsolt
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