Two Hungarian medals on Day 1. In the relay race, the pair of Blanka Guzi and Noémi Eszes won the bronze medal, while the duo of Mihály Koleszár and Richárd Bereczki won the silver medal.
For women, eight couples fought for medals and positions in the BOK Hall, in and positions in the BOK Hall, in the swimming pool next to the Gerevich Aladár National Sports Hall and in the central competition area in the sculpture park between the Puskás Arena and the Papp László Sports Arena.
The Hungarians performed equally well in fencing, winning 10-10 and losing 11-11. With a score of 20/22, they were fifth after the first number. In the pool, they completed the 2×100 meters in 2:04.89 minutes, which was also the fifth best result, but at the same time, three couples who finished ahead of them swam only a few hundredths or tenths of a second faster, which did not mean a difference in the score.
The Hungarians went through the riding course with one mistake and a six-second timeout – Blanka Guzi’s horse cleared the first obstacle – and thus they finished fifth in this race as well. The home pair did not score any points in the bonus round, but they were still fourth before the combined number, albeit 33 seconds behind the Germans, who were third at the time. Finally, the relay members had to run 3 x 600 meters each, interrupted by two shooting sessions, in the heat, which was somewhat milder than before. Eszes somewhat caught up with the Italian rider who started 39 seconds earlier and was behind the leading British-German duo, then after the switch, Guzi quickly caught up with her opponent in the second lap, overtook him, and then easily passed him. In the composite number, the Hungarians performed best with 12:55.72 minutes. The gold medal went to the British, the silver to the Germans.
The men started with swimming, the Hungarian duo completed the 2×100 meters with 1:50.94 minutes. This placed him in third place, but then in fencing, with 24 wins and 16 losses, he was tied for the best with the Italians, so he was already second. On the horse track, Koleszár cleared one obstacle, Bereczki two, and there was also a one-second timeout, the 278 points reached fifth place in this number, and overall a loss of position.
Bereczki took third place behind the Italians and the Ukrainians, 21 seconds behind the former and nine seconds behind the latter. He approached his Ukrainian opponent until the switch, and then Koleszár overtook him in the first lap. He ran together with the Ukrainian for a while, but then broke away from him, so he finally fought for a superior second place. In the composite number, the Hungarians were the best with 11:50.56 minutes.
Results:
women’s relay: 1. Great Britain (Emma Whitaker, Alexandra Bousfield) 1350 points, 2. Germany (Annika Zillekens, Rebecca Langrehr) 1343, 3. Hungary (Guzi Blanka, Noémi Eszes) 1327
men’s relay: 1. Italy (Matteo Cicinelli, Giorgio Malan) 1442 points, 2. Hungary (Richard Bereczki, Mihály Koleszár) 1431, 3. Ukraine (Oleksandr Tovkaj, Pavlo Timoshenko) 1422.
+Source-Hungarian Modern Pentathlon Association
Updating by Aggie Reiter
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