Tag: Hungary
Sports Short week 29: Verschoor fights his way to the podium in Hungary, Lemmen 70th and Van den Berg 109th in Tour
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the prologue of the Baloise Ladies Tour. The 25-year-old cyclist from Mijdrecht completed the 2.7-kilometre course with start and finish in Hulst in 3.16.140. Belgian…
“Unacceptable” – harsh words about Hungary in the EU
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen The EU’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell is sharply critical of Hungary. Stock photo. Photo: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP/TT Special talks await about Hungary’s actions between…
Sports Short week 29: Verschoor fights his way to the podium in Hungary, Chilean wins Dutch Open in Amersfoort
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the prologue of the Baloise Ladies Tour. The 25-year-old cyclist from Mijdrecht completed the 2.7-kilometre course with start and finish in Hulst in 3.16.140. Belgian…
Sports Short week 29: Verschoor fights his way to the podium in Hungary, De Groot and Groothedde win in Jaarsveld
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the prologue of the Baloise Ladies Tour. The 25-year-old cyclist from Mijdrecht completed the 2.7-kilometre course with start and finish in Hulst in 3.16.140. Belgian…
Sports Short week 29: Verschoor wins sprint race in Hungary, Third stage victory for Wiebes
CYCLING Lorena Wiebes has won the prologue of the Baloise Ladies Tour. The 25-year-old cyclist from Mijdrecht completed the 2.7-kilometre course with start and finish in Hulst in 3.16.140. Belgian…
Hungarian Mihály Iglói, athletic genius
Hungarian Mihály Iglói first distinguished himself in pole vaulting before becoming an expert runner. Like about forty Hungarian athletes at the time, he took advantage of the Melbourne Olympics in…
MEPs call for denying Hungary the right to vote in the EU Council | News in brief
The initiative is a response to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Obán’s recent “peace tours”. At least 63 MEPs are petitioning the European Commission to strip Hungary of the right to…
Hungarian gymnast Ágnes Keleti
Gymnast Ágnes Keleti was one of about 40 Hungarian athletes who defected from the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Unlike most of her compatriots, she stayed in Australia, spending a few months…
Olympic deserters: Daniel Magay, the former child prodigy of Hungarian fencing
Third episode today in our series dedicated to the incredible stories of all those athletes who, throughout history, took advantage of the Olympic Games to escape their home countries. The…
Athletics: Daniel Ståhl far from the top in Hungary with weeks left until the Olympics
The reigning Olympic champion settled for a modest 63.36 – a result that was only good enough for sixth place in the event. Mykolas Alekna, Lithuania, won with his discus…