150th gold medal for Hungary! Yay!

[wiseheart]

Let me admit something - I'm not interested in sports at all! Other than going to the fitness studio to avoid getting even fatter.

Nevertheless, I'm very much excited by the fact that fencer lady Tímea Nagy repeated her Sydney performance in the rapier category and won a gold medal again. One of our male fencers got a silver medal (I think), and one of our swimmers made it to the finals, despite a recently broken leg.

Before this year's Olympic Games we were on place 8 (or 10?) of the Big List containing all medals ever one. For such a small nation it's a great achievement, I'd say.

It's such a rare moment that I can be proud of being Hungarian. I enjoy it immensely.

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[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)

My favourites are the swimming contests, the other thingy where they have to spring into the pool as a team (name?), basketball, volleyball and gymnastics. All the others are, I dunno, either too long for me. Or else our athletes are interested, and I'm so nervous that I simply can't watch.

We have certain... hopes in handball and in one swimming number. But anyone coming up against Americans and Australians in the water has a hard time, of course.

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

But anyone coming up against Americans and Australians in the water has a hard time, of course.</i. Compared to Australia and America, Hungary is a bit short of beaches. ;-) I like the diving, too, and the swimming and gymnastics, but I'm not a big fan of any of the team sports. I think it's because we see so much of those on TV at other times.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

True and true, on both points.

Although I never watch any sports on tv, so for me volleyball and basketball are a new experience every four years. *g*

What I love in volleyball is the almost ballett-like coreography of the players' movements. It's so dynamic, I could watch it all day. Except when our people are playing, of course, that makes me much too nervous to enjoy.