Alexandra Béni
Day 14 in Rio2016: Mixed feelings
The 19th of August started out great with our kayak-canoe units qualifying into the finals. However, the continuation wasn’t too bright: our women’s water polo team lost the bronze match in a nerve-wrecking battle, hammer thrower Krisztián Pars couldn’t defend…
Day 13 in Rio2016: Danuta Kozák writes Hungarian sport history
The 18th of August was a glorious day for the Hungarian kayak-canoe sport as Danuta Kozák won her second gold in Rio, which is her fourth Olympic gold in total. The other units, the Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka duo…
Day 12 in Rio2016: Ups and downs in the water
The 17th of August was mainly about water sports for the Hungarian Team. We have three finalist kayak units thanks to Danuta Kozák (K-1 500m), Péter Molnár & Sándor Tótka (K-2 200m) and Benjámin Ceiner & Tibor Hufnágel (K-2 1000m). Unfortunately the…
Day 11 in Rio2016: The golden duo
The kayak-canoe finals started on the 16th of August and brought about an amazing gold medal for the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák duo in K-2 500 m. On a sad note, wrestlers Balázs Kiss and Tamás Lőrincz dropped out in…
Day 10 in Rio2016: Laughter, tears and bittersweet emotions
The 15th of August started with the 10 km marathon swimming, where we could cheer for Éva Risztov and Anna Olasz. The programme went on with kayak-canoe, where only the Gabriella Szabó & Danuta Kozák duo was able to qualify…
Day 9 in Rio2016: Bronze boys
The 14th of August brought about quite some excitement for Hungarians in Rio2016. The men’s epee team worked very hard the whole day and won a bronze medal in the end, which was more than fascinating. Wrestler Péter Bácsi finished…
Day 8 in Rio2016: A silent continuation
The 13th of August was a much calmer day in Rio2016 after the amazing Hungarian successes on Day 7. The swimming events finished without Hungarian participants and the women’s water polo team lost to the USA, which luckily didn’t affect…
The sneakiest techniques restaurants use to rip you off
Even though there are more and more high quality restaurants in Hungary, unfortunately, there are still some places that try to draw us into spending more money than we normally would with sneaky tricks. Penzcentrum.hu collected some of these tricks…
Day 7 in Rio2016: When dreams came true
What a day! The Hungarian Team grew richer with two silver and two bronze medals on the 12th of August. They were all well-deserved by Katinka Hosszú, László Cseh, Boglárka Kapás and Anita Márton, who brought so much joy into our…
Day 6 in Rio2016: An easeful day
The 11th of August passed without finals and medals for the Hungarian Team in Rio2016. Swimmers Katinka Hosszú, Boglárka Kapás and László Cseh all made it into the finals of their events and sailor Zsombor Berecz surprised us with his…