On August 19, one day before the celebration of the founding of the state, the biggest sports event of 2023 began, the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, where more than 2,000 athletes from 200 countries of the world will come to compete against one of the queens of sports at the newly built world-class competition venue, the National Athletic Center. in competition.
At the 2023 World Athletics Championships, Hungary will be represented by 63 athletes, of whom 32 will participate in their own right, and 31 athletes will be able to enter the World Championships with a free card as competitors of the host country. To the great joy of the fans, the Hungarian athletics team includes several athletes who have a chance to win a medal.
The greatest anticipation surrounds the competition of Luca Kozák, Anita Márton, Bence Halász and Attila Molnár, as they are currently the closest on paper to reaching the finals in their respective events.
What are the chances of Hungarian athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest?
According to the Hungarian Athletics Association, every Hungarian athlete who achieves a better ranking than their current world ranking (the current rankings of our athletes can be viewed here ) is a success. Four athletes from the Hungarian delegation have a good chance of outstanding performance.
The biggest chance is clearly Bence Halász, who is currently 4th in the world ranking, but based on his results, the world championship title may also be in his sights.
The DOBÓ SE competitor feels that the fans expect a medal from him, and he agrees with them - he also expects victory from himself.
the M4 sport article, the Hungarian athlete has not yet managed to throw over 80 meters in a competition this year, but he met the qualification level for the Paris Olympics, and since he has not been injured in the recent period, he has a lot of high-quality training behind him, so his results in training are around his personal best. achieved. They have little chance of a medal, but the two Hungarian World Cup hammer throwers, Donát Varga and Dániel Rába, can reach the finals at the World Cup. Our hurdler, Luca Kozák, who won this year's national championships with a time of 12.72 seconds, thus meeting the Olympic level time of 12.77, can also perform well, but his chances of winning a medal are relatively small considering his opponents. It won't be easy for Anita Márton either, who at 34 will be competing as one of the oldest athletes in the field. The Olympic bronze medalist, indoor world champion, world championship silver medalist athlete from Békéscsaba made a bet with his coach that
if he wins a medal at the World Athletics Championships, he will not retire, but will start at the Paris Olympics.
Great anticipation surrounds the appearance of Attila Molnár, who will compete in the 400-meter flat run, which is no coincidence, since the athlete from Ferencváros ran a sensational national record of 44.98 seconds in a competition in May, with which he qualified for the Olympics, and then achieved the same level once more at the István Memorial in Gyulai. Molnár is also a member of the 4×400 relay, which can even reach the finals with a national record!
The schedule of the World Athletics Championships can be found here , and tickets can be purchased here .
Featured image: Luca Kozák in the women's 100-meter hurdles final at the 128th Hungarian Athletics Championships at the National Athletic Center on July 8, 2023. MTI/Márton Mónus
