The Hungarians finished the kick-boxing world championship held in Albufeira, Portugal, on a high note: on Saturday's closing day, seven out of nine finalists were successful, so the Hungarian national team won a total of ten adult gold medals in the world championship that featured the most nations of all time - almost 1,400 competitors from 70 countries.
In addition, the ensemble collected five silver and five bronze medals, read the announcement of the Hungarian association.
After the three world championship titles on Friday, nine Hungarians were involved in the finals on Saturday. to turn the match to your advantage - MKBSZ writes in its newsletter.
The organization notes: the hero of the day was Lajos Fésű, who defeated his opponent in the light-contact and kick-light rules in the 69 kg category. Also, Gergő Száraz closed the World Cup with two golds, winning the light-contact final of the 63 kg category on Friday, and he did the same in the kick-light on Saturday.
After two years, Emánuel Szmolek and Nikolett Mezei became world champions again - Szmolek from Szombathely triumphed in light-contact for two years, but this time in kick-light, while Nikolett Mezei from Battonya defended his world championship title in the kick-light discipline.
After her European championship title, the young Kovács Laura Fanni can now call herself a world champion, and the perseverance of Rita Nagy, who has experienced many great battles, has also paid off.
Even on Friday, the two excellences of the third tatami discipline, pointfighting, Patrik Cselovskski and Martin Bálint, were able to stand on top of the podium. Silver medals were won in gymnastics and in the rings: Cintia Halustyik came second in the musical gymnastics, while Dávid Szabó-Tóth only won in the final in the 91 kg weight group of full-contact athletes.
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