Encouragement for the Olympics

During the recent days, the State Secretary visited all the training camps. After Szolnok he went to Tata and immediately after that to the sports facility in Tüzér St, Budapest in order to get a picture of the ongoing preparation of the Honvéd SC athletes for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. He watched the training of the judoists, the kayakists, the pentathletes and the swimmers, and talked with them and their coaches.

While in Tata, István Simicskó spoke with Adrienn Tóth, multiple world and European champion pentathlete and Ádám Marosi, threefold world champion pentathlete. Answering our questions, he said that the Honvéd SC has nominated eleven athletes for the London Olympics, adding that in his opinion, by their own standards our Olympians feel the weight of participation and the significance of representing the nation. Accordingly, they are training hard at full stretch, under the guidance of excellent coaches. “We can tell that they have the will power and determination, the intention to win", István Simicskó pointed out. “They should feel that we are striving to transfer to them the strength and will of ten million Hungarians through the government and the Ministry of Defence".

Answering our question about the hopes and successes, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence said that the entire leadership and personnel of the Hungarian Defence Forces are standing by the Honvéd SC athletes, and they have placed great trust in the good results of the Hungarian Olympic team. “Personally, I would be satisfied with three to six gold medals besides the silver and bronze ones", István Simicskó said, adding that he trusts very much in the kayakist girls, hoping that they will win more than one gold medals. In addition, he expects much from the pentathletes, the water polo team and the swimmers.

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