The Hungarian Olympic Team Takes the Oath [Video]

On Monday, the Hungarian team competing at the Olympic Games in Paris starting on July 24 took the Olympic oath in Budapest.

Three-time Olympic champion sabre fencer Áron Szilágyi and World and European champion swimmer Boglárka Kapás spoke the words of the oath at the ceremony in the Palace of Arts, where Olympic champion wrestler Tamás Lőrincz held the Hungarian flag between them.

Zsolt Gyulay, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee (MOB), asked the athletes to experience the Olympic Games not as a burden but as an opportunity to get the most out of their participation. He wished the athletes present to be able to say that they had done their best. He also announced that

the Hungarian flag would be carried by handball player Blanka Böde-Bíró and judoka Krisztián Tóth at the opening ceremony on July 26.

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