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Liu Shaoang (Short Track) with a positive COVID test... RIP Hungarian relay if he won't produce a negative test soon. Thankfully he doesn't have any symptoms. Let's just hope that his brother will get lucky and can compete in Beijing, otherwise we won't have any medal chances at this WOG. This Olympics might end being a much bigger disaster than Tokyo, Omicron spreads fast, as you can see at the ongoing Handball ECh.

And that's the end of that. A lot of money went down the drain for this event and for this sport, and this is where we are. I hope there will finally be consequences in this country, fuck Fidesz.

Well, that was another nightmare, but at least this time there were some signs that they can play handball. The host isn't eliminated in the group stage (for now).

HUNGARY Officially Joins the Bidding Contest for TAISC 2022 I can't promise that everything will go 100% smoothly if I will host the contest, but I might as well try to do it now when the interest in hosting is so low. I am not exactly sure how much free time I will have, but I have already tried to do couple of things to make my life easier with the scoreboard, so maybe, just maybe there won't be any issues with the stuff needed for the Grand Final, regardless of my real life commitments. If something unexpected comes up for me irl, you will get less "cultural posts", for example a shorter Opening Ceremony, but even in the worst case scenario I should be able to do the administrative side of the contest without any major delays.

Dreadful first match for us, there's a good chance that he will be eliminated in the group stage. Karma for this overly expensive venue that no one here asked for.

The Hungarian matches are all sold out, we will break the Hungarian attendance record for handball matches with 20 thousand spectators. Just like at EURO2020 in Budapest, the arenas don't have capacity restrictions.

I am wondering, what's better for the contest: start the selection right after the Closing Ceremony where site activity is high and then have a sort of break between the selection and voting while the Paralympics is on (obviously we can't have the voting in the middle of the Paralympics) or we should simply start the contest and the selection "late" in March after the Paralympics? There would still be plenty of time after the Paralympics for everything before Eurovision and the Aquatics WCh.

Here are the winners: Sportsman of the year: Áron Szilágyi (fencing) Sportswoman of the year: Tamara Csipes (canoeing) Team of the year: women's water polo team Team of the year in individual sports: women's K4 canoeing boat Coach of the year: András Decsi (fencing)

The Hungarian Sports awards nominees Sportsman of the year Tamás Lőrincz (wrestling) - Olympic champion, European champion Kristóf Milák (swimming) - Olympic champion, Olympic silver medalist, two-time European champion Áron Szilágyi (fencing) - Olympic champion, Olympic bronze medalist Sportswoman of the year Tamara Csipes (canoeing) - Olympic champion, Olympic silver medalist, World champion Danuta Kozák (canoeing) - Olympic champion, Olympic bronze medalist, World champion Blanka Kata Vas (cycling) - 4th place in the MTB Olympic race Team of the year men's football team - EURO2020 participation men's water polo team - Olympic bronze medalists women's water polo team - Olympic bronze medalists Team of the year (in individual sports) men's sabre team - Olympic bronze medalists men's short track speed skating relay - silver medalists at the World Championships women's K4 canoeing boat - Olympic champions Coach of the year Ferenc Csipes (canoeing) - coach of Tamara Csipes and the women's K4 boat András Decsi (fencing) - coach of Áron Szilágyi and the men's sabre team Attila Selmeci (swimming) - coach of Kristóf Milák

There's nothing wrong with the team events being the most important for the qualification, the team events are the heart of the sport. Instead of trying to destroy the sport, maybe the lesser nations should actually make an effort to improve in fencing. The one good solution I can thing of is to only allow the nations to qualify for 4 out of the 6 team events, which would mean that the maximum number of athletes quotas per nation would go down to 14 from the current 18. Similar to how in some sports the nations couldn't qualify in all the events. Even the top nations wouldn't lose much with this change as their two weakest teams most of the time flop anyway at Olympic Games.

One of the biggest achievements in non-Olympic sports this year, what a moment for Iranian chess (or could have been if...). Anyway, the World Championship match between Carlsen and Nepo starts on Friday!

I must say I didn't expect to get this close to the Top10 with this song.

Every contest I consider sending a song in English and then I always realize how few options there are for Hungary in English.

Hungary Denmark 12 Greece 11 Canada 10 Argentina 9 Great Britain 8 Ireland 7 Sweden 6 New Zealand 5 Vietnam 4 Slovakia 3 Kazakhstan 2 The Netherland 1

Hmmmm.... Hungary Greece 11 Canada 10 Argentina 9 Great Britain 8 Ireland 7 Sweden 6 New Zealand 5 Vietnam 4 Slovakia 3 Kazakhstan 2 The Netherland 1

Hungary Yay, it's finally my turn! Here are the votes of the Hungarian jury: Canada 10 Argentina 9 Great Britain 8 Ireland 7 Sweden 6 New Zealand 5 Vietnam 4 Slovakia 3 Kazakhstan 2 The Netherland 1

I will post my votes quickly because I am hungry (haha, I know, very funny) and I want to eat my lunch with my family.

1 Sweden 125 2 Czech Republic 115 3 New Zealand 82 4 Denmark 79 5 Ireland 74 6 France 74 7 Spain 67 8 China 58 9 United States 55 10 Italy 51 11 Poland 50 12 Serbia 49 13 Germany 48 14 Mexico 48 15 Hungary 48 16 Moldova 47 16 Ukraine 47 18 Brazil 44 19 Great Britain 41 19 Lithuania 41 21 Canada 41 22 Romania 36 23 Croatia 34 24 Indonesia 33 25 Slovakia 32 26 Kazakhstan 28 27 Vietnam 28 28 India 25 29 Netherlands 23 30 Argentina 22 31 Portugal 21 32 Malta 20 33 Greece 19 34 Slovenia 17 35 Israel 9 36 Bulgaria 5 37 Colombia 2

1 Sweden 114 2 Czech Republic 112 3 New Zealand 82 4 Denmark 79 5 France 74 6 Ireland 68 7 Spain 60 8 United States 55 9 Italy 51 10 Poland 50 11 Serbia 49 12 Hungary 48 13 Moldova 47 13 Ukraine 47 15 China 46 16 Mexico 43 17 Brazil 42 18 Lithuania 41 19 Canada 41 20 Germany 40 21 Romania 36 22 Croatia 34 23 Indonesia 33 24 Slovakia 32 25 Great Britain 32 26 Vietnam 28 27 Kazakhstan 24 28 India 24 29 Netherlands 23 30 Argentina 22 31 Portugal 21 32 Greece 19 33 Slovenia 17 34 Malta 10 35 Israel 9 36 Bulgaria 5 37 Colombia 2

Well, if it wins, it's safe to say that we got a trend here with the most famous artist/song winning 3 out of the last 4 times (Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd, Avicii)

There might be some mistakes in this, it's not official. 1 Czech Republic 105 2 Sweden 104 3 Denmark 75 4 New Zealand 73 5 Ireland 68 6 France 68 7 Spain 60 8 United States 55 9 Poland 50 10 Serbia 49 11 Italy 49 12 Hungary 48 13 Mexico 43 14 Lithuania 41 15 Canada 41 16 Germany 40 17 China 38 18 Brazil 37 19 Romania 36 19 Ukraine 36 21 Moldova 35 22 Croatia 34 23 Indonesia 33 24 Slovakia 32 25 Great Britain 32 26 Vietnam 25 27 Kazakhstan 24 28 India 23 28 Netherlands 23 30 Argentina 22 31 Portugal 21 32 Greece 19 33 Slovenia 17 34 Malta 10 35 Israel 9 36 Bulgaria 5 37 Colombia 2

Can I post my votes now? I might not be able to do it tomorrow.

@bestmen got his wish after all, he's the one who wanted the voting to be split into two days.

Hey, it's fine by me if this is where it ends, I am pretty sure this is the only way stays in the Top10. (I think most of the users already voted who are likely to give points to our song, I would be surprised if we will get more than 10 points from the remaining countries)

I would like to thank everyone who voted for the Hungarian song so far. Sadly I can't be here at my scheduled time, the host has to post the Hungarian votes.