Hungary writes waterpolo history Options

[Baronius]

After Sydney (2000) and Athens (2004), Hungary wins the water polo gold medal in Beijing as well (and remains the most successful country in the history of water polo). So far, only the UK managed to get more than two gold medals in a row in water polo (at the beginning of the 20th century).

You were FANTASTIC, guys! Thank you for the great match! Thank you for helping to keep Hungary in the top 10 of the most successful countries of the modern Olympic Games! Thank you for setting an example for the young! Also, a giant amount of credit goes to Dénes Kemény, the coach/manager of the Hungarian team. Excellent work, Dénes!

The final (Hungary vs. USA) was really exciting. The United States proved to be a powerful and challenging opponent. It was a great final.

[Baronius]

And let's not forget about the gold medal of Attila Vajda, who was also guided by Kolonics from above.

R.I.P. György Kolonics.

Our handball team suffers through the whole olimpics. Our girls are the 4th but we saw two times how the russians and koreans trash them with a sinmple opened defense tactics

As we know, the Russian referees made a mistake in the Norway-Korea match (the last Norwegian goal shouldn't have been accepted), Norway lodged a protest against the result, and then later withdrew the protest. During the Norway-Hungary match, these Russian referees were completely biased. I'm not sure we would have lost the match if the referees has been fair (I remember they didn't do anything after the shooting hand of Görbitz was simply blocked by Koreans -- a major foul).