Hungarian IOC member shares experience in organizing urban sports competitions

Written by BT/MTI

Balazs Furjes, member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), gave a presentation on the Hungarian experience in organizing urban sports competitions at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Budapest on Saturday.

This weekend the Ludovika campus will host the first Olympic Qualifier Series, where athletes in BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing can secure a spot at the Olympic Games in Paris.

Furjes noted that Hungary hosted the World Urban Games five years earlier and presented the event in a short film.

Earlier, Pierre Fratter-Bardy, the IOC’s associate director for strategy and development, said fans followed the match on the Ludovika campus with “great enthusiasm”, with a younger crowd matching the spirit shown by older fans when Budapest hosted was from the World Athletics Championships. in 2023.

Furjes said support for urban sports should be strengthened, while Hungary’s success in sports where the country has traditionally excelled should be maintained. He added that Hungarians who took part in the qualifiers had a “huge opportunity” both in Budapest and Shanghai, where the first stop of the Olympic qualifying series took place.