Hungarians at the Olympic Games 1968

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In the following we should like to present you somé information on sports life in Hungary and of the élite of our sports youth. Hungary is but one of the smaller countries in the great family of the nations¦ Still f we pride ourselves that in the realization of the noble Olympic ideas the banner of our nation fluttered high in all times¦ Ever since the dim torch of the ancien t Olympic Games has been rekindled, from Athens to Tokyo Hungárián contestants attributed their faith in Pierre Coubertirís great work by their participation in these greatest internationál contests* On whatever continent the Olympic Games are taking placef we take part in these noble battles since more than a hundred years» From i8g6f the year of the first Modern Olympic Games up till today Hungárián sportsmen entered the contests of 15 Olympic Games, and the number of gold medals attained by them nears the hundred¦ t It is our sincere belief that today and in all times the banner with the five rings stands for friendship among the nations, for the unceasing desire for peace, for matual respecL We always are ready-as we were in the past-to support these strong uniting powers of sports in international fields, to render all abilities, what may be utilized in these fields to the service of development¦ The geographicál distance between our country and Mexico is rather significanL From a distance of fourteenhundred kilometres the glittering lights of our capital, Budapest, reflected on the surface of the Danube shine but dim. However, this distance is easily overcome by modern technique, and we dorít wonder about the development of modern traffic means. But we still wonder and admire the winners on the sports arenas, who, fighting for tenths of seconds, for centimetres render their will-power, their contesting spirits to the service of the idea of sports* Now the history of Olympic Games reached Mexico and besides to the experience of the great contests we are looking forward alsó to the experience of getting Vissza