Bence Pesak and Csonghor Lehmann were having a leisurely breakfast at a hotel in central Paris on Tuesday at 8 a.m., the time the men's individual triathlon race at the Olympics was originally scheduled to start. Two Hungarians are part of the world's tight leading group Set it to 5am The alarm, when they discovered that they could still rest, because their competition had been postponed from Tuesday to Wednesday due to pollution data in Sejna that exceeded the health limit.
The Hungarian team replanned the day in short order, taking a taxi at 9 o'clock and going to a swimming training session – of course, they didn't train in Signa, but in the pool – and after lunch they had a cycling and running workout. On Tuesday night they would go to bed this way again – also in the center of Paris. in the hotel, Which is much closer to the triathlon venue than the Olympic Village – and the next day they will probably have the most important competition of their lives.
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“We came from the village on Monday to a hotel a few hundred meters away from the triathlon venue. We had already planned this before the Olympics. The novelty is that we are not spending one night here, but because of the forced postponement, our stay in the hotel will be longer. Fortunately, we can spend this extra day here in completely calm conditions, and we were even able to meet our family members.
“We often say that triathlon is an adaptive sport, you have to adapt to each competition venue and to the conditions of the swimming, cycling and running courses. We Hungarians are good at this, and that's why we can be here at the Olympic Games, among the best in the world.”
– Quoted from the Hungarian Society Lehman SungurtWhat also drew attention is that due to the previous rains, the water level of the Seine is higher than usual at this time, and the current is greater, which could be in his favor, as he is one of the best swimmers in the field.
Another Hungarian in the men’s event, Bence Bicsák, who finished seventh at the Tokyo Olympics, is also looking for positives in the postponement. Under the revised schedule, the men’s race starts at 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday instead of 8 a.m. on Tuesday, so it will be around noon when the triathletes start the 10-kilometer run after a 1,500-meter swim and a 40-kilometer bike ride. However, Bence Bicsák can handle running in hot weather much better than average, so he could do well even with a late start.
