Budapest will be hosting this prestigious event for the first time in 2023, bringing with it a multitude of tasks and it is also the first time that the competition director&rsquo;s position is held by a woman. &Eacute;va is proud and determined to undertake the job and as a former athlete, she has carried over her tenacity and courage to her current role.
&Eacute;va is equally proud of her husband, who is also well-versed in the sporting world, and her two sons who are 32 and 23 years old respectively. Her involvement comes at a time when World Athletics and other major sporting organizations are increasingly giving women a role on their governing bodies.&nbsp;
"I will be even prouder if, at the end of all nine days of the World Championships, and after the closing ceremony on August 27th, we can say that we have fulfilled our promise of making WCH Budapest23 the best World Championships ever," said &Eacute;va Petrik Nagyn&eacute;, who had to face increasingly difficult tasks during the planning period. She had to strive for perfection to ensure compliance with WA regulations, rules, and the expectations of television broadcasters, while also adapting to the conditions of the venues.
<h2>Swiss precision</h2>
"It is said in the world of sports industry that the heart and engine of a competition is the timetable, which must work like clockwork with the precision of Swiss watches. As a Hungarian, it was my responsibility to ensure that the interests of the country were prioritized, impartially and in constant consultation with the representatives of the international federation. Our planning also had to meet the requirement that top athletes, who excel in multiple disciplines, have the opportunity to compete in both events. While we couldn't please everyone, the likes of Norwegian middle and long distance star Jakob Ingebrigtsen will undoubtedly benefit from the hard work and consultations that went into the Budapest World Championships schedule."
Sometimes, the perfect concept will emerge from the mind of a designer who knows the city, its possibilities and limitations. Other times, dozens of course sketches will end up in the bin before the ideal one is born.
<h2>A well-designed course</h2>
"It's no secret that it took me at least 25 experimentations to find the best possible marathon course - the "real" one - which shows the most beautiful spots of Budapest to hundreds of millions of TV viewers around the world. Additionally, it divides the distance into exact 10-kilometer laps, so that the refreshment stations and timing points are in the same location on each lap, which is very important from a logistical standpoint. It also matters whether a tailwind or headwind awaits the athlete when arriving at the quay," continued the competition director, herself a former top marathon runner, who set a personal best time of 2:36:30 in Rome in 1990, and has won 25 Hungarian championships in various events and was a member of the national team 15 times. "I would like to express my gratitude to my colleagues, without whom it would have been much more challenging to manage. I would also like to thank the professionals of WA for supporting me throughout the process and accepting this course, which will be, in professional terms, 'runable'."
Throughout her work, the Hungarian professional has become familiar with the professional culture of the international federation's staff, who offer suggestions and transfer best practices, rather than providing strict instructions. With this knowledge, she feels more confident now than she did in December 2020, when she had to choose between her job with the national federation and the challenge of the World Champs, then when she threw herself into planning.
Her first involvement in a world championships was in 2004, when she was in charge of the Call Room at the World Indoor Championships in the Papp L&aacute;szl&oacute; Sports Arena. Fourteen years later, at the U18 European Championships in Győr, she found herself in the same position she is in now, but the difference is significant because the National Athletics Centre and the external venues will not only be home to a continent but to the whole world, with more than 200 nations and over 2,000 athletes competing in their colors. Such a task requires courage, skill, good leadership, excellent team spirit, and, last but not least, a thorough knowledge of the rules down to the last detail.&nbsp;
<h2>Inauguration of champions in 49 events</h2>
"As the World Athletics&rsquo; membership has grown over the years, so has the competition programme, which has expanded from 41 events at its premiere in Helsinki in 1983 to 49 events this year," explained the competition director. "This increase is due in part to the inclusion of women's events such as the triple jump, hammer throw, pole vault, and 3000m steeplechase, as well as the mixed relay, which was added in 2019."
The nine-day extravaganza will begin with the 20-kilometer race walk at 8:50 a.m. on August 19th. Interestingly, only foreign judges will be enforcing the rules in the race walking events. A new feature this year is that there will be no competitions on the mornings of August 21st, 22nd, and 24th, which could be described as "low-cost". Athletics fans from around the world will appreciate the free mornings, as they will have the opportunity to visit the city's attractions during their spare time.

World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023

Budapest will be hosting this prestigious event for the first time in 2023, bringing with it a multitude of tasks and it is also the first time that the competition director’s position is held by a woman. 

Éva Petrik Nagyné is making history as the first woman competition director in the 40-year history of the WCH

Two-time Olympic champion sprinter Marcell Jacobs of Italy is determined to arrive in the Hungarian capital in explosive form and to leave with a gold medal in his pocket.
In an exclusive interview with the M1 Hungarian news channel, the 28-year-old short distance runner said that the only thing missing from his medal collection is a World Outdoor Championships gold medal, and that the biggest sporting event of 2023, from 19 to 27 August, will be a particularly important event for him.
"I've been training a lot, I'm trying to build myself up perfectly for the WCH, in fact, since last year we've been building up the training to culminate in Budapest," said Jacobs, who has a European Outdoor and Indoor Championships gold medal and a World indoor Championships gold medal, in addition to his Olympic gold medals in the 100m and 4x100m relay in Tokyo.
"It's unbelievable, but it's been almost two years since those victories in Tokyo. I'll never forget the triumphant moments, my childhood dream came true with the Olympic success," recalled Jacobs of his astonishing performance in the Japanese capital, adding that the two medals in Tokyo are a lifetime memory and a way for him to get through the tough times.
"It was very difficult to deal with the overall less successful period after the Olympics. To be honest, the indoor season started well, as I won the world title with a European record in the 60m. Everything seemed to be going perfectly, but then came the injuries that can ruin any athlete's life," he said of the post-Tokyo Olympics period, adding that the biggest problem was not being able to pinpoint the reason for his inability to recover from the series of injuries.
"I had to pull myself together mentally and spiritually, because while my opponents were competing, I was watching them on TV at home. Luckily I persevered and managed to win the European 100m title, which was definitely a relief," said Jacobs.
"My clear goal is to be world champion in Budapest! It's the only medal I'm still hungry for. I want to get it by any means necessary," said the athlete, who started as a long jumper and said in the interview that it was possible he would try his talent in long jump in a few competitions before retiring.
As for the men's 100m at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest on the evening of 20 August, Jacobs said it could be a "real fireworks extravaganza".
"Me and my rivals will arrive in Budapest in explosive form, but in the end there will only be one winner. And that will be me, believe me! I'm already on pins and needles, I'm looking forward to the start, please keep your fingers crossed for me and I'll reward you with an unforgettable victory," concluded the Italian sprinter star.
source: Hungarian News Agency

Two-time Olympic champion sprinter Marcell Jacobs of Italy is determined to arrive in the Hungarian capital in explosive form and to leave with a gold medal in his pocket.

Marcell Jacobs: I will be world champion in Budapest!

Kristjan Ceh clearly got to the next level in the 2022 season: the Slovenian giant became world champion and consistently threw over 70 metres. The discus throwing superhero will fight for the world title against his rivals in Budapest on 21 August.&nbsp;
Superman made it to the top of the world last year - Kristjan Ceh, who looks like one of the most popular superheroes with his framed glasses and physique, became the youngest ever world discus throw champion in Oregon in 2022.
Despite becoming the youngest world champion in the history of the event at 23, his success at Hayward Field was not unexpected. Although Olympic champion and defending world champion Daniel Stahl had the world's best result last year, the Swede could only beat his young Slovenian rival in Turku. Until July, Ceh had triumphed on the other five occasions when both were in the field.
In March, he surprised his experienced opponent at the European Throwing Cup - where he also won this year - and went on to win Diamond League rounds against him in Birmingham, Rabat, Rome and Stockholm. In those events, Ceh consistently threw around 70 metres, while Stahl's form seemed to settle more between 65-67 metres. Accordingly, he finished the World Championships final with 67.10 metres, which gave him 4th place.
Ceh, however, was able to deliver his best and with his 71.13m performance, he not only won the gold medal, but also the world championship record. He destroyed by almost a metre the record of Virgiljius Alekna of Lithuania, whose son Mykolas finished behind him as silver medallist. A month later, the 19-year-old talent surprisingly beat Ceh at the European Championships in Munich, where he finished second.
The rivalry between the two could be one of the biggest stories of 2023 in the throwing events, with Sweden's Stahl, who has dominated the event in recent years, also playing a part.
Ceh could return to Hungary in the summer with great memories, having won the Gyulai Istv&aacute;n Memorial in 2022 with a superb performance. His 71.23m throw in Sz&eacute;kesfeh&eacute;rv&aacute;r was just four centimetres shy of his personal best, which he could improve at the World Championships in Budapest on 21 August.
In an interview before last year's World Championships, the 2.06m discus thrower said that, like Oregon, he would not come to Budapest on holiday. "Next year's world championships will be held near Slovenia, in Hungary," he said shortly before winning a gold medal overseas.
In the 40-year history of the World Championships, only three legends have won back-to-back gold medals - Lars Riedel in the 1990s, Virgiljius Alekna in the first half of the 2000s and Robert Harting in the 2010s. Also among the World title winners is Ceh's coach Gerd Kanter, who won in 2007 and then the Olympics a year later.
Ceh has been working with the Estonian legend since February 2022 and the results of their cooperation were already visible in the last season. The fruitful work will be continued this year in Budapest. Speaking of harvesting, the athlete, who is mainly training in Estonia, is studying agriculture at the University of Maribor.
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Kristjan Ceh clearly got to the next level in the 2022 season: the Slovenian giant became world champion and consistently threw over 70 metres. The discus throwing superhero will fight for the world title against his rivals in Budapest on 21 August.

Superman of athletics wants to defend his WCH title in Budapest

The track for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August has been completed at the National Athletics Centre and was unveiled to the local media on Wednesday.
The construction of the venue for the greatest sporting event in 2023 is nearing completion. Although the roof structure has long been part of the panorama of the Danube, the Hungarian press have now had a close-up look at the freshly laid Mondo surface, and the completed grand stands. They received details of the precise engineering planning that has gone into the construction of the facility. From 19-27 August, the world's best athletes will make history in the brand new, purpose-built stadium.&nbsp;
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&Aacute;d&aacute;m Schmidt, State Secretary for Sport and Government Commissioner responsible for the World Championships, said that the events of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest would be watched by nearly 400,000 people on site and by around one billion people via television. He added that part of the 35,000-seat grandstand would be dismantled after the biggest sporting event in Hungary&rsquo;s history, and that the temporary spectator area would be replaced by one of Europe&rsquo;s most beautiful running circles for sports fans and recreational runners, while professional athletes would train in the centre. He also spoke about a 10.5-hectare sports park that would be created next to the stadium after the World Championships to serve a healthier lifestyle.
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M&aacute;rton Gyulai, Deputy CEO of Budapest 2023 Nonprofit Zrt., the company organising the event, and P&eacute;ter &Aacute;rvai, project manager of the construction consortium, said during the tour that the Mondo-surfaced, world-class, nine-lane track was extremely fast and unique in Hungary. In contrast to previous world championships, the medal ceremonies will be held outside the stadium, in the adjacent Medal Plaza, before the evening sessions, instead of between the events, so that spectators arriving at the venue will be able to get up close to the world's best athletes.
In addition to the completion of the track, the technical handover of the stadium building has also begun, revealing a unique and distinctive interior design. A 500-seat press tribune, a 110-seat press conference room and a 400-seat press centre have been created for the media. There is also an indoor six-lane running track, and in parallel with the construction of the stadium, a 168-metre-long single-pylon pedestrian bridge - also known as the Robinson Bridge - has been completed to link the arena to the training ground on Csepel Island.
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Bal&aacute;zs N&eacute;meth, CEO of Budapest 2023 Zrt. said that there is a huge interest, not only from home but also from abroad, in the World Championships, which will be the biggest sporting event in the world this year; with 2,500 athletes from 203 countries expected to attend the World Championships.
The CEO also said that the stadium would be inaugurated in mid-June as part of a family sports day and the first competition would be the Hungarian National Championships in the second week of July.
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The track for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August has been completed at the National Athletics Centre and was unveiled to the local media on Wednesday.

The Hungarian National Athletics Centre’s brand-new track unveiled

In 2023, the World Athletics Championships in Budapest will be the biggest sporting event of the year worldwide. It is the first time that the pinnacle event of athletics will be in Central Europe, in one of the world's most stunning cities.&nbsp;
Budapest is a favourite location in international sports and tourism due to its historical heritage, state-of-the-art infrastructure and stability. Its rich culture has been present since Roman times &ndash; today is a melting pot of diverse Europe. Budapest is safe and secure with great services and one of the best transportation network in Europe. The world&rsquo;s busiest tramway system and the continent&rsquo;s first subway operate here.
With its world heritage sites and world-famous panorama, Budapest will provide the perfect backdrop for the athletes and the fans.
The brand new National Athletics Centre will be the main venue for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23. The centre is built on the eastern bank of the Danube river on the south side of the city. Previously a brown field, the site and the whole area have been regenerated. The new, purpose-built sport facility and the stadium park will be open to the public after the event and will be a new leisure park by the Danube river.&nbsp;
The arena has an initial capacity of 35,000 for the World Championships before being reduced to 15,000. Once the temporary upper tier is removed, the stadium would be left with a circular plateau, which will be filled with publicly available leisure areas.
With the marathon and race walking routes, Heroes' Square, Andr&aacute;ssy Avenue and the panoramic view of the Danube, the World Championships will also be a tourist attraction. The athletes are set to compete in the heart of Budapest. The marathoners will complete the classic distance on a 10km course, running through the most beautiful, UNESCO World Heritage parts of Budapest. The start-finish area will be in Heroes' Square, also for the 20km and 35km race walk events. The six road races will be free for everyone to watch.
The start and finish area will be at Heroes' Square, from where a fast, straight section awaits the competitors along Andr&aacute;ssy Avenue. The only minor climb will be up the recently renovated, historical Chain Bridge, first opened in 1849. From here, the course sends the athletes under Buda Castle and through the tunnel, one of the curiosities of the route. The athletes then will return from Buda to Pest, bypassing the Buda Castle, running across the Chain Bridge again, and then head for Heroes' Square on Andr&aacute;ssy Avenue.
Fans and visitors are welcome to join the superheroes of athletics, not only to cheer them up but also to admire the fabulous city of Budapest.
You can buy tickets and packages here: <a href="https://tickets.wabudapest23.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://tickets.wabudapest23.com/</a>
You can find the detailed schedule here: <a href="https://www.worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/timetable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.worldathletics.org/en/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/timetable</a>

In 2023, the World Athletics Championships in Budapest will be the biggest sporting event of the year worldwide. It is the first time that the pinnacle event of athletics will be in Central Europe, in one of the world's most stunning cities. 

Budapest, the sports capital and tourist hot spot

This evening World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon&nbsp;and Balazs Nemeth, CEO of the LOC of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, officially opened the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) Heritage Athletics Exhibition in Budapest.
Joining them for the cutting of the ribbon were the LOC co-chair Miklos Gyulai, President of the Hungarian Athletics Association, and a host of top Hungarian athletes including 2018 world indoor shot put gold medallist Anita Marton and 2012 Olympic hammer throw champion Krisztian Pars.
The spectacular exhibition celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships, the first edition of which took place in Helsinki, Finland, in 1983, and showcases the history of Hungarian athletics.
The MOWA Heritage Exhibition Budapest 2023 is the world&rsquo;s largest ever display of athletics competition clothing, shoes, equipment and trophies donated by many of the greatest athletes in our sport's history. The exhibition is enriched by historic Hungarian athletics artefacts that have never been publicly displayed before.
Located in Etele Plaza, Budapest&rsquo;s newest shopping mall, the huge (600m2) display is open to the public for five months, closing at the end of the final day of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 (19-27 August 2023).
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&ldquo;The opening of the MOWA exhibition marks an important milestone on the journey to the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, the greatest sports event in the history of Hungary, and in the world this year,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Ridgeon, the 1987 world 110m hurdles silver medallist.
&ldquo;From Carl Lewis&rsquo; three golds that highlighted the inaugural championships in 1983 to the three world records set by Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Tobi Amusan and Armand &lsquo;Mondo&rsquo; Duplantis that grabbed the world&rsquo;s attention in Oregon last year, the World Athletics Championships has been centre stage of global sporting entertainment for four decades.&rdquo;
Nemeth, CEO of Budapest 2023 NZrt, added: &ldquo;Today is a particularly exciting day for us, as the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest officially set foot in Hungary by this opening. Although the competition itself is still five months away, the MOWA exhibition will give visitors a taste of the wonderful world of athletics.
&ldquo;The fascinating exhibition is the perfect opportunity for fans and those new to athletics to get a glimpse of the pinnacle event of the queen of sports, the World Championships. It is a bit like watching the WCH Budapest 23, its superheroes who inspire us to take up sport and live healthier.&rdquo;
<h2>Hungary&rsquo;s distinguished history on display</h2>
Five Hungarian outdoor World Athletics Championships medallists, including the country&rsquo;s three most recent podium placers Marton (London 2017 shot put, silver), Balazs Baji (London 2017 110m hurdles, bronze) and Bence Halasz (Doha 2019 hammer throw, bronze), along with Zsolt Nemeth (1999 hammer throw, silver) and Pars (2011 and 2013 hammer throw, silver), were in attendance and have made loans of memorabilia from their competition careers.
These important items are displayed in a section of the exhibition which highlights the distinguished history of Hungarian athletics. &nbsp;
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/mowa-budapest-hungarian-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to read more about the Hungarian exhibits.
MASZ, the Hungarian Athletics Association which was established in 1897, was one of the 17 founding national federations that created the International Amateur Athletics Federation, today known as World Athletics, in 1912.
<h2>Coaching guru Igloi honoured</h2>
The outstanding coaching career of Hungary&rsquo;s Mihaly Igloi was celebrated during the ceremony.
Ridgeon announced the award of the World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the posthumous category of Heritage Legend to Igloi, who coached a host of world record-breakers and Olympic medallists including Sandor Iharos, Istvan Rozsavolgyi, Laszlo Tabori, Bob Schul and Jim Beatty.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/heritage/news/mihaly-igloi-heritage-plaque" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here</a> to read more about Mihaly Igloi.
Hungarian Athletics Association President Gyulai received the plaque from Ridgeon.
The <a href="https://worldathletics.org/heritage/plaque" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://worldathletics.org/heritage/plaque">World Athletics Heritage Plaque</a> is a location-based recognition, awarded for 'an outstanding contribution to the worldwide history and development of the sport of track and field athletics and of out-of-stadia athletics disciplines such as cross country, mountain, road, trail and ultra-running, and race walking'.
<h2>Virtual reality</h2>
Athletics is an ancient sport but there is nothing old about how this exhibition displays our history.
There are two audio photo walls, a cinema room and other LED screens playing archive competition action, and a Virtual Reality zone, where visitors can journey through MOWA&rsquo;s online platform, the world&rsquo;s first <a href="https://viewerxp-wa.azurewebsites.net/#/MOWA-Temporary5/env/00000" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://viewerxp-wa.azurewebsites.net/#/MOWA-Temporary5/env/00000">3D virtual sports museum</a>.
There is also the opportunity to explore the times, heights and weights that have made athletics history. Visitors can lift the throwing implements, touch the hurdles, and stand back in awe and admire the world record heights and distances of the jumpers.
The exhibition, which is open from 11am to 7pm each day, is free to enter and offers visitors a welcome gift, competitions and prizes. It is located on the 3rd Floor, <a href="https://eteleplaza.hu/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Etele Plaza</a>, Budapest, Hadak utja 1, 1119 Hungary.
<h2>Limited edition merchandise</h2>
Fans can also join in the 40th anniversary celebrations with their own piece of <a href="https://shop.worldathletics.org/collections/40th-anniversary" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href="https://shop.worldathletics.org/collections/40th-anniversary">limited edition merchandise</a>.&nbsp;From t-shirts and mugs, to caps and tote bags, the range marks 40 years of the World Athletics Championships and the cities that have hosted the global showpiece during the past four decades.
World Athletics Heritage

World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon and Balazs Nemeth, CEO of the LOC of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, officially opened the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) Heritage Athletics Exhibition in Budapest

MOWA Exhibition celebrating 40 years of the World Athletics Championships opens in Budapest

A truly spectacular and unique exhibition was opened at Etele Plaza in Budapest at the beginning of April, showcasing the history of international and Hungarian athletics in an interactive way.
The exhibition of the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) opened its doors in Budapest ahead of this year&rsquo;s 2023 World Athletics Championships. The collection of athletics memorabilia displayed in the exhibition, established by World Athletics in 2018, aims to appeal not only to fans but also to those who had little or no previous connection with athletics.
MOWA is the first sports museum in the world also to have a permanent exhibition entirely created in the digital world, bringing a new level of innovation and creative technology to the world of sport. The museum offers visitors a unique 3D online experience, where they can learn about the most important champions and record breakers, but also take a virtual tour of past World Championships.&nbsp;
In the exhibition, visitors are able to simultaneously view 600 square metres of real, physical exhibits and objects, such as walking under a high jump bar set to a World Championship record height, or lifting an actual discus, while exploring the virtual museum on LED monitors.
"This is the largest and most diverse collection of athletics memorabilia ever assembled," said Christopher Turner, curator of the MOWA exhibition. "Visitors can learn about the entire history of track and field and its greatest champions, from Jesse Owens to Usain Bolt, Fanny Blankers-Koen to Allyson Felix. This exhibition would not have been possible without the athletes who have given us some very special relics. They want their careers to be part of history."
Among the exhibits is the javelin with which Jan Zelezny threw the current world record, Usain Bolt's vest from the 200m final at the 2011 World Championships and the shoes Mondo Duplantis wore when he vaulted the world pole vault record of 6.18m in 2020. Visitors can personally experience the real distance of Jonathan Edwards' triple jump world record of 18.29m, or lift a 7.26kg shot which Ryan Crouser is able to throw more than 23 metres.
"The most important mission of the exhibition is to raise awareness of athletics among people who previously had nothing to do with athletics apart from perhaps knowing the name of Usain Bolt. We're in the perfect place to do that, in a busy mall where we can reach a lot of people. This exhibition should also get a lot of people excited about the World Championships in Budapest in less than five months' time," said Turner, who has been working at World Athletics since 2002.
MOWA Budapest takes visitors on an interactive journey through the history of athletics, highlighting many of the legends of the sport.&nbsp;
After months of planning, it took four weeks to build the exhibition, which not only looks back on 40 years of the World Athletics Championships, but also has a special display dedicated to the history of Hungarian athletics, which boasts a 125-year history. There are many Hungarian athletics artefacts such as the handmade hammer of Olympic champion Gyula Zsivotzky.
We recommend everybody visits the Museum of World Athletics Heritage Athletics Exhibition on the 3rd floor of Etele Plaza, which will be open to the public for free from 3 April to 27 August 2023.

A truly spectacular and unique exhibition was opened at Etele Plaza in Budapest at the beginning of April, showcasing the history of international and Hungarian athletics in an interactive way.

MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023 opens

The Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) has opened <a href="https://www.facebook.com/museumofworldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a dedicated Facebook page</a> for those who wish to keep up to date with the World Athletics Heritage programme and the history of athletics.
News, photos and video published on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/museumofworldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MOWA Facebook page</a> will cover major donations to the World Athletics Heritage Collection which is displayed within MOWA&rsquo;s five online galleries, the museum&rsquo;s public exhibitions and events, historic athletics anniversaries, and the awarding and unveiling of World Athletics Heritage Plaques around the world.
<a href="https://viewerxp-wa.azurewebsites.net/#/wavirtualgallery/env/00000" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MOWA</a>, which was the first fully virtual 3D sports museum in the world when it launched in March 2021, remains the leader of the technology within international sport heritage.
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<h3>MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023</h3>
This Monday (3) saw the doors of the MOWA Heritage Athletics Exhibition Budapest 2023 open to the public in Etele Plaza, Hungary&rsquo;s newest shopping mall. The huge 600m2 exhibition, which will close in five months on Sunday 27 August, the last day of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, celebrates the 40th anniversary of the World Athletics Championships.
Fittingly, as well as the launch video, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/museumofworldathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MOWA Facebook page</a> opens with posts about the two most bemedalled athletes in the history of the World Athletics Championships: Allyson Felix and Usain Bolt.
The MOWA is proud to feature the autographed spikes of Felix from the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and the autographed singlet and bib number of Bolt from the 2011 edition in Daegu.
Those artefacts &ndash; which are accompanied by supporting text, photos, and video &ndash; can be viewed in glorious 360&deg; 3D on the online platform or viewed in person at our exhibition in Budapest. One of the regular features on the MOWA Facebook page will be an &lsquo;Artefact of the week&rsquo; post, highlighting some of the jewels from our sport&rsquo;s history which the MOWA is preserving for future generations of fans.
Via our Facebook page, we are keen to share information about athletics history, and to grow and connect with the passionate community of athletics fans, historians, and collectors around the world, many of whom already visit the MOWA and engage with the World Athletics Heritage programme.
<h3>Five Hungarian world medallists at opening ceremony</h3>
A prestigious official opening ceremony will be held at the MOWA Budapest exhibition on the evening of 14 April. The ceremony will be attended by five Hungarian outdoor World Championships medallists: Anita M&aacute;rton (2018 world indoor shot put gold), Zsolt N&eacute;meth (1999 world hammer silver), Bence Hal&aacute;sz (2019 world hammer bronze), Kriszti&aacute;n Pars (2012 Olympic hammer champion), and Bal&aacute;zs Baji (2017 world 110m hurdles bronze).
Joining the athletes to officially open the exhibition will be Jon Ridgeon, CEO of World Athletics, Bal&aacute;zs N&eacute;meth, CEO of the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, Bal&aacute;zs F&uuml;rjes, Deputy Minister, Co-chair of the Governing Body of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23, and Mikl&oacute;s Gyulai, President of the Hungarian Athletics Association, Co-chair of the Governing Body of World Athletics Championships Budapest 23.
Chris Turner for World Athletics Heritage

Dedicated MOWA Facebook page launched to mark the opening of the World Athletics Heritage exhibition in Budapest

MOWA Facebook launches, marking 40th anniversary World Championships exhibition in Budapest

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who is preparing for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, runs 30 percent more than his rivals to become a legend.
In 2018 a 17-year-old Norwegian athlete who came first in both the 1500m and 5000m events in two days at the European Championships in Berlin was a marvel to behold. Jakob Ingebrigtsen has since proved several times that the miracle didn't last just 48 hours. He has set a new world record, become Olympic and world champion, and has also won the Diamond League. He does not know the word impossible and his appetite for more triumphs is growing.&nbsp; Now he even dares to say that he wants to be the best runner of all time.
<h2>The secrets behind his training</h2>
Although being one of the most successful athletes of our time, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who at the age of 22 has already won Olympic, World and European titles, did not reveal the secrets of his training method. However, one sentence from him can reveal the reason behind the Norwegian's astonishing achievements.&nbsp;
"In training, I run thirty percent more and differently than my rivals I meet in competitions," said the athlete.
His Hungarian admirers think that he probably runs the 400 metres 20-25 times in quick succession without any rest. The structure of his training is a kind of national secret in Norway, which can only be described as a modernised and personalised version of the demanding training methods of Mih&aacute;ly Igl&oacute;i, the legendary coach of the &bdquo;golden running team&rdquo; of the 1950s. These methods propelled S&aacute;ndor Iharos, Istv&aacute;n R&oacute;zsav&ouml;lgyi, L&aacute;szl&oacute; T&aacute;bori and others into the world elite, setting 49 world records and 35 European records.
<h2>Irresistible show of force</h2>
His runs can sometimes be compared to a stunning show of strength, as even his best prepared rivals have to be content with the second place. So, it does not seem like an exaggeration to say that he is preparing to repeat his Tokyo victory in Paris in 2024 and then in Los Angeles in 2028.&nbsp;
"I make no secret of my goal which is to achieve the Olympic triple. I am young and strong, a physically and mentally motivated athlete, all of which makes me capable of winning more Olympic Games.&nbsp; I don't want to sound immodest, but my main goal is to become the best runner of all time, for which I still have a lot of work to do," said Jakob Ingebrigtsen, whose coach and also his brothers&rsquo; was his father, Gjert Ingebrigtsen until 2022. Last year he had to give up coaching his sons at the age of 56 due to health problems.
"Over the years I've gained enough experience to get by myself, but luckily I have my brothers who help me a lot and give me the support I need. Whatever I ask them, they know the right answer, and they can also count on me. We are similar in many ways, but we are also different, so our training work cannot be lumped together."
Jakob is a member of a family of seven children, the names of the Ingebrigtsen "organ pipe" are Kristoffer, Henrik, Filip, Martin, Jakob, Ingrid and William. Their father wanted to raise all his children to be athletes, but it wasn&rsquo;t succeeded. However, it&rsquo;s still a great achievement that three of them have become recognised figures of middle and long distance running.&nbsp;
Jakob, born in the year of the 2000 Olympic Games, first became Olympic champion in the 1500m in Tokyo, won the 5000m at last year's World Championships and won silver in the 1500m in a huge battle. It was also a miracle that in 2018, at the age of 17 and in two days (!), he did a double at the Berlin European Championships, winning the 1500m and 5000m, and defended these titles successfully in Munich last year. The icing on the cake: last February he improved the indoor world record in the 1500m with a time of 3:30.60.
<h2>Three Ingebrigtsens become European champions</h2>
Of his brothers, Henrik has won four European Championship medals in six years, one gold and one bronze each, and two silvers in the 1500m, while Filip won European Championship gold at the same distance in 2016 and finished third at the 2017 World Championships.
"A lot of people ask me if my success is determined by my genetics, my build, or rather my hard work and perseverance. My answer is that it is both, but most of all it is my well-chosen training methods and my mental strength, which really fuels me when it comes to the competition. I have confidence in myself because I know that I still have some energy left in my body, even in the final sprint", continued the athlete, who confidently plans his future. Ingebrigtsen never lies down after his victories, on the contrary, he walks up to every opponent who is more exhausted than him, shakes hands with them, or helps them up...
Naturally, the 22-year-old athlete's life does not consist of only running, training and competitions.
<h2>Born to run, he loves his dogs and sports cars</h2>
"In my free time, whenever I can, my girlfriend and I organise activities together, often taking my two dogs with us, and I also have a great interest in beautiful and fast sports cars, of which I already have a collection."&nbsp;
He wants to be even faster, break records, and although he has conquered half the world, he wouldn't give up the other half either.
"I've taken it into my head that I'm going to be the best runner in the world. I feel the power in myself and the fact that I love what I do is what keeps me going. It would be difficult to answer the question of what other sport would suit me if I hadn't chosen athletics as a kid.&nbsp;
I might have been successful as a cross-country skier, but the beauty and challenge of it didn't appeal to me as much as the medium and long-distance running. I was born to run, it's the best gift I've ever had in my life," said Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who has never been to Hungary. That&rsquo;s why he is happy that this year&rsquo;s World Championships will be held in Budapest, in a country where he knows that people love sport.
P&eacute;ter Szalay

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who is preparing for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, runs 30 percent more than his rivals to become a legend.

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More than two thousand volunteers got to know each other and the tasks awaiting them at the World Championships in Budapest on Saturday. They were welcomed with presentations from the heads of the different areas, a valuable gift package, a spectacular show and a quiz.
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Volunteers' Training Day of World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023
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The World Athletics Championships in Budapest is the biggest sporting event of the year in the world. 2,000 athletes from 200 countries will compete in 49 events in front of 35,000 spectators on site and one billion on television and other media. With 150,000 tickets already sold out, there's every chance that athletics' superheroes will push the limits of human performance in front of a packed house.
An event of this magnitude would not be possible and would not be a success without the dedication of 2,500 volunteers, 2,000 of whom began their preparations for the event on Saturday at the BOK Sports Hall from 19 to 27 August. On the first general training day, they were introduced to the tasks that await them in each area.
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Volunteers' Training Day of World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023
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Volunteers will be needed not only at the 9 evening and 5 morning sessions held at the National Athletics Centre, but also at the airport, in hotels, on buses and at the road races. There will be 5 days when the world's best marathon runners and race walkers will take over the streets of Budapest, where volunteers will be on hand to serve the athletes at the refreshment points, among other tasks.
The training on Saturday covered the sustainability of the World Champs, the structure of the stadium and its surroundings with the help of various maps, how to serve guests and athletes from all over the world, and interesting information on how to deal with the approximately 3,500 media representatives. The latter lecture and area proved very popular, as did the anti-doping session. This is no surpise, as those who will be working here during the World Championships will be able to see the world's best at first hand.
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Volunteers' Training Day of World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023
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The first big group photos were taken and the day-long training was punctuated by films of the best moments in athletics and spectacular shows. What's more, they had the chance to test what they had learnt that day in a quiz, at the end of which a few lucky pairs of volunteers won tickets to the World Championships.
The general training will be followed by specific training for each functional area from May to July. The Hungarian National Championships on 7-8 July will not only be the official test event for the National Athletics Centre, but also the trial event for the World Championships volunteers. They will also have the opportunity to visit the stadium during the summer, so that they can carry out their duties as confidently as possible during the championships.
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Bal&aacute;zs N&eacute;meth, CEO of LOC presenting at Volunteers' Day of World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023
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"This is a solemn moment, you are part of this team from today. The World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 can only become the best World Championships of all time if everyone gives more than 100 per cent", said Bal&aacute;zs N&eacute;meth, CEO of the Local Organising Committee.
"Whatever you do in your life, there is nothing better than helping others, as you make their day and yours brighter," said Government Commissioner &Aacute;d&aacute;m Schmidt.
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Bal&aacute;zs Baji presenting at Volunteers' Day of World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023
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"Hungary has hosted everything in athletics, in all age groups. The only event missing so far is the World Championships, but in 140 days' time this will happen and we will all witness a real wonder," said M&aacute;rton Gyulai, Deputy CEO for Sports, who underlined that Hungary has a great history in the world of athletics, as many world stars, including Usain Bolt, have competed in Hungary.
The youngest volunteer on Saturday was 16, while the oldest was 83. All generations want to witness the wonder in Budapest in August. The Hungarian capital has joined such mega-cities as London, Paris, Tokyo, Rome, Beijing and Berlin in hosting the World Champs. According to the organizing committee, there is every chance that the Budapest will be able to stand its ground in this exclusive group, thanks in part to the enthusiastic work of 2,500 volunteers.

More than two thousand volunteers got to know each other and the tasks awaiting them at the World Championships in Budapest. They were welcomed with presentations from the heads of the different areas, a valuable gift package, a spectacular show and a quiz.

Training of volunteers for the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 has started

'Veteran' Anita Wlodarczyk injured herself in a car theft but has recovered since and feels 25 again.
Anita Wlodarczyk is known in the world of sport as the queen of the hammer throw. Not without reason, as she was the first competitor to throw over 80 metres, the only one to have won three consecutive Olympic titles and four World Championships gold medals. At 37, she is a veteran athlete who is preparing for the biggest throw at the World Championships in Budapest in less than five months: the fifth world title that is unlikely to be repeated in the future.&nbsp;
However, her success story has a thriller-like storyline, which proves that the Polish athlete can fight like a feisty Amazon not only on the track, but also on the streets. Nine months ago Anita Wlodarcyk could feel herself&nbsp; brave and proud, but she was also a victim.
<h2>She caught a thief but got injured</h2>
Answering to SzPress News Service, the superstar of athletics recalled the story of capturing the thief who was trying to steal her car.&nbsp;
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Anita Wlodarczyk after winning the hammer at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Turku (&copy; Hasse Sjogren)
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"When else could it have happened than the day before the Polish championships in Warsaw. Just as I was starting to do my exercises in the training room, I suddenly had a strange feeling that something bad was happening to my car in the parking lot. I was right, a man had already managed to open the door of my car. As soon as the thief noticed that I had called the police, he started running and tried to escape. I started running after him as fast as I could and after 120 meters I caught the thief. It was the fastest sprint of my life. My adrenaline level was so high that I felt only a few hours later that&nbsp; my legs started to hurt, getting worse and worse. The MRI scan revealed a muscle tear that could only be repaired with surgery. The psychological damage was terrible as I had to withdraw from the World Championships and the European Championships. I started the season with a promising 78-metre throw, so I could have done 80 metres. Another operation was followed by rehabilitation. The good news is that I have recovered, I am working hard and will soon be ready for the next two big competitions: the World Championships in Budapest and the Olympics in Paris. Also, the car thief is in jail, " Wlodarczyk informed SzPress.
<h2>Veteran only on paper</h2>
"I've achieved&nbsp; everything I've ever wanted to, I'm an Olympic, World and European champion. I don't care about my age, I have 22 years of hard work behind me with some difficult times due to injuries. As long as the sport gives me pleasure and I can do the training, I have no reason to retire. The only thing I have changed is that since a few years ago I have been much more focused on regenerating my body and being as strong mentally as I am phisically. People tend to call athletes over the age of 35 veterans, but that's just a prejudice I'm trying to disprove. I can't deny my age, I'll be over my 38th birthday by the time the World Championships start in Budapest, but even 25-year-olds can be jealous of my motivation."&nbsp;
She last competed on June 5 last year at the Kusocinski Memorial in Chorz&oacute;w and plans to return to the traditional Taipei international event on May 27. Anita and her master, the Croatian Ivica Jakelic,&nbsp; who has been helping her for three years now, will have a great success together if she wins another gold medal at the World Championships in Budapest.&nbsp;
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Anita Wlodarczyk in hammer qualifying at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (&copy; Getty Images)
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"We have known each other for 15 years, we have met many times at training camps and competitions, but it was only in 2019 that I thought: if I could start training again after two serious surgeries, I would do it with Ivica's help. He is an excellent person and a great professional. In November 2020, we started the preparations for the Tokyo Olympics and it was as if I had never trained before. In nine months, I managed to get back in shape to become Olympic champion for the third time. I think it's a fairytale story: a serious injury and surgery followed by a long rehabilitation, a change of coaches, cautious training, a successful comeback. Then, the icing on the cake, my third Olympic victory."&nbsp;
Wlodarczyk is currently training in Stellenbosch, South Africa, and will return to Poland. Soon she heads to Doha, which she already refers to as a base. As the weather improves, probably at the end of April, she will return home.
<h2>I came, I saw, I conquered in Paris?</h2>
She is proud to have made sporting history by breaking the 80-metre barrier, and also to have improved the world record several times. She is still making plans, and she is sure about winning more gold medals.
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Anita Wlodarczyk in action in Szekesfehervar (&copy; Gyulai&nbsp;Istvan&nbsp;Memorial)
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"I've been all around the world, but I've never been to Paris. What a story it would be if my first visit was crowned by another Olympic gold medal, the fourth in a row. However, I know Hungary well, particularly the host city of the Gyulai Istv&aacute;n Memorial Hungarian Grand Prix.&nbsp; The only problem I had was that I could never once pronounce Sz&eacute;kesfeh&eacute;r&aacute;r correctly. I have a favourite caf&eacute; there, where I always have a good black coffee before the competition. I'm a big coffee drinker, so I'd like to know as soon as possible where to go in Budapest."&nbsp;
She has had five surgeries during her career. "I came back from every surgery with a victory because I was strong in mind and body. After last year's drama it would be nice if it were the same in Budapest. It would be easier to get to the podium healthy, but it will also be a strong motivation for me to know what a difficult road I had to get back as a favourite. I'll take care of my health, I'll work hard on regeneration and I hope that I won't have to face any car thieves in the future" &ndash; said the queen of hammer throwing, who already has plans for her post-competition years, but these will be on ice until she completes her mission in Budapest and Paris.
P&eacute;ter Szalay
SzPress News Service

'Veteran' Anita Wlodarczyk injured herself in a car theft but has recovered since and feels 25 again.

Anita Wlodarczyk: hammer queen targets her fifth world title in Budapest

Although she recently celebrated her 23rd birthday, Femke Bol has already set the bar very high. The smiling Dutch superstar made history last year with a triple at the European Championships in Munich and will be the world record holder after the 2023 indoor season. We can't wait to see what she has in store for us in Budapest.&nbsp;
Why is it good for a 400m sprinter to do judo before athletics? Learning to tolerate pain, for example. It was particularly true in Femke Bol&rsquo;s case, as she broke her arm twice at the beginning of her martial art career. As a result, she learned how to fall. She practised judo for another year, but she didn't really like it and according to her she wasn't very good at it. Athletics fans can't be thankful enough for Femke changing sports at the age of eight.&nbsp;
Under the influence of her brother, she first got into cross country running, and around 2014 Werner Andrea discovered her talent for longer sprints. Luckily for her, because Bol prefers the pain-inducing lactic sessions that could lead to improvement.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;You can think that you can&rsquo;t and then you can again,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really nice when you see yourself that mentally and physically you break those limits for yourself and go to a higher level and then also see that in my results - that&rsquo;s amazing&rdquo;, she told the International Olympic Committee website about these training sessions.
She started to focus on the 400m hurdles very early, at the age of 15. The successes came already in her youth and junior years by winning Dutch age group championship titles. At international level, we first saw her name when she won the 2019 European U20 Championships.&nbsp; Later, at the World Championships in Doha she set a new Dutch junior record of 55.32 in the preliminaries.
Her progress was not interrupted by the coronavirus epidemic either: in 2021, at the age of 21, she won two gold medals at the European Indoor Championships. In Torun, she first won the 400m with a Dutch record of 50.63 then set a new record with the 4x400 relay team as well. With Bol&rsquo;s help, who was in top form, the team recently improved this record to 3:25.66. It means that the Netherlands will set the stage for a medal at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
At the Tokyo Olympics, she ran a new European record in the 400m hurdles, making her not only an Olympic bronze medallist but also the third fastest ever. She has already managed to catch one of her two American rivals in 2022, former world record holder Dalilah Muhammad, to move up one place on the podium. She had no chance against Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, who ran a 50.68 in the Hayward Field, though.
A month after Oregon she competed in three events at the Munich European Championships and bagged the gold in all of them. She became the first female to achieve a triple in the 400m, winning the gold in the flat, hurdles and relay at the same major event.
As McLaughlin-Levrone does not compete often in Europe - she was back on the old continent in August 2022 at the Istv&aacute;n Gyulai Memorial after nearly three years &ndash;, Bol was left without a rival in the Diamond League in 2021 and 2022. With her run in Stockholm last year, she also holds the fastest time in the series&rsquo; history (52.27).
She concluded her impressive indoor season with the fastest 500m ever (1:05.63) and by breaking one of the oldest world records in athletics&rsquo; history at the Dutch national championships. Bol improved Czechoslovakia's Jarmila Kratochvilov&aacute; 400m record, set 41 years ago, by 33 hundredths of a second.
Meanwhile, she is still considered a hurdler. According to experts, the difference between her indoor and outdoor times could be as much as a second, so her 49.26 run in Apeldoorn could set her up for even greater results. Moreover, the Bambi-nicknamed star is still only 23!
If her run of success continues, she might be offered a sponsorship deal by the chocolate producer and confectionery company Ferrero. For three years now, Bol and her training partner Lieke Klaver have celebrated their victories with a Kinder Bueno. Not a bad motivation before a season in which she can expect more amazing results.
Given her form on the flat, the question is whether she can compete in both the 400 m hurdles and the 400 m flat at the World Championships in Budapest. Her rival, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have not yet decided either her programme at the top event of the year. If they want to do a double, they may have a scheduling problem: on Monday evening, 21 August, there will be heats in the hurdles and semi-finals in the flat - however, there will be two hours between the two races, which could still give them the opportunity to compete in both.&nbsp;
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<li>Sunday 20 August, 9:35 - 400 metres, heats</li>
<li>Monday 21 August, 18:50 - 400 m hurdles, heats</li>
<li>Monday 21 August, 21:10 - 400 metres, semi-finals</li>
<li>Tuesday 22 August, 20:25 - 400 m hurdles, semi-finals</li>
<li>Wednesday, 23 August, 21:35 - 400 metres, FINAL</li>
<li>Thursday, 24 August, 21:50 - 400 m hurdles, FINAL</li>
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In addition, the 4x400m relays will be held on the final weekend of the World Championships, where both athletes may compete.
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