(16 october 2023 15:17)

This year's Raiffeisen Bank Bucharest Marathon had a sold-out status as all the 16 thousand registration tickets were taken very early. The Romanian capital city showed its greatness in a mixture of wide boulevards and popular tourist attractions. The finish area is placed each year on the Constitution Square, just in front of the Palace of the Parliament, one of the largest buildings on Earth. About the results: it was the Moroccan Mohamed Chaaboud who won the 42.195 km race in 2:17:18, while Mekkonen Serkalem Mengiste, representing Ethiopia, set the best time in the women's category (2:37:44). It was a great honour and also pleasure to take part in this event as a multilingual presenter. Congratulations to all the people involved and many thanks for the great atmosphere!

(12 september 2023 11:16)

What a great project! The organisers of the Brasov Running Festival had the intention of setting all the conditions for a possible world record. They succeeded! On an internationally homologated track Kenyan athlete Agnes Ngetich set a new world record on 5 and 10 kilometres. She won the 10K race in 29 minutes and 24 seconds. Of course, amateurs and children had their races too, it was an outstanding event, well organised, but the highlight was for sure the world record. Even the International Olympic Committee wrote about Brasov last Sunday which is great news for all the Transylvanians! For us Brasov is a beloved city, a place we love to visit when we have the opportunity to do so. I was so delighted that I had the chance to work as a multilingual presenter at this event! Congratulations to all the people involved!

(05 september 2023 11:53)

Held for the 11th time, BUD Runway Run had a number of over 1000 participants this year. A joyful run on the airport of Budapest with a lot of fun and great performances. There were two distances for the adults: 5 and 10 km. Children had their races too. The atmosphere was superb as the organizers invited three Olympic champions to hand over the prizes at the final ceremony: Tamas Darnyi, Sandor Wladar, Eva Risztov, respectively European champion Richard Marton came to join this great event (they are all swimmers). It was all about charity, two foundations received all the registration fees of the competition.

(21 august 2023 11:07)

The greatest summer race of my home region, Szeklerland, came to its 17th edition. We had a magnificent competition with Martin Messner (Austria) who took the lead at the very last stage and gained the most important jersey of the event, by a margin of just 5 seconds. Tour of Szeklerland is unique with its beautiful landscape and nice hospitality. It was the case this year as well when 90 riders lined up at the start. Congratulations to all the people involved!

(13 july 2023 14:11)

The 13th edition of the Cycling Tour of Sibiu was definitely one of the greatest races ever in this region of Europe. Not just because of the fact that many stars came to compete here this year as well, just like Sam Bennett (BORA-Hangsrohe) who won 2 stages out of 5, but mostly because of the fact that we had to wait until the very and of the Tour to find out the winner in the general classification. After his victory at Balea Lac, Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto) had the best chances to stay in the yellow jersey, but after his puncture one day later, he had to accept a dramatic scenario. Before the last stage, an ITT in the historical centre of Sibiu, there were 4 riders separated by only 6 seconds, and it was Mark Donovan (Q36.5) who rode fastest among them. It was the Briton who won the 13th edition, ending the BORA-supremacy after three years. What a great race, I was happy to be a part of it, at least 2 thousand people came to celebrate with the winners at the awards ceremony.

(16 may 2023 12:15)

I took the flight Vienna-Bucharest on Saturday, right after the triathlon where I worked on that day, to arrive on time to the Romanian capital for the Half Marathon scheduled for Sunday. It was worth it. The event gathered thousands of runners at the start and there was a lot to celebrate at the finish as well because Yerga Berihun (Ethiopia) set a new track record (1:00:55). It was a great atmosphere out there, people were cheering on the runners on the entire course. I will be back in October for the marathon in the same city. Can't wait!

(16 may 2023 11:41)

There was no time to relax last weekend. On Saturday I presented a triathlon in Austria, then I caught a flight to Bucharest to host the half-marathon on Sunday. Well, about the triathlon: it's a beloved race held in Styria not far from Graz, at the lake called Röcksee. There are 200 starters each year. They begin with 2 km swim, then they continue with 86 km bike and they complete also 20 km of running before they cross the finish line. It was a rainy day this time but it was funny! I even used some Italian phrases as a surprise to the "ragazzis" who won some of the categories. In the general rankings, it was the Ukrainian Andrii Onyshchenko who won the men's race, while local hero Michaela Wolf gained gold medal in the ladies' competition.

(16 may 2023 11:22)

Even if it's hard to believe, there are about 20 000 people who participate in the competition called Ultrabalaton each year. Now I had the pleasure to present the start of the relays consisting of 5-13 runners. It's crazy I know but believe me, from 3 AM to 6 PM there were starts given in every minute. It was a hard task for me as well, but the atmosphere was great and it helped a lot! The Ultrabalaton is a running race with a total distance of 210 km around the largest lake of Hungary.