Race walk evening, that of Saturday, in Budapest (HUN) where the first day of the 125th National Championships of Hungary ended.
At 8:00pm the start of the women's race, at 8:35pm the start of the men's race.
An evening with high temperature and very high humidity.
5.000m track walk women
Absent Victoria Madarasz, the race was experienced in the battle between Barbara Kovacs (born in 1993) and Rita Recsei (born in 1996).
Barbara Kovacs (HUN) had no difficulty in winning in 23:42.85
Second place to Rita Recsei (HUN) in 24:08.05
Third place to Dora Csorgo (HUN) in 24:48.21
5.000m track walk men
There was greater interest in this test, if only for the number of athletes at the start: ten.
Two studio laps and then immediately a surprise.
Norbert Toth, the young Hungarian talent born in 2001, and therefore not yet twenty years old, heedless of the bombastic names of his opponents, takes the lead in the race.
He immediately earns 20m and for another 4 laps he remains in the lead with about twenty meters ahead.
Then the heat and humidity make themselves felt.
He is catched by Mate Helebrandt (HUN) and Bence Venyercsan (HUN) who take the lead to make the pace.
In the final laps the most successful Mate Helebrandt (HUN) forces the pace and wins in 20:26.41
Second place to Bence Venyercsan (HUN) in 20:40.78
Third place to Tomasz Bagdany (HUN) in 21:14.22
Only fourth Norbert Toth (HUN) in 21:26.71