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Organisation of Biggest Sporting Event in Hungary’s History is Progressing Well

• 20 Jun 2022 12:25 PM
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PM Orbán met with World Athletics President Sebastian Coe in Budapest on Sunday. Coe, who is in Budapest for the World Aquatics Championships, discussed preparations for the World Athletics Championships, which Budapest will host next year.

The athletics worlds, slated for August 2023, is the third-largest sporting event in the world.

Athletes from more than 200 countries will participate at the contest which will be followed by over one billion people around the world.

Orbán and Coe established that the event’s organisation was progressing on schedule.


MTi /PM's press office photo: Vivien Cher Benko

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