Old boys, young hearts

We can witness several miracles in sport day-by-day. How an agile, ingenious but slightly clumsy young kid becomes grown-up, mature, successful athlete through long process of preparations. How a move practised during the endless trainings enters in the reality of the mat and decides the world championship final. How a less successful but physically and technically well-prepared wrestler is pushed through the deadlock by the purposefully trained, strong mind and soul.

The ever-increasing circle of veterans offers us the very same miracle.After spending long decades on the mats, we are very well aware that wrestling at elder age is much more difficult than jogging, playing tennis or table tennis because in these sports you can dictate the tempo and take rest whenever you want. But wrestling is a true fight in all categories where the two opponents try to do everything possible for the victory by mobilizing all physical resources, raising the tempo and fulfilling the call of the actions indelibly present in the guts.

Veterans do huge service to wrestling sport as their personal example is the evidence of wrestling’s joy and beauty. It also shows that even high-level combat is not an inextricable mission in an elderly age for well-prepared wrestlers and this sport also contributes efficiently to keep you younger and vigorous

Now when the bravest and most venturesome veterans come to Arena Savaria of Szombathely to battle for the medals, they are at the same time promoting to the world the magnificence, the beauty and life force of wrestling. They even educate us with their victory elation whereas their example make them more authentic and the youth might learn from them.

                                                             Dr. Csaba Hegedüs

                                                                    President

                                                       Hungarian Wrestling Federation