“We’ve had many tough games with USA in the past and we knew there was always a chance that we could beat them,” said Magyari, who carried her lucky teddy bear around the pool deck after the win. The 20-year-old Magyari finished with 11 saves, helping Hungary to its first win after it played to a 10-10 tie against the ROC in its Tokyo opener. “We have to take this tournament step by step.”

“It was a huge thing to beat the world champions, but we mustn’t believe that we are better than anyone else,” Hungary goaltender Alda Magyari said through a translator. had the ball in the final seconds, but it turned it over. Parkes finished with a team-high three goals. Hungary trailed 9-8 with 2:28 left, but captain Rita Keszthelyi scored from deep and Parkes got the game-winner when she connected for a beautiful no-look goal with 45 seconds left. “This is bracket play, and so we’re going to have a lot to work on, a lot to get better if we want to be the team we want to be at the end of this, for sure.” “For us, we’re fortunate that this is just tournament one,” Steffens said. Steffens had her nose broken by an inadvertent elbow, and the captain sported a black eye and a small bandage during the match against Hungary.Įven with the loss, the Americans remain in good position to advance to the knockout round. The United States was a big favorite to win its third straight gold medal coming into Tokyo, but it was pushed hard by China during a rugged 12-7 victory Monday. team, as the Hungarian team, you need to be ready for each team to bring their best, and Hungary brought their best today.” The game doesn’t know where you come from,” U.S. The team had been 19-0 this year, including five victories over Hungary by a combined 66-37 score. The Americans were handed their first loss at the Olympics since 2008 when they fell 10-9 to Rebecca Parkes and Hungary in group play on Wednesday. The world is pushing back at the Tokyo Games, and it remains to be seen how Steffens and company respond. They are so fast.TOKYO (AP) - Maggie Steffens and the United States have dominated women’s water polo since the country won its first gold medal in the sport at the 2012 London Olympics. It was a good thing for us to play against them, especially Mima Ito,' she said. 'It was a really good match because Japan are a strong team. This is good because many people will speak about Hungary, about table tennis and about my hair so it's nice,' she said.įazekas and her team mates lost to Japan 0-3, but she said that it was a good experience. They just asked 'What? What do you want?',' Fazekas laughed. 'When I went to the hairdresser and I said what I want, they didn't say anything for a while. The 45-year-old paddler told Reuters that she got her hair done in Hungary prior to coming to Tokyo. While she was out of the Hungarian national team in 2005, Fazekas continued to play table tennis in Germany and her home country, at one point being a coach for Hungary's national cadet team for three years. 'This is special, because this is a celebration for me to be here again,' Fazekas said as she flaunted her blonde hair. 'I don't know why but looking at the Hungarian paddler's hairstyle makes me happy,' wrote.įazekas, who last participated in the Olympics at the 2004 Athens Games, said she decided to go with the five-ring haircut and Olympic-themed nail art to express her joy at returning to the Games. 'Only the chosen ones can carry off that haircut. TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Hungary's Maria Fazekas celebrated her second appearance at the Olympics by dying the five-ring symbol into the back of her two-block hair cut, to the delight of those on Japanese social media watching her in the team event on Sunday.

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