International Day of Military Sports 2023 – Hungary

BUDAPEST (HUN) - This Friday, February 17, the Hungarian Armed Forces held their International Day of Military Sports 2023 with a focus on the importance of peace, healthy lifestyle and "friendship through sports", as well as the anniversary of the CISM organization. This year, members of the Hungarian army, police, prison administration, national tax and customs administration, disaster management and student cadets ran together.

The Hungarian Defense Forces, in cooperation with the National Federation of Defense Sports Associations and the Budapest Defense Sports Association, joined the CISM Running Day in 2016.

The central event held in Budapest at the Budapest Honvéd Sport Club facilities was attended by Major-General László Sticz Ph.D., head of the HDF's Force Modernization and Transformation Command, who also ran the 3200-meter distance.

In his opening speech, Major General László Sticz emphasized that the renewed, modern and high-tech Hungarian defense forces are in great need of physically active soldiers: "The armed forces need well-trained, well-equipped, courageous, enterprising, physically fit and language-speaking soldiers, that is why the increasingly active participation in the current initiative is also important."

In total nearly 8508 participants from different regiments, brigades, centers and schools have walked a total of 27225 km.

All photos are available on the CISM Flickr account !

(Source: Hungarian Armed Forces)