Hungary marks presence at Winter Olympics with shining gold

Hungary entered into the medal table by pulling off a stunning victory in the men's 5,000 metres relay on Thursday(February 22). Earlier they had neverwon a short-track medal at theWinterOlympicsand their first was sealed in an Olympic record time of 6 minutes 31.971 seconds. China finished at number two and Canada came at third claiming silver and bronze respectively.

Brothers Sandor Liu Shaolin and Shaoang Liu raced alongside Viktor Knoch and Csaba Burjan to make history for Hungary in the final short track event of the Games.

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They celebrated wildly at the end, high-fiving and hugging their technical staff beside the track before skating around the rink holding their country's flag.

The race got off to a cagey start with all four teams in contention until disaster struck for the Koreans midway through when one of their skaters went sprawling.

By the time he had found his feet, Korea was half a lap behind, and though they pushed hard to catch up, the effort they expended told in the end and they finished nearly three-quarters of a lap behind everyone else.

The Hungarians bided their time, skating within themselves and letting China and Canada set the pace in the 45-lap race before putting on a late surge that secured the gold medal.

If we look at the medal tally, Norway stands at number one with 35 medals Germany and Canada at number two and three.