Peter Sukenik photography » richard nagy https://www.petersukenik.com People’s emotions are very strong.. Let me offer you to experience them again and again through my pictures… Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:04:37 +0000 sk-SK hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.37 Budapešť 2017: Rišo vo finále a koniec “výletu” (Riso in the finals and the end of my “trip”) https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-riso-vo-finale-a-koniec-vyletu-riso-in-the-finals-and-the-end-of-my-trip/ https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-riso-vo-finale-a-koniec-vyletu-riso-in-the-finals-and-the-end-of-my-trip/#comments Tue, 01 Aug 2017 16:59:39 +0000 http://www.petersukenik.com/?p=4507
Yesterday, nothing special happened.

Andrea swam 50m breaststroke, I took a photo of her on the start but then she turned her back :-)

She’s quite tall, isn’t she? :-)


Včera sa neudialo nič extra zvláštne.

Aďa plávala 50m prsia, cvakol som ju na štarte, potom sa mi už otočila chrbtom :-)

Je poriadne vysoká, że? :-)

But something did happen… I got a present. Notebook cover from Nikon.

I’ve been looking for something like that for a while now, it’s used as a shield from the sun. It’s possible that someone saw me like this on the Spring Prix of Zilina :-)

Ale predsa čosi… Dostal som darček. Kryt na notebook od Nikonu.

Už som dlhšie niečo také pozeral, je to na zaclonenie pred slnkom. Možno ma už niekto videl takto na Jarnej cene v Žiline :-)

Today, I’ve tried again shooting the individual medley from the podium for victory ceremony in dark blue.
Vyskúšal som si dnes opäť v tmavomodrom fotenie z “victory ceremony” pódia na polohovke.

However, I didn’t like it very much. So, I have been taking pictures of Riso from behind the starting blocks but today, I’ve been shooting them a bit askew.
Moc sa mi to ale nepáčilo, a tak som Riša fotil zase spoza blokov, dnes ale trochu zošikma.

Talking about the relay, that was a complete chaos. I didn’t want to be behind blocks again so I tried being on the side but that didn’t work too.

I tried to change the spot and tripped over a strap from the photographic objective. Fortunately, it didn’t fall but my camera started act weird; there were no numbers on the screen. I swore a bit but luckily, it started to work right after a while.

I wanted to take a pic of all girls from the relay together. They even got together quite nicely but in the last moment, photographers shooting the start of another relay came standing right in my shot and ruined it. This is the best I have…

To štafeta, to bol iný chaos. Nechcel som byť zase za blokmi, tak som skúsil zboku. Ale nič moc.

Skúsil som zmeniť miesto a zakopol som o popruh z objektívu, našťastie nespadol, ale foťák mi úplne schaosil, zrazu neboli na displeji žiadne číselká.
Dobre som si zanadával, no po chvíli sa našťastie spamätal.

Chcel som baby zo štafety cvaknúť spolu a aj sa.pekne k sebe naskladali, no pred nich sa v poslednej chvíli postavili zrazu fotografi fotiaci štart ďalšej štafety a zo záberu nebolo nič. Toto je asi to najlepšie, čo mám…

I took a photo of them later but I had only about 5 seconds to shoot it and right away, I was told off that I’m not supposed to be taking pictures there. Mea culpa.
Cvakol som ich potom aspoň takto, ale to.bola fotka asi za 5 sekúnd a už som aj dostal zdrba, že na tomto mieste sa fotiť nesmie. Mea culpa.

For the first time, I am going to the hotel during lunch today. I need to work on my photos from previous days. On my way, I get a message from Miro Nowak if I can upload a picture of Riso on Facebook since he made it to the finals. I’m in the underground and I don’t have any yet so later I work on few photos of Riso and upload them in special album on Facebook. But I’m not satisfied with them, today’s obviously not my day.

I’m leaving to the Arena at 3 PM. I have to mention as to not offend anyone that few underground trains are newer even equipped with a screen and from time to time announce in English too :-)

Cez obed idem dnes po prvýkrát na hotel, treba mi dorábať fotky z predchádzajúcich dní. Cestou mi píše Miro Nowak, či dám nejaké foto Riša na facebook, lebo postúpil do finále. Som v metre a zatiaľ nemám, tak trochu neskôr robím zopár Rišových foto a dávam ich do extra albumu na facebook. Nie som ale s nimi spokojný, dnes sa mi akosi nedarí.

O tretej odchádzam nazad do arény. Aby som nikoho neurazil, tak niektoré súpravy metra tu majú aj novšie, dokonca s displejmi a občas aj hlásia v angličtine :-)

For a late lunch, I’m having scones and coffee again :-)

Riso’s final heat is second on the program and for the first time, there is a Slovak flag on the screens. I’m taking photos of Riso, then other finals and I’m leaving before the last final heat finishes.

Voila :-) I guess it’s enough…

Na neskorý obed mám opäť pagáče a kávu :-)

Riŝove finále je druhé v poradí a po prvýkrát svieti na obrazovkách slovenská vlajka. Fotím Riša, potom ostatné finále a ešte pred doplávaním poslednej finálovej disciplíny odchádzam.

Tadááá :-) už by toho aj stačilo…

I’m going to the hotel hoping that I can work on the photos from the morning women’s individual medley relay and from Riso’s finals so I can leave for the closing ceremony at 9 PM with a clear conscience.
However, I’m coming to the hotel after 8 PM which means I have only time for a shower, copying photos from finals to the disk, checking the route and I can leave…

Closing ceremony was really something, especially the beginning. What those people were showing was unbelievable. There were some speeches afterwards, then they handed over the mace to the organizer of the following Championships, presented the new place and finito.

Idem na hotel v nádeji, že skúsim urobiť ešte fotky doobednej ženského polohovkovej štafety a Riša z finále, aby som s čistým svedomím mohol ísť okolo deviatej na closing ceremony.
Na hotel prichádzam ale až po úsmej, čo znamená, že si dám tak akurát sprchu, skopírujem fotky z finále na disk, pozriem si cestu a môžem ísť…

Closing ceremony, hlavne v úvode, bola poriadne namakaná. To, čo tam tí ľudkovia predvádzali bolo neuveriteľné. Potom nejaké prejavy, odovzdanie žezla usporiadateľovi nasledujúci MS, prezentácia nového miesta a končíme.

I get on a tram and even take a picture of the luxury I have since I’m the only passenger but in no time I find out that I’m on the right line however with the wrong destination. Oh, damn it…

I get off and wait for another one losing about 45 minutes in the process.

Nasadám na električku, ešte si fotím, že aký luxus, že ňou idem sám, keď zistím, že som síce nasadol na správnu linku, ale s iným cieľom. Kurnik šopa…

Vystupujem a čakám na ďalšiu, strata asi 45 min.

I arrive at the hotel, I help myself to a beer and even though I would like to work a bit I’m too tired and go to sleep.
It’s 2 AM.

And it’s the final day…
I wake up at 6 AM, work on photos I wanted to do the previous day, have breakfast and pack myself. At 9 AM, there is a taxi waiting for me and I’m heading to the hotel where Slovak representation team was accommodated.

The ride in the taxi is quite adventurous. Until now, I thought that the orange light on the traffic lights means ‘speed up’ :-) today I’ve learnt that it means ‘speed up even third in the row’. The taxi driver is showing off his racing skills.

I wait for a while at the hotel and then with the crew we all get in the bus and head to Bratislava. There I change the vehicle to the car of our nice masseuse and we drive to Zilina straight through Brno :-) where I return the borrowed technique.

I’m really grateful, thanks to her I can be with my kids tonight.

The end of the show, goodbye :-)

Prichádzam na hotel, dávam si ešte pivko a hoci by som chcel ešte niečo urobiť, tak už nemám sily a idem spať.
Sú dve hodiny ráno.

No a je tu posledný deň…
Vstávam o šiestej, robím fotky, ktoré som chcel už včera, idem na raňajky a balím sa. O deviatej ma už čaká taxík a veziem sa do hotela, kde bývala slovenská repre.

Cesta taxíkom je vcelku dobrodružná.
Doteraz som si myslel, že oranžová na semafore znamená “pridaj” :-), oddnes už viem, že to znamená “pridaj aj z tretieho radu”.
Taxikár predvádza svoje závodnícke umenie.

Na hoteli po chvíli čakania nasadám už spolu s výpravou do autobusu a vezieme sa do Bratislavy. Tam presadám do auta našej milej pani masérky a vezieme sa do Žiliny priamo cez Brno :-), kde vraciam požičanú techniku.

Ďakujem krásne, vďaka nej budem dnes aspoň večer s deťmi.

Koniec vysielania, majte sa :-)

]]> https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-riso-vo-finale-a-koniec-vyletu-riso-in-the-finals-and-the-end-of-my-trip/feed/ 3 Budapešť 2017: Konečne dobrý deň (finally a good day) https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-konecne-dobry-den-finally-a-good-day/ https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-konecne-dobry-den-finally-a-good-day/#comments Fri, 28 Jul 2017 05:05:38 +0000 http://www.petersukenik.com/?p=4449
Ha, today, I finally heard Slovak. I met Andrea Podmanikova with the coach Vladimir Zeleznik by the pool. I was so happy I didn’t even take a photo of them even though I was holding the camera.

I tried to arrange my spot for Katka’s backstroke in the morning but the rules became one big mess. At the end, they let me only on my standard place. Damn it :-(


Ha, tak dnes som konečne počul slovenčinu. Pri bazéne som stretol Aďu Podmaníkovú s trénerom Vladimírom Železníkom. Od samej radosti som ich ani neodfotil, hoci som foťák mal v ruke :-)

Ráno som sa snažil dohodnúť si pozíciu na Katkin znak, no ale poriadne to tu s ich pravidlami schaosili a nakoniec ma nepustili nikde inde, len na štandardné miesto. Sakra :-(

Today, Slovak mixed medley relay was swimming too.
I had a spot behind starting blocks, which is quite a good position to shoot all styles except the crawl
Dnes plávala aj slovenská mixová polohovková štafeta.
Bol som za blokmi na obrátke, to je celkom dobrá šanca na dobré zábery pre všetky štýly okrem kraula.

After the relay, our swimmers were supposed to pose for me. Andrea was my ‘insider’.
However, it did not work as I planned and on the top of it, one ‘professional’ stood perfectly in my view.
So, this is all I got…
Po štafete mi naši mali zapózovať, Aďa bola moja “spojka”.
No moc z toho pózovania nebolo a naviac mi jeden “profík” krásne zablokoval celý výhľad.
Tak len toto…

Well, how about the afternoon?

Today, I finally managed to send my photos to SwimSwam just few minutes after the end of every final heat. After the first one, only 10 minutes might have passed and already there was an article with my photo released. The shot was no miracle but I will work on that :-)

So, I’m proud. It was a good day today :-)

No a poobede?

Dnes sa mi konečne darilo posielať fotky do SwimSwamu pár minút po doplávaní každého finále. Po prvom finále to bolo snáď len 10 minút a už s mojou foto vyšiel aj článok. Fotka nič moc, ale to ešte vyladíme :-)

Tak som dnes pyšný, bol to dobrý deň :-)

]]> https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-konecne-dobry-den-finally-a-good-day/feed/ 0 Budapešť 2017: makačka (tough day) https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-makacka-tough-day/ https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-makacka-tough-day/#comments Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:22:34 +0000 http://www.petersukenik.com/?p=4398
Today starts with a photo briefing at 8:00 AM and that means if breakfast starts at 7:00 I have only about five minutes to eat. I leave the hotel at 7:11, entering the underground at 7:16, the metro leaves at 7:21 and I am marking today’s ‘goals’ into the start list. I get off at 7:41, entering the Duna Arena at 7:51 and the photographs’ room at 7:55. I catch the briefing in time covered with sweat :-(

O 8,00 máme dnes foto brífing, to znamená, že ak mám raňajky od 7-mej, tak mám na ne asi 5 minút. O 7,11 odchàdzam z hotela, 7,16 vchádzam do metra, 7,21 metro odchádza a ja si značím “ciele” dňa do štartovej listiny. O 7,41 vystupujem, 7,51 vchádzam do areálu Duna arény a 7,55 do foto roomy. Brífing stíham, akurát mi tečie po chrbte pot :-(

So, what are the rules for photographers? Quite strict. We have one common place for all of us by the pool, another smaller one just above it and also every spectator’s seat, if they don’t come. If they come, we have to let the seat. And since there is no way to get near the pool after the beginning of swimming it’s a huge risk. There is also one place for photographers from big agencies right opposite us. Shooting from the front is allowed for six agency photographers and two ‘ordinary’ photographers when swimmers from their countries are in the water. There is also no bag policy at the pool. Good old Kazan and London.

So, let’s begin. I need to find some spot; it starts in 30 minutes.
I only see Riso Nagy from all Slovak swimmers.

A pravidlá pre fotografov? Dosť striktné. Jedno spoločné miesto pre všetkých pri bazéne, jedno menšie nad týmto miestom na tribúne a tiež hociktoré divácke miesto, ak divák nepríde. Ak príde, má prednosť. Keďže k bazénu sa po začatí pretekov už dostať nedá, tak je to veľký risk. Jedno miesto majú ešte fotomani z veľkých agentúr oproti nám a fotiť z čela môže 6 agentúrnych a 2-ja “obyčajní” fotografi, ak im pláva akurát plavec z ich krajiny. Platí tiež “no bag policy”, žiadne batohy k bazénu. Zlatá Kazaň, zlatý Londýn.

Poďme na to, je 30 min. pred začiatkom, treba si nájsť miesto.
Z výpravy SVK vidím akurát Riša Nagya.

After the morning session, I hurry into the photographer’s room and sort photos. No time for lunch, water, coffee and some scones will do :-(

You have to catch a spot before the afternoon finals an hour before. So, despite having a lot to do I sit on my spot and chat with Martin Sidorjak.

And the finals? Except relays, Yang Sun with Katie Ledecky were no doubt in the spotlight today. Well, Yang a big time :-)
He gave a big hug to re-elected Maglione too :-)

Po skončení doobedia frčím do fotoroomy a triedim foto. Obed som nestihol, som na vode, káve, a pagáčoch :-(

Miesta pred poobedným finále sa obsadzujú už hodinu vopred, a tak aj keď mám prácu, sedím na fotoposte a debatujem s Martinom Sidorjákom.

A finále? Okrem štafiet dnes hviezdili Yang Sun a Katie Ledecky. No a Yang veru poriadne :-)
Vyobjímal aj znovuzvoleného Maglioneho :-)

Coming to the hotel at 9:00 PM. After a shower and a beer, I start to work.

I am finishing at 3:00 AM.
Is it just me or is there actually a lion? :-)

O deviatej prichádzam na hotel a púšťam sa po sprche a pive do práce.

O tretej ráno končím.
Zdá sa mi to, alebo vidím leva? :-)

]]> https://www.petersukenik.com/budapest-2017-makacka-tough-day/feed/ 2 Londýn 2016: mesiac po (one month after) https://www.petersukenik.com/londyn-2016-mesiac-po-one-month-after/ https://www.petersukenik.com/londyn-2016-mesiac-po-one-month-after/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:19:29 +0000 http://www.petersukenik.com/?p=2855
At first, I thought that I would write few sentences in London every day just like in Kazan. However, in the end I am writing almost month after the European Championships :-( There was just too much to do during that week and after :-)

Every morning the swimming started at 10am but we had to be at the pool about an hour earlier. Before finals an hour and half was almost not enough. There were many people with cameras and if I did not catch a good spot at the beginning, it was too late later. Sometimes we were packed like sardines :-)


Pôvodne som si myslel, že podobne ako z Kazane, napíšem zopár viet každý deň aj z Londýna. No a nakoniec píšem skoro mesiac po skončení ME :-( Bolo toho skrátka za ten týždeň a po ňom viac než dosť :-)

Každé ráno sa začínalo plávať o 10-tej hodine, no pri bazéne bolo treba byť už asi o hodinu skôr. Na finále bola niekedy aj hodina a pol málo. Bolo nás tam s fotoaparátmi dosť a ak som si nechytil dobré miesto zavčasu, potom už bol problém. Niekedy sme boli naozaj ako sardinky :-)

We had two spots for taking photos, first right behind the starter near the starting blocks and second in the opposite corner of the pool, on the turn.

Again, they used the system of colourful bibs, 3 colours equalling 3 allowed areas of movement. Dark green was for broadcasters, the people involved in television somehow. For example the cameraman by the pool. These people had the biggest privileges. Dark blue and light blue were colours for the real photographers. People with the dark blue bibs could (besides mentioned spots for photographing) move freely at the pool except for the side behind starting blocks. From there were starting all disciplines with the exception of 50m disciplines that ended on this side of the pool and in that case there was no ban. Light blue bibs meant the smallest ‘freedom’. We had two spots for taking photos and it was possible to move around the pool, too, but only with special yellow belt. In the morning, they gave us quite a lot of them but during the finals, we rotated with only two. We could use the belt just for one discipline then we had to return it. Without yellow belt, we had to stay within restricted areas.

Easy, right? :-)

And, of course besides these ‘colour’ rules we had to abide by the standard rules for instance not getting into officials way and things like that. However, I must admit that officials were very helpful and mostly we could talk to them so they did not stand in our shots :-)

Na fotenie sme mali k dispozícii v podstate dve stále miesta, jedno za štartérom pri štartových blokoch a druhé v protiľahlom rohu bazéna, na obrátke.

Opäť tu fungoval systém farebných fotovést, 3 farby = 3 úrovne pohybu. Tmavozelená sa týkala broadcasterov, ľudí majúcich niečo do činenia s televíziou. Bol to napríklad kameraman pri bazéne. Najvyššie privilégiá. Tmavomodrá a svetlomodrá už boli farby naozaj pre fotografov. Tmavomodrí sa mohli okrem spomínaných fotopozícií pohybovať aj v podstate voľne okolo bazéna s výnimkou strany za štartovacími blokmi, kde sa štartovali všetky okrem 50-metrových disciplín. Tie sa na tejto strane dohmatávali a počas 50-tok tabu neplatilo. “Light blue bib” = najmenšia “sloboda”. K dispozícii 2 fotopozície a možnosť pohybovať sa aj okolo bazéna, ale iba s “yellow belt”, špeciálnym žltým pásom. Tých sa na doobedie vydávalo pomerne dosť, na finále sme si ale striedali tuším iba dva. Pás platil na jednu disciplínu a potom sa musel vrátiť. Bez pásu sa byť inde ako na vyhradených pozíciách nesmelo.

Jednoduché, že? :-)

No a samozrejme okrem tohto kolorytu bolo treba dodržiavať aj také tie štandardné pravidlá, ako napríklad nemotať sa rozhodcom popod nohy a podobne. Musím ale povedať, že rozhodcovia boli ústretoví a dalo sa s nimi väčšinou dohodnúť, aby sa nestavali do záberu :-)

After the end of the morning session I always got back to the hotel (except in one case) to work on my shots from morning. At first, I thought I could finish them before finals but that never happened :-) The finals were starting at 6pm and the end was usually about 8.30pm. I always got back to the hotel after 9pm. And that was the time for finishing the work on morning shots and working on photos from finals. I did not enjoy much sleep that week :-)

However, I had the satisfaction of seeing new articles from European Championships with my photos on SwimSwam.com and summersportsworld.sk as well as the reactions of members of SPF Facebook profile.

Po skončení doobedia som sa až na jednu výnimku vždy vracal na hotel, kde som rozrobil fotky z doobedia. Pôvodne som si myslel, že ich ešte pred finále stihnem aj spracovať, no ani raz sa mi to nepodarilo :-) Finále začínalo o šiestej večer a končilo približne o pol deviatej, na hotel som sa dostal vždy až po deviatej. A to bol ten správny čas na dokončenie fotiek z doobedia a spracovanie foto z finále. Moc som si za ten týždeň nepospal :-)

Zadosťučinením pre mňa bolo ale sledovať nové články z ME s mojimi fotografiami na portáloch SwimSwam.com a na summersportsworld.sk a tiež reakcie návštevníkov facebookového profilu SPF.

Because I am writing this almost month after the European Championships ended, I cannot keep a good track of what happened on which day. Nevertheless, I do remember a few interesting things :-)

It always surprised me how many taxis were queued up by the roadside and all of them without drivers. Hmm, they were sitting on the other side :-)

Grocery shops around the hotel were a bit weird. There was no baked goods no ham nor cheese or anything like that, everything packed. In addition, every night I had ‘healthy’ chicken burger, kebab or pizza, not the best choice :-) Besides the trip to the centre, I afforded a visit to the souvenir shop and enjoyed some ‘extra light meal’. Yummy, 12£ gone :-) But Stella in can cost 1£ and draft Guinness was 4£ :-)

Tým, že toto píšem skoro po mesiaci od ukončenia ME, už som stratil presný prehľad, čo sa v ktorý deň udialo. Zopár zaujímavých vecí ale ešte v pamäti mám :-)

Vždy ma prekvapilo, koľko taxíkov stojí pri ceste za sebou a všetky bez šoféra. Hm, sedeli na druhej strane :-)

Potraviny v okolí môjho hotela boli nejaké divné. Nikde žiadne pečivo, krájaná šunka, syry a podobne, všade len všetko balené. No a každý večer “zdravý” chicken burger, kebab alebo pizza? No nič moc :-) Okrem výletu do centra som si doprial ale ešte raz výlet do nejakého obchoďáku za suvenírmi a “extra light meal” bolo dobré. Mňam, 12 libier cink :-) Plechovková Stela bola ale v obchode za libru a za 4 sa dal kúpiť čapovaný Guiness :-)

I guess I had the best experience from travelling. I wrote one or two things about the tube so now I can mention something about typical red double-decker buses. Firstly, they were all red :-) However, the interesting thing was that normally the bus stopped, opened up the back door and people got off. Then according to the number of the people in the bus, the driver either opened or did not open the front door for people to get on. If the bus was full, he simply left. However, that was no tragedy because other bus came in no time. On the route I was taking, the interval between two buses was at any hour of the day 4-9 minutes. It happened more than once that right after one bus came another one going the same route. Ordinarily the drivers were black and you had to pay them for the ride electronically with contactless Oyster Card or as I did with contactless credit card. Inside of the bus there was a special area for luggage, also seats reserved for pregnant women, disabled persons, and the wheelchairs as well. I counted five cameras in every bus usually placed on the ceiling. In some vehicles, the video from cameras was directly projected on the screen. Buses did not stop at every stop you had to ring the driver. The stop buttons were placed on every stanchion. Stuff as LED panels that informed passengers about the next stop were necessity in every bus.

Once I met an inspector. He had some kind of device where you put your card (in my case the Slovak credit card) and he immediately knew if everything was all right.
And it was :-)

Cestovanie, z toho mám asi zážitok najväčší. O metre som už trochu písal, tak teraz skúsim zopár vecí o tradičných červených double deckroch. No ako prvé asi to, že boli všetky červené :-) Zaujímavé bolo ale napríklad aj to, že štandardne autobus zastal a otvoril zadné dvere. Ľudia vystúpili. Podľa toho, koľko ich vnútri zostalo, šofér buď otvoril alebo neotvoril predné dvere, ktorými sa nastupovalo. Ak bol plný, jednoducho odišiel preč. Nebola to ale žiadna tragédia, za chvíľu išiel ďalší. Na trase, kde som sa pohyboval ja, bol interval medzi dvomi autobusmi v akúkoľvek hodinu 4-9 minút. Viackrát sa stalo, že jeden autobus odchádzal a už prichádzal ďalší na rovnakej linke. Šoférovali ich spravidla černosi, platilo sa pri šoférovi. Samozrejme elektronicky, bezkontaktne, priložením Oyster Card alebo ako ja pomocou contactless platobnej karty. Vnútri bol vyhradený priestor na batožinu, takisto miesta na sedenie pre tehotné ženy a invalidov a tiež aj vyhradený priestor pre invalidný vozík. V každom autobuse som napočítal 5 kamier umiestnených väčšinou na strope, v niektorých autobusoch sa aj obraz z nich rovno premietal na monitor. Autobusy nestáli na každej stanici, bolo treba zazvoniť šoférovi. Tlačidlá na zazvonenie boli na každej zvislej tyči slúžiacej na pridržiavanie sa pasažierov počas jazdy. No a také veci ako LED panel, ktorý informuje o ďalšej zastávke, bol samozrejmosťou všade.

Raz som zažil aj revízora. Bezkontaktná krabička, každý priložil svoju kartu (ja tú svoju slovenskú platobnú) a revízor hneď zistil, či je všetko ok.
Bolo :-)

Nevertheless, one more thing from the tube… you can see even this in there…
Z metra ale predsa len ešte niečo… Aj toto sa v ňom dá vidieť…

 

One day it rained. I guess quite untypical for London that it rained so little in one week. Still I got wet pretty badly and from that day I started to call my horrible hotel a den :-) Besides every day washed clothes I had to dry also the wet ones. It turned out to be a bit of a problem :-(
Jeden deň pršalo. Na Londýn asi nezvyk, že za týždeň tak málo. Zmokol som ale kvalitne a od tohto dňa som svoj horrible hotel začal nazývať brlohom :-) Okrem každý deň praných vecí bolo treba sušiť aj veci zmoknuté. Hm, vcelku problém :-(

One morning I walked to the Aquatics Centre from the bus stop with Katarina Listopadova. I got to know two Czech officials and photographer Andrea Staciolli, too. On European Championships, there was also Tino Henschel with whom I had talked already during ISM in Berlin.
Jedno ráno som si zo zastávky autobusu odkráčal cestu k Aquatics centru s Katkou Listopadovou. Zoznámil som sa tiež s dvomi českými rozhodcami a s fotografom Andreom Stacciolim. No a na ME bol aj Tino Henschel, s ktorým sme sa dali do reči ešte počas ISM v Berlíne.

There seem to be certain swimmers whom the audience like more than others. With the regard for the home swimmers that get the biggest applaud and cheering, I noticed that the audience paid more attention to Cameron van den Burgh in Kazan and in London to Sarah Sjoestroem. Maybe it was because of her cheerful personality. For example, Laszlo Cseh was also very popular.
Niektorých plavcov má publikum obzvlášť rado. Keď odhliadnem od toho, že najviac potlesku, výskotu a povzbudzovania vždy dostanú domáci pretekári, tak v Kazani som si toto všimol u Camerona van der Burgha, v Londýne u Sarah Sjoestroem. Možno to bude jej veselou povahou. Dosť obľúbený je ale napríklad aj Laszlo Cseh.

Somehow, the week was over and suddenly it was Friday’s evening, the last day. I started to plan my journey home. Departure at 10.10? I should be at the airport 2 hours before, 2 hours to get there and leave a spare hour just for case. Wow, it seems that I have to leave from the hotel at 5.10. Ouch :-) I should walk in the dark in I think quite dangerous neighbourhood and get the tube. I was not sure about this plan. Therefore, I ordered a taxi to the hotel in the morning and got off at Stratford station.

I quickly managed to fulfil one of my resolution I stepped on the prime meridian :-)

A tak nejako ten týždeň prešiel a zrazu tu bol posledný piatkový večer a ja som začal plánovať cestu domov. Odlet o 10,10? 2 hodiny predtým treba byť na letisku, 2 hodiny na dopravu, hodina rezerva. Wau, treba mi z hotela odísť o 5,10! Vrrr :-( V noci peši potme po na môj vkus nie vcelku bezpečnej štvrti a potom metro? No, nebolo mi všetko jedno. K hotelu som si objednal na ráno taxík a nechal sa odviesť na Stratford station.

Splnil som si ešte narýchlo jedno predsavzatie, “pošliapať” nultý poludník :-)

As I walked into the station, I found out that there is some kind of trouble with my scheduled line. I took out my phone and removed that line from the lines for route scheduling. Within minutes, I moved a bit further and got on different line with the same destination, Heathrow airport. The tube was clean, well lit, with no worries about safety. There were two girls in the carriage with me. They still had a paper strip around their wrists, probably a ticket from some party :-)
Vchádzam do stanice a vidím, že moja naplánovaná linka metra má nejakú poruchu. Vyberám mobil, linku odoberiem z výberu liniek pre plánovanie trasy a behom chvíle sa už presúvam kúsok ďalej a nasadám na inú linku s rovnakým cieľom, letisko Heathrow. Metro čisté, vysvietené, žiadne obavy o bezpečnosť. Vo vagóne idú ešte dve dievčatá, na ruke majú ešte papierový pásik, zrejme vstupenku zo žúrky :-)

I got to the airport ok. I did a self-checking and found out that it is not possible to print my plane ticket. I was supposed to contact the airline management. Houston, we have a problem! I was feeling my adrenaline going as an employee of the British airways was trying to explain to me that they sold more tickets than the number of seats in the plane and that he was going to solve the problem :-) In turn, I was explaining him that I wanted to take this plane because my journey did not end in Vienna. Eventually I sat before the desk for half an hour and then the employee informed me with a smile that everything was all right and I had the ticket. Even though the seat was in the last row before the toilets next to the aisle, the guy was a small hero for me at that time :-)
Na letisko prichádzam v poriadku. Robím si self checkin a dozvedám sa, že pre mňa nie je možné vytlačiť letenku, “kontaktujte manažment leteckej spoločnosti”. Houstone, máme problém. Cítim ako mi stúpa adrenalín, keď sa mi pracovník British airways snaží vysvetliť, že predali viac leteniek, než je miest v lietadle a že sa pokúsi situáciu vyriešiť :-) Ja na oplátku vysvetľujem, že týmto letom letieť chcem, lebo vo Viedni moja cesta nekončí. Nakoniec sedím pred prepážkou približne pol hodiny, keď na mňa pracovník zavolá a s úsmevom mi oznámi, že je všetko v poriadku a letenku mám. Hoci je to do poslednej rady pred toaletami a pri uličke, ale je v tom momente pre mňa malým hrdinom :-)

I moved further, bought some presents, boarded the plane and then safely landed in Vienna. I got on the bus to Bratislava and continued in traveling. In Bratislava, I got off on the same dirty, ‘sweet-smelling’ bus station Mlynske Nivy as few days before. I approached a taxi driver before the station and asked him how much would cost a ride to the main railway station. ’20€.’ I pointed out that it is a bit expansive and got a choice to take it or leave it. Hmm, I was already in Slovakia. I called a VB taxi and paid 3,90€.

I could not decide which station is more ‘beautiful’. The main railway station or the bus station Mlynske Nivy. I guess they can easily compete. I was looking forward to having lunch at the station but after I entered the station restaurant, I minimised it to one beer and as little time as possible. In the waiting room, I was estimating how long it would take someone to ask me something like ‘What’s up, buddy?’. After about five minutes, I heard: ‘How are we, boss?’ :-)

The last public means of transport of my return journey was the Regiojet train, the business class. My impression improved a bit. During the ride there was just one ‘restart’ of the locomotive and with a little delay, we got to Zilina. Taxi, tube, plane, bus, taxi again, train and finally my own car – is there anything left? :-)

Presúvam sa ďalej, kupujem posledné darčeky, nasadáme do lietadla a v poriadku prilietame do Viedne. Presúvam sa k autobusu do Bratislavy a cestujem ďalej. V Bratislave vystupujem na rovnako špinavých a “voňavých” Mlynských Nivách ako pred pár dňami. Oslovujem taxikára pred stanicou a pýtam sa na cenu cesty na hlavnú železničnú stanicu. “20 eur”. Odpovedám, že to je vcelku dosť a dostávam na výber “chceš, alebo nechceš?” Hm, už som na Slovensku. Volám si VB taxi a platím 3,90€.

Ktorá stanica je krajšia? Železničná hlavná alebo autobusová na Nivách? No, myslím, že si nemajú čo vyčítať. Teším sa, že si dám na stanici obed. Po vkročení do staničnej reštaurácie to minimalizujem len na jedno pivo a minimum času. V čakárni odhadujem, za aký čas budem oslovený vetou typu “no ako vedúci?” Minút prešlo nakoniec asi 5 a veta “ako sa máme, šéfko?” :-)

Posledný verejný dopravný prostriedok spiatočnej cesty je vlak RegioJet, business trieda. Trošku sa mi dojem napráva, cestou len 1x “reštartujeme” rušeň a s malým oneskorením pristávame v Žiline. Taxík, metro, lietadlo, autobus, znova taxík, vlak a nakoniec vlastné auto – čo je ešte dnes v ponuke? :-)

During the return journey, I found out about the silver medal that Riso Nagy managed to win. I was glad to hear that but why did he have to wait until Sunday? :-) At least I sent one early photo for the article to SwimSwam, which they are already writing…
Počas spiatočnej cesty zisťujem, že Rišo Nagy zaplával striebro. Teším sa, no musel s tým čakať až do nedele? :-) Tak posielam aspoň jedno skoršie foto pre článok do SwimSwam, ktorý sa už píše…

What more to say?
Maybe the next year I will visit Budapest :-)
A čo povedať na záver?
Budúci rok Budapešť? :-)

Neverthless, I have to mention this – thanks to Riso and his silver medal my photos appeared for the first time in televison broadcasting. It was broadcasted on 7th of June 2016 on television channel TV JOJ in the proramme called ‘Noviny o 12:00′ in which you can see more than 7-minue long interview with him.

Thank you, Riso :-)

No a ešte predsa len jedna poznámka – vďaka Rišovi a jeho striebru sa moje fotografie objavili po prvýkrát aj v televíznom vysielaní. Bolo to 7.6.2016 na TV JOJ v relácii “Noviny o 12:00″, v ktorej bol s ním odvysielaný viac ako 7-minútový rozhovor.

Ďakujem Rišo :-)

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Today’s morning was quite chilly but despite of that it has started very well.

Dnešné ráno bolo dosť chladné, no deň napriek tomu začal super.

First discipline in the morning was 50m breaststroke and the world record was already beaten. That was managed by Cameron van der Burgh.
Arena roared.

Cameron is very popular even without setting new world records.
You can always hear it when he comes to the hall…

Prvá dnešná disciplína, 50m prsia a hneď svetový rekord. Postaral sa oň Cameron van der Burgh.
Aréna burácala.

Cameron je dosť populárny aj bez toho, aby zaplával svetový rekord.
V hale to vždy počuť, keď prichádza…

Marek Botik, Katka Listopadova and Riso Nagy have swum their disciplines today.
Photos of Marek are especially good, I dare to say :-)
Svoje disciplíny plávali dnes aj Marek Botík, Katka Listopadová a Rišo Nagy.
Hlavne fotky Mareka mi, myslím, celkom vyšli :-)

Just out of curiosity, when the announcer speaks about Riso he pronounces his name “Ritchrd Nagy” :-) Cool, right?
Len pre zaujímavosť, keď hlásateľ hovorí niečo o Rišovi, tak ho volá “Ričrd Nagy” :-) Pekné, že?

And other interesting thing is that swimming is now very popular in Russia. This photo is from Arena shop near Kazan’s Arena… :-)
A ešte jedna zaujímavosť – plávanie je v Rusku teraz veľmi populárne – foto je z obchodu Arena neďaleko Kazaň Arény… :-)

In the morning, on our ride to morning session we took a taxi and the car was Ford Focus. Since I have the same car we talked a bit.
In Kazan, there are ten thousand taxis driving. This information I have verified from different taxi drivers.
Driving taxis is on daily basis here, much more than in Slovakia. People take taxis to get to work, too.
And this is how it looks before Arena in the evening after the finals, for example…
Ešte ráno, cestou na doobednú časť, sme sa viezli taxíkom, no a bol to Ford Focus. Keďže rovnaké auto mám aj ja, prehodili sme zopár slov.
V Kazani jazdí 10 tisíc taxíkov. Toto mám overené od viacerých taxikárov.
Jazdenie taxíkom je tu na bežnom poriadku omnoho viac ako u nás. Na taxíkoch jazdia ľudia aj do práce.
A takto to vyzerá napríklad pred Arénou večer po finále…

One Euro is approximately 70 RUB.
One liter of gasoline costs 33 RUB (less than 50 cents), cheap isn’t it? But I was told that average salary is 22000 RUB (314 €). Ehm, that’s not so good.

By the way, tickets to morning session cost 300 RUB (4,30 €) and to finals 800 RUB (11,40 €). In comparison with Berlin it’s alright.

Again out of curiosity, one kilo of bananas at the market costs 55 RUB (0,80 €), melon costs 20 RUB (0,30 €), beer can cost 100 RUB and vodka (0,5 l) from 400 RUB to 600 RUB for better one.

Ticket for city transport is 20 RUB, doesn’t matter if it is bus, trolley bus, tram or underground.
And a dinner for two can cost about 1500 RUB with drinks.

Jedno euro je približne 70 rubľov.
Liter benzínu stojí 33 rubľov (menej ako 50 centov), dobrá cena, že?
Ale priemerný plat je tu vraj 22000 rubľov (314€), hm, to už také pozitívne nie je.

Inak vstupenky na doobednú časť stoja 300 RUB (4,30€) a na finále 800 RUB (11,40€). Oproti Berlínu pohodička.

Len pre zaujímavosť kilo banánov na tržnici 55 RUB (0,80€),melón 20 RUB / kg (0,30€), pivo okolo 100 RUB a vodka začina niekde okolo 400 RUB za 0,5l a lepšia okolo 600 RUB.

Lístok na mestskú dopravu, či je to autobus, trolejbus, električka alebo metro 20 RUB.
No a večera pre dvoch ľudí okolo 1500 RUB aj s nápojmi úplne v pohode.

It’ unbelievable but we actually managed to see today’s finals from the very beginning. :-) And it was worth it.

It’s amazing to see the emotions of winners or swimmers who swam world record from a short distance. With the support of the spectators you can’t hear a word and you get chills all over your body.

In the afternoon Adam Peaty beat Cameron’s morning record on 50m breaststroke and Katie Ledecky swam new world record on 1500m freestyle. But the biggest moment of the day according to the support and cheering of the audience was performance of Yuliya Efimova on 100m breaststroke. Even though she didn’t set new world record, that still belongs to Rute, but she won the gold medal and the reaction from the audience was really worth it…

Je to neuveriteľné, ale dnešné finále sme stihli úplne od začiatku :-) A stálo za to.

Je úžasné vidieť zblízka emócie víťazov alebo plavcov, ktorí zaplávali svetový rekord. A keď je to podporené ešte aj publikom, a to tak, že nepočuť slova, behajú z toho zimomriavky po chrbte.

Dnes poobede prebil Adam Peaty doobedňajší Cameronov rekord na 50m prsia a Katie Ledecky zaplávala nový rekord na 1500m voľný spôsob. No asi najväčším vrcholom dňa podľa sily podpory publika bolo vystúpenie Yuliye Efimovej na 100m prsia. Nezaplávala síce svetový rekord, ten patrí stále Rute, vyhrala ale zlato a tá reakcia z hľadiska stála naozaj za to…

By the way, you know how I thought that I knew all about taxis and in the morning I managed to get a taxi to the hotel for so far the best price 75 RUB. That didn’t work well for me in the evening. The taxi for us was waiting on the other side of four-way road but we didn’t know about it. After 15 minutes of waiting (it should have been just 2) volunteer, who called the taxi for us, came to tell us that we are on the wrong side and we should cross the road. We didn’t find the taxi on the other side so I lost my patience and we paid 300 RUB for different taxi :-)

Good night. We can’t wait till tomorrow…

Ako som si inak myslel, že už mám taxíky v malíčku a utvrdilo ma v tom aj to, že doobeda sme išli na hotel za doposiaľ rekordných 75 rubľov, tak večer som dostal zase na frak. Privolaný taxík stál na druhej strane 4-prúdovej cesty, o čom sme my nevedeli. Keď nám po 15-tich minútach čakania (mali to byť pôvodne minúty dve) volunteer, ktorý nám ho privolal, prišiel povedať, že máme prejsť podchodom na druhú stranu a na druhej strane sme ho nenašli, tak už ma došla trpezlivosť a išli sme za 300 :-)

Dobrú noc a tešíme sa na zajtra…

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Waking up, eating breakfast, quick packing of baggage, calling the taxi and heading to work… :-)

An interesting thing is that in the morning taxi costs 140 to 170 rubles and in the evening much more. Today after the finals it went up to 800 :-) The same route with one slight difference – in the evening we don’t take the taxi through hotel.

In the morning I wanted to change Peter’s e-tickets for cute real ones but I shouldn’t have done that. Eventually I managed to do it but it took about 20 minutes :-)


Ráno budíček, raňajky, rýchlo pobaliť bagáž, zavolať taxík a do práce… :-)

Inak je zaujímavé, že ráno stojí taxík 140-170 rubľov a poobede vždy viac, dnes po skončení finále boli aj takí, ktorí si dokázali zapýtať aj 800 :-) Tá istá trasa, akurát jediný rozdiel – poobede si taxík neberieme cez hotel.

Chcel som ráno ešte Peťovi vymeniť e-tickety za pekné, poriadne lístky, ale to som nemal robiť. Nakoniec sa to síce podarilo, ale trvalo to asi 20 minút :-)

In the Arena, I rushed to the press centre, unpacked my largest piece of equipment (lens) and left the case in the locker, put on my bib and went straight to the pool.

When I look back I see that I picked a very good spot. Near the start but not in the same level, a bit further, right behind FINA photographers where I could watch these professionals and catch some useful tricks from them. They were really good :-) I was especially interested in shots under water but also in their methods and technique.

V Aréne rýchlo do press centra, vybaliť najväčší kornútok (objektív) a odložiť obal do skrinky, obliecť vestičku a šup na pľac.

Ked to tak spätne hodnotím, vôbec som si nevybral zlé miesto. Pri štarte, ale nie v jednej úrovni, ale o kúsok ďalej, priamo za FINA fotografmi – mohol som odkukávať aj ich grify. Dobre im to išlo :-) Zaujímavé boli hlavne zábery spod vody, ale aj celkovo ich spôsob práce.

Three of our swimmers have swum today – Katka Listopadova, Riso Nagy and Tomas Klobucnik. I took some photos of them… It’s a shame they didn’t make it further but it wasn’t their last chance…
Dnes plávali traja naši plavci – Katka Listopadová, Rišo Nagy a Tomáš Klobučník. Tak som ich trošku pofotil…Škoda len, že sa nedostali ďalej, ale veď ešte bude šanca…

Today we could also see some well-known swimmers so there was a lot to admire.

After the end of the morning session we went quickly back to the hotel. Peter went to the gym and I sat to the computer. It takes a while to adjust a photo…

We didn’t catch the beginning of the afternoon session, I was just finishing work on photos of our swimmers. Even though I tried I didn’t manage it in time. I posted them on web in the evening :-) We didn’t see Sarah Sjostrom breaking World record in 100m butterfly, we just “heard”… Because when something happens, the whole Arena roars. It’s not just usual noise but real uproar. Naturally it occurs mainly when a home swimmer is in the pool. The noise reached maximum in the evening in the finals of men’s freestyle 4x100m relay when home swimmers were beaten by France. It seemed like if it lasted a little bit longer the Arena might have fallen. I know, I exaggerate a bit :-)

Plávali dnes aj zvučné svetové plavecké mená, takže pozerať bolo stále čo.

Po skončení doobednej časti sme sa rýchlo vrátili na hotel, Peťo si dal posilňovňu a ja som sa posadil za počítač. Ono to chvíľu trvá, kým sa fotka upraví…

Začiatok poobedia sme nestihli, finišoval som foto našich plavcov. Aj tak som to nestihol a išli na web až večer, ale snažil som sa :-) Svetový rekord na 100m motýlik Sarah Sjostrom sme nevideli, iba “počuli”… Keď sa niečo totiž deje, tak celá Aréna buráca. Nie len tak buráca, ale buráca naozaj. Pochopiteľne hlavne vtedy, keď je vo vode nejaký domáci plavec alebo plavkyňa. Vrchol bol dnes vo finále štafety 4x 100m voľný spôsob muži, keď domácich plavcov nakoniec zdolali francúzi, ale ešte chvíľu a Aréna by snáď možno aj spadla. Hej, hej, trochu preháňam :-)

Such lovely girls were handing out the medals…
Takéto páradne dievčatá odovzdávali medaile…

What else happened today?
I can’t think of anything, or I could but I’m too tired to think…

Good night :-)

No a čo ešte z dneška?
Už ma nič nenapadá, teda vlastne aj by napadlo, ale už sa mi žiada zaľahnúť do postele.

Dobrú noc :-)

 

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