Las Vegas athletes are benefitting from the inspirational legacy of Hungary's 1956 gold medal-winning Olympic water polo team. Thirteen-year-old Adam Hegedus plays water polo for Team Vegas Henderson, which is coached by former Olympic water polo player Sandy Nitta, who was herself coached by Nick Martin--who was captain of the legendary Hungarian team. "They're like football heroes, baseball heroes to us here in the States," Nitta says.
Adam agrees, and notes that MPI film Freedom's Fury has helped him grasp the magnitude of the Hungarian team's accomplishment: "I felt really touched about how the Hungarian team really strived to get their victory." Adam, who aspires to the Olympics himself, will be attending the USA Water Polo Holiday camp later this month in Colorado Springs.
Freedom's Fury is screening in Ann Arbor today, and will be showing in Champaign, Illinois and in Chicago next week.