The duo of Bence Demeter and Sarolta Kovacs scored a total of 1,464 points to beat nearest challengers Ilya Palazkov and Tatsiana Khaldoba of Belarus by a margin of nine.

Czech Republic's Jan Kuf and Natalia Dianova came third with 1,444 points.

Despite starting the laser-run in fifth place, the pair secured bronze by defeating Russia's Kirill Belyakov and Gulnaz Gubaydullina in a sprint finish.

Gold for Demeter and Kovacs completed a successful few days for the Hungarians with the former having finished runner-up in yesterday's men's final and the latter having taken bronze in the women's final on Saturday (May 6).

"The mixed relay is a very important team competition for our union and has been since the first time we held it at a World Championships in 2010 in Chengdu," UIPM President Klaus Schormann said.

"The format was included in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore (2010) and Nanjing (2014) and will be again included in Buenos Aires (2018), so this format is very important for us and we are promoting the mixed relay for inclusion in the Olympic Games in 2020 in Tokyo.

"We could see that the strong nations who competed in the individual events also competed here in the mixed relay and we saw a very high performance along with the excellent facilities here in Kecskemét.

"I am very happy and confident that the IOC (International Olympic Committee) will support our wish for the mixed relay to be included in the Olympic Games."

The event in Kecskemét was the third World Cup competition of the season.

It is next due to head to Drzonkow in Poland for the penultimate competition of the regular season from May 25 to 29.

Vilnius in Lithuania is set to stage the World Cup Final from June 23 to 25.