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Current AffairsPreparations in full swing for Nordic World Ski Championship
The town of Liberec is bracing for the biggest event in its history - the
Nordic World Ski Championship, which is due to kick off in less than three
weeks’ time. The long awaited championship has many fans but it is not
without its critics. Opponents say the event has received overly generous
subsidies from the state and argue that given the country’s relatively
mild climate a ski event is a luxury that the Czech Republic can
ill-afford.
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In Sports News this Monday: Lukáš Bauer wins his first World Cup event of
the season, less than a month before the Nordic World Ski Championships
begin in Liberec; Tomáš Berdych takes two sets against Roger Federer in
the fourth round of the Australian Open, before the Swiss claws back to
secure a dramatic victory; Tomáš Verner fails to defend his European
Figure Skating Championships, coming sixth in Helsinki this time out; and
Tomáš Rosický could return to competitive football in March.
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In Sports News this Monday: last season’s winner of cross country
skiing’s Tour de Ski, Lukáš Bauer, comes 11th this time out, his hopes
of at least a top five finish ending with an asthma attack in the
penultimate race; Šárka Záhrobská finishes third in a slalom event in
Zagreb; the Czech Republic end up coming sixth at ice hockey’s junior
World Championship in Canada; and truck driver Aleš Loprais receives help
from a Czech rival on day two of the Dakar Rally.
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In Sports News: ahead of the Tour de Ski’s arrival in Prague, last
year’s winner Lukáš Bauer gets off to a less-than-ideal start in the
first stage in Germany; the Czech Republic are demolished by hosts Canada
in their first game at ice hockey’s World Under 20 Championship, before
narrowly losing to the US; goaltender Stanislav Neruda makes a splash in
the Extraliga at the age of 34; and striker Roman Bednář gets his sixth
goal of the season to help West Brom beat Spurs in the Premier League. More
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In Sports News this Monday: Skier Šárka Záhrobská wins the first World
Cup slalom event of her career; reigning World Cup winner Lukáš Bauer
comes second in his second race of the season; Slavia Prague enter the
winter break with a six-point lead in the Czech football league; and
goalkeeper Daniel Zítka is (literally) dropped after breaking his leg in a
game for club Anderlecht.
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In Sports News this Monday: reigning champion Lukáš Bauer comes ninth in
the first meeting of this season’s cross country skiing World Cup, though
he does rather better as part of the Czech relay team; figure skater
Tomáš Verner finishes second in a Grand Prix event in Moscow; Barbora
Špotáková takes the IAAF award for female performance of the year for
her javelin world record; Slavia Prague are eight points clear at the top
of the Czech football league; and 19-year-old striker Tomáš Necid now has
11 goals in 15 games.
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