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From the ArchivesEmil Zátopek: a Czech sporting hero
The early 1950s in Czechoslovakia was a bleak period in the country’s
history, but there was also some escape from politics. In 1952 the Summer
Olympics were held in the Finnish capital Helsinki and the undisputed hero
of the games was the greatest Czech runner of all time, Emil Zátopek.
Despite his extraordinary style, with his face contorted, his head and
torso swinging, and emitting sounds that earned him the nickname of “the
Czech locomotive”, he went to Helsinki having already twice broken the
world record over 20 kilometres. His dream at the Olympics was to win two
gold medals: in the 5,000 and 10,000 metres. Czechoslovak Radio’s Bohuš
Ujček and Vítězslav Mokroš were there to report on the event. More
Current AffairsCzech Martin Staszko finishes second in world’s biggest poker event
Czech player Martin Staszko achieved the greatest success of his poker
career when he finished second in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on
Wednesday where the 35-year-old Czech won over 5.4 million US dollars in
prize money. Czech players now hope his accomplishment will popularize
poker back home, and eventually relax recently tightened Czech legislation
on the game. More
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