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In Sports News: Katerina Kurkova has won the first Czech medal at the
Athens Olympics - we have the reactions of both the shooter herself and
her trainer father; tennis number one Jiri Novak has beaten Tim Hemnan in
Athens, while Martina Navratilova is enjoying her first games. In other
sports: Robert Lang has been named Czech ice hockey player of the year,
and football goalkeeper Petr Cech has got off to a great star at glamour
club Chelsea. More
ABC of CzechGoing for gold in Athens!
Czechs are going for gold in Athens! Cesi bojuji o zlato! Ahoj
and welcome to a special Olympic edition of ABC of Czech. In today's
programme we'll learn how to talk about the Olympics - olympiada in Czech,
which as you can see is written with a lower-case 'o.'
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In this week's edition: Czech Olympic team, Radio Prague QSL cards,
drinking drivers. Listeners quoted: Mohammad Shamim, India; Lee Archer,
USA; Ronald W. Dixon, Canada.
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Current AffairsCalm before the storm for Czech "Olympics" reporter
Covering an event as extensive as the summer Olympic Games can only be
described a dream come true for a young sports journalist - though
certainly no walk in the park. With dozens of venues to visit, intense
heat, the crush of the crowds, as well as the excitement of the games
themselves, it can all be a little overwhelming. No sweat, though for our
Czech colleagues in Athens. We'll go over now to Czech Radio's Tomas
Kohout as he talks to Czech TV reporter Lukas Pribyl ahead of the games.
They enjoy the calm before the storm, relaxing by the pool. More
Current AffairsCzech athletes settling in Olympic Athens
With just a few hours to go before the Olympic Games in Athens officially
begin, the majority of the 140 athletes in the biggest Czech team ever are
already in place and getting ready for the event. General Secretary of the
Czech Olympic Committee Vladimir Dostal is there as well, and comments on
the atmosphere.
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Current AffairsTennis star Helena Sukova talks about this and past Olympics
The Czech Republic is in the grip of Olympic fever. Thousands of Czechs
have travelled to Athens for the Olympic games and those who couldn't make
the trip are taking days off from work, buying new TV sets and placing
bets on the winners. Czech bookmakers predict that the Czech team will be
at least as successful as it was in the last games in Sydney -where it won
eight medals in all. This year three of the biggest Czech medal hopefuls
are the canoeist Stepanka Hilgertova in the wild water slalom, Roman
Sebrle, the first person in the world to exceed the magic 9000 points mark
in the decathlon, and the 31-year-old pistol shooter, Martin Tenk. Among
those who will be rooting for the Czechs is none other than the Czech-born
tennis star Helena Sukova. Sukova won silver medals in doubles at the 1988
and 1996 Olympics. She has gold and silver medals from Wimbledon, the US
Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open. This year, for the first
time, she will be a mere spectator at the games. Dita Asiedu spoke to her
shortly before her departure for Athens.
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