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Czechs in HistoryA brief look at the history of the Czech Olympic movement
All of us are familiar with the Olympics and many moments of sweet
victory, captured in time, that slowly form part of the patchwork of
nations' collective identities. There are Czechs who will never forget the
feats of runners like Emil Zatopek and his triple triumph in Helsinki.
"Less than 200 metres to go it's Zatopek in front! Zatopek
wins...what a beautiful race!" Others will always remember gymnast
Vera Caslavska's seven gold. More
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In Sports News: the atmosphere turns bitter as javelin legend Jan Zelezny
stands against incumbent Milan Jirasek for chairmanship of the Czech
Olympic Committee; skier Nikola Sudova becomes the first Czech woman to
win a moguls World Cup event, while cross country star Katerina Neumannova
impresses on her return from illness; and footballer Jiri Jarosik makes his
first appearance for Chelsea just days after arriving in London.
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In Sports News: the Czech Republic were knocked out in the semi-final of
the Ice Hockey World Cup by Canada, in one of the most exciting games in
years; we hear from Czech star Patrik Elias and a fan who was at the game.
Also today: Nedved scores for Juventus while hard man Repka says he wants
to play for the national team again; Jan Zelezny is running for chairman
of the Czech Olympic Committee; Libor Capalini takes bronze in the modern
pentathlon again.
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In Sports News: the closing weekend of the Athens Olympics was
disappointing for the Czech Republic, with Jan Zelezny finishing ninth in
the javelin and other athletes narrowly missing out on medals; the Czech
ice hockey team are preparing for their opening game at the sport's World
Cup; Tomas Galasek looks set to miss the Czech football team's first World
Cup qualifier on Wednesday week. More
Current AffairsCzech medal tally rises to eight as Olympic Games draw to a close
As the Olympics in Athens draw to a close the Czech Republic now has eight
medals, after Libor Capalini took bronze in the modern pentathlon on
Thursday. But who are the Czechs to watch between now and the end of the
Games? And how does this year's medal tally so far compare with Czech
achievements in 1996 and 2000?
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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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