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Three Czech football players scored their debut international goals in a
5:1 win over Canada on Saturday that showed the squad's strength in depth.
Meanwhile, the country's Under 21s - the reigning European champions - are
in a good position to reach their Euro 2004, after beating Switzerland
away in the first leg of play-offs. Decathlete Roman Sebrle has once again
been named Czech Athlete of the Year, and 17-year-old Jakub Sindel has
broken Jaromir Jagr's record to become the youngest player to ever score a
hat trick in the domestic ice hockey league.
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Ahead of the World Athletics Championships which begin in Paris on
Saturday, the greatest athlete in the history of the javelin, Jan Zelezny,
tells us why he left the announcement he was going so late, adding he
hopes to finish his career on a high at next year's Olympics. And Roman
Sebrle, who holds the world points record in the decathlon, says that
while he too has Athens in his sights, his main aim at the moment is to
take gold in Paris.
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Javelin legend Jan Zelezny is looking forward to what may be his last big
meeting in the Czech Republic, next week's Golden Spike in Ostrava. Former
ice hockey megastar Dominik Hasek has been banned from in-line hockey for
a year for attacking an opponent. The Czech football team which reached
the final of Euro 96 have reunited for an exhibition match in Prague and
goalkeeper Petr Cech could fulfil a childhood dream by signing with
Spanish giant Barcelona.
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A statue of the legendary Czech long-distance runner Emil Zatopek has just
been erected in a very fitting location - the garden of the Olympic Museum
in Lausanne, Switzerland. We hear from his widow Dana Zatopkova, and the
greatest Czech athlete of the modern age, Jan Zelezny. Also in Sports
News, AC Milan are reportedly interested in Slavia's Stepan Vachosek and
Jiri Novak says he will play at tennis's Paris Masters, despite an injury.
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Czechs Today Dana Zatopkova - 50 years after Helsinki Olympics
Recently, the Czech team from the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games got together
to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the event. Among those present was
the gold-winning javelin-thrower from Helsinki, Dana Zatopkova, who
celebrated her 80th birthday in September. In this week's Profile we look
at Dana Zatopkova's sporting career and her life with her, now deceased,
husband Emil.
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