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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic’s soccer team lose to
Turkey in New York, making it four friendlies, no wins for coach Michal
Bílek; Petr Frydrych comes second in the javelin at a Diamond League
meeting in Shanghai; and Usain Bolt will again be the biggest star at
Ostrava’s Golden Spike on Thursday.
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In Sports News: Czech downhill skiers clinch a sensational win in the World
Cup Nations Teams event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen; football’s Sparta eke
out last-minute win against Mladá Boleslav; Baroš scores in his first
game back for Galatasaray; in hockey, Slavia and Liberec become the last
two teams to reach the quarterfinals; Czech athletes post disappointing
results at World Indoor Athletics championships.
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Current AffairsCombining motherhood with comeback hard but doable, says Olympic shooting champion Kateřina Emmons
The Czech shooter Kateřina Emmons made headlines around the world in
August 2008 when she won the first gold medal at the last Olympics in
Beijing. Since then she and her husband Matt – also one of the world’s
leading shooters – have had their first child, a girl named Julie. Right
now Kateřina Emmons is home in the Czech Republic, ahead of the start of
the season. When we spoke, I asked her how she had found returning to
competition since having a baby.
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In Sports News this Monday: with Ivan Hašek stepping down as manager of
the Czech international football team, his former assistant Michal Bílek
is the bookies’ favourite to take over on the Czech bench; Slavia
Prague’s goalkeeper is carried from the pitch by an ambulance after a
clash with an opponent leaves him out cold for 10 minutes; Petra Kvitová
is beaten in the final of tennis’s Linz Open; and decathlete Roman
Šebrle says he wants to return to the Olympics – as a golfer. More
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US President Barack Obama wins the hearts of the Czech people, Czech
shooting champion Kateřina Emmons gives birth to a baby girl and, what’s
to be done with that hammer and sickle?! Find out more in Magazine with
Daniela Lazarová.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czech Republic beat France to reach the
quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in front of a home crowd in Ostrava; Roman
Šebrle comes third in the heptathlon at the European Indoor Athletics
Championships, with his bronze one of three Czech medals in Turin; Karlovy
Vary are the first club into the Extraliga playoffs semi-finals; and
19-year-old footballer Tomáš Necid makes a dream start in Russia with a
cup-winning goal. More
Current AffairsCzech juniors worth watching at shooting championships in Prague, says Olympic gold medallist Kateřina Emmons
This weekend Prague is hosting the European Air Weapons Championships, an
indoor shooting event that takes place at the city’s O2 Arena. Czech
10-m
air rifle Olympic champion Kateřina Emmons, whose American husband
Matthew
Emmons also has an Olympic gold in his medals collection, is pregnant and
not competing, though she will be in attendance. On the eve of the
championships, I asked Kateřina Emmons if shooting had become more
popular
in the Czech Republic in the wake of her success. More
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