Czechs in History A brief look at the history of the Czech Olympic movement
All of us are familiar with the Olympic Games and its 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. Most recently, a whole generation will never forget 1998's stunner at Nagano, in which the Czechs downed the Russians in the ice hockey final to take the highest prize. "In the middle of the third and... gooaaaaal! It's a goal from defenceman Petr Svoboda! The Czechs lead 1-0!"
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