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Current AffairsCzechs beat Slovaks in opening Olympic hockey game
The Czech hockey team has gotten off to a winning start in its first game
at the Winter Olympics, beating their former federal partners Slovakia 3:1
late Wednesday. The Czechs drew first blood in the match but the Slovaks
soon tied. After that it was close almost all the way.
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Current AffairsOlympics success culmination of years of hard work for Sáblíková and coach Novák
The smiling face of speed skater Martina Sáblíková has been all over the
Czech media since she won gold at the Winter Olympics on Sunday. The Czech
Republic has almost no tradition of speed skating, and no training course,
and Sáblíková’s success represents the culmination of a sporting
fairytale.
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In Sports News this Monday: the Czechs take their first medal at the Winter
Olympics, gold for speed skater Martina Sáblíková in the 3000 metres
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she now sets her sights on a second gold in the 5000 metres next week; and
freestyle skier Nikola Sudová comes 16th in the moguls after gamely
taking
part in Vancouver despite a recent injury. More
One on OneHockey expert Martin Hosták: Goalie Tomáš Vokoun will be the most important man in Vancouver
Martin Hosták is one of Czech TV’s most popular hockey co-commentators,
a job he took on after a successful career in Czech hockey, the NHL and in
Sweden’s Elitserien. In this edition of One on One, we talk about his
years on the ice, his current TV work as well as Czech hopes for a medal
from the hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Looking back at the time when he first appeared in the Czech extraliga in
the 1980s, Martin Hosták says the game has completely changed. More
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In Sports news this week: the Czech women’s tennis team beats Germany to
reach the Fed Cup semi-finals; in football, Czechs will face title holders
Spain in the next European 2012 championship qualifications; goalie Petr
Čech contributes to Chelsea’s win over city rival Arsenal; and hockey
star Jaromír Jágr returns from Russia fit for the Winter Olympics in
Vancouver.
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Talking PointWhat can the Czech team hope to achieve at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver?
In 2006 the Czech Republic took four medals at the Winter Olympic Games in
Turin. This year the Czech team is the biggest, and perhaps the strongest,
in history. So what can the Czechs hope to achieve at the Winter Olympics
in Vancouver, which get underway on February 12?
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In Sports News this Monday: Zdeněk Štybar becomes the first Czech ever to
win the World Cup in Cyclo-cross; Kateřina Novotná takes the all-round
title at the European Short Course Championships for the first time in her
career; and the Czech team for next month’s Winter Olympics in Vancouver
is the biggest ever.
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