Lukáš Krpálek chosen as 2016 sports personality

Judo competitor Lukáš Krpálek has been voted the Czech sports personality of 2016. Krpálek won the gold medal in the summer Olympics, the only Czech to win a gold in the Rio competition. Krpálek is the first man in 10 years to win the competition. Second placed in the poll of sports journalists was canoeist Josef Dostál with biathlete Gabriela Koukalová in third place.