Flamíková, just 24 years old, comes from Hodonín, after the Pardubice gymnasium she moved to Prague, where she studies wood engineering. “Her usability, renewable resources and wooden buildings are being studied. It seems to me a beneficial field for our planet,” she explains.
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Novotníková went much further after her studies, spending four years at USC in California. “It was one of my smartest decisions, that’s why I keep rowing,” she’s convinced her.
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“Combining the school with the Brno national team was difficult, here there was an opportunity for excellent education and the chance to combine it with sport, so I jumped at it,” says Novotníková, who after her return dedicated herself to media studies and graduated on time one week before the Račice championship.
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Both met in the group of Tomáš Kacovský, the coach who brought Mirka Knapková (after her marriage to Topinková) to the title of Olympic and world champion.
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“I spent a winter with her before Lukáška expected me and it was a pleasant experience to see how the best rower in our history works. When I saw how she approached the stairs or the coach, I stopped feeling sorry for myself , because I know that this is the only way to accelerate “, smiles Flamíková.
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“I’m sorry I wasn’t able to spend more time with her. In Los Angeles, at school, the girls were even four years older and that gave me a lot of experience. And here I was already one of the oldest. I wish someone like her could. give me more experience, “admits 27-year-old Novotníková.
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