The javelin is a discipline that has brought Czech sports six Olympic gold medals. Alone Vadlejch he contributed silver three years ago when only India’s Neeraj Chopra beat him in Tokyo. In addition, he has a silver and two bronze medals from the World Championships. The first task will be to manage the morning qualification, which he failed to do at the Olympic premiere in London in 2012 or at the World Championships in Beijing three years later.
Since then, however, he has succeeded every time, even if, for example, in Rio de Janeiro only with the last throw. The limit was set at 84 meters, which Vadlejch exceeded in each of his five starts this year. He won gold at the European Championships in Rome when he overtook Germany’s Julian Weber in the last attempt.
In the evening, five more Olympic champions in athletics will be crowned at the Stade de France, and the distance final will have a Czech track to its credit Radka Juška, who improved to 815 centimeters in qualifying. Only Greek Olympic champion and world champion Miltiadis Tentoglu was better.
He is also a clear favorite for the finals, at the European Championships in Rome he jumped 865 cm twice, which were the longest jumps in the last five years. If his defense is successful, he will be only second to Carl Lewis, who has won the Olympic distance a total of four times.
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Juška: I have no words, it’s a dream. I don’t remember the jump, but the track is great
In the final of the men’s 1500m run, the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who is planning a golden double in combination with the 5000m run, and his conqueror from the World Championship, the British Josh Kerr, will compete for the gold, just like last year at the World Championships in Budapest. However, one of the African runners can also shuffle the cards, for example the Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot, who wedged himself among them already in Tokyo.
On the athletics oval, the Czech record holder in the 1500 m will strive to advance from the start Kristiina Sasínek Mäki. She was thirteenth in the final in Tokyo, but this year’s best time of 4:05.62 from Chorzów does not give her much of a chance. In the make-up runs, quarter runners and 200-meter sprinters, including the trio of Czech representatives, will make amends Petržílková, Vondrová and Manuel.
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Terezá Petržilková’s 400 ms run
Will Fuksa step up to his dream medal?
Three-time world champion in speed canoeing Martin Fuksa will be making his third appearance at the Olympic Games in doubles together with five years his junior brother Peter. They tried this collaboration three years ago in Tokyo and it was the tenth place. Last year at the World Championships in Duisburg, they moved up two places and at last year’s general in Paris they were even second behind the Chinese couple Liu Chao and Ji Po-wen. The main course of the more experienced of the brother pair will be the kilometer on the single, which will start on Wednesday.
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Speed canoeists the Fuks brothers head to Paris 00:00:51
They have a similar starting position before heats Jakub Špicar and Daniel Havel on a double kayak. Both are among the most experienced in the starting field. Havel has two bronzes in the quad kayak from London and Rio de Janeiro, in the latter Špicar was a substitute. Six years ago, they both switched to double kayak and finished fifth in Duisburg last year. Two boats from each heat will advance directly to the semi-finals, the remaining four will go to the quarter-finals in the afternoon.
It tightens in ball sports
Olympic groups are a thing of the past, now it is played from scratch and everything. Whether the American “Dream Team” will confirm its previous sovereignty against Brazil will be decided from 9 p.m. in the evening. Even before them, the Germans will play their much more even quarter-final duels against Greece, the Serbians against the Australians and the French against Canada.
Volleyball and handball players are also standing in front of the gates of the semi-finals.
