Olympiad | Olympic champion Kitaguchi was welcomed in Domažlice – Sport.cz

In addition to flowers, the athletes, who were very tired after the busy Paris program and the journey home, received St Lawrence beer from the Mayor Stanislav Antoš. They brewed in a local brewery especially for Fèis Chod, which was celebrated in the town last weekend. Even if it is difficult for the people of Chod to understand that someone would change the festivals, which are the main event of the year in the town, for the Olympics, at least they brought a gold medal and another good situation, said the mayor in exaggeration. . “Thanks for the good times. I’m sorry I couldn’t be here to celebrate, but I have a baby, it’s nice, thank you very much,” Kitaguchiová said in broken Czech to repeated applause.

She admitted that she likes Czech beer, but said that beer is also brewed in Japan. “But I didn’t start drinking beer here in the Czech Republic, before that I didn’t drink much, I was very young,” admitted the twenty-six-year-old athlete. It is said that in Chodsk she learned not only to drink beer, but also to win it. Among the Czech specialties, she will also like bábovka or sirloin steak, but the coach will not let her sin too much, because that the final round of the Diamond League is still ahead of them. But the two hoped that their friends had hidden the traditional Chod cake from the weekend celebrations. stay in the freezer just in case,” said the mayor.

Kitaguchiová trains in Chodsk for six months, the rest of the year she travels to competitions or is at home in Japan, said Sekerák. He is happy that he and the Japanese woman, with whom he has been working for about five years, have already won the World Championship, the Olympics and the Diamond League. “We are just missing the world record, but we would have to take that from Báře Špotáková. But then at least twice as many of you would have to come here,” Sekerák urged the Domažličans.

Kitaguchiová lives and trains in Domažlice. In January this year, she received a commemorative medal from the city of Domažlice. The medal can be given to a maximum of seven people per year, but seven people were given in ten years, said Antoš. According to him, Kitaguchiová is the youngest recipient of the municipal award. He not only represents his country in sports around the world, but also our Domažlice, he said.