Sport Athletes are changing their nationality more and more often. The German judoka Marie Branser, for example, became a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in order to be able to compete in the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Chinese table tennis player Xiaona Shan has already won the silver medal with Germany … Read more
Even with a very unpleasant injury, wrestler Adéla Hanzlíčková won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Warsaw. In the duel for third place in the category up to 68 kg, the 26-year-old Czech national team beat Ilana Kratyšová from Israel in 45 seconds over the technical advantage. Thanks to her second win at … Read more
Marathon runner Marcela Joglová met the Olympic limit. At Twente Airport near the Dutch Enschede, she improved her personal record to 2:28:16 and got more than a minute below the required time. After the World Championships in Doha, where she finished twentieth, she will present herself at another top athletic event. She returned to third … Read more
Sport climber Adam Ondra won the Bouldering World Cup in Meiringen, Switzerland. The Czech national team was sovereign in the opening competition of the Olympic season. After Friday’s triumph in his qualifying group, he dominated the semifinals and finals today. He won it in front of three Japanese rivals. Yoshiyuki Ogata and Tomoaki Takata accompanied … Read more
Olympic winner and world judo champion Lukáš Krpálek won a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Antalya. David Klammert achieved the same success after the life tournament. While 30-year-old Krpálek added another precious metal to his rich collection, Klammert, four years younger, is celebrating his greatest career success. Both confirmed good form two weeks … Read more
Kateřina Smutná, a long-distance cross-country skier, ended her career at the age of 37. The winner of the famous Vas run and two-time champion of the Jizera Fifty said goodbye to Saturday’s 100-kilometer race in Sweden. She did not tell anyone about her decision to quit. It wasn’t until after the race in Aare that … Read more
Tennis player Barbora Strýcová is expecting the birth of her first child. The former world number one in doubles reported on pregnancy on social networks. Thirty-four-year-old Strýcová, whose partner is the editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine Petr Matějček, published a photograph on the instagram with a protruding tummy and the caption “We will be three!”. She … Read more
Former French snowboarder Julie Pomagalská died in Tuesday’s accident in the Swiss Alps. The 40-year-old world champion in snowboarding in 1999 was overwhelmed by an avalanche with a guide, and rescuers were unable to free them in time. According to police from the canton of Uri, they belonged to a group of four skiers who … Read more
By winning a crystal globe, Eva Samková exceeded her expectations before the season. She won the snowboard cross world cup for the third time after today’s victory in the final of the season in Veysonnaz. “I don’t even know what our expectations for the season were, but this exceeded those expectations. It was a great … Read more
The Japanese government decided on Thursday to end the state of emergency in Tokyo and surrounding areas on Sunday. The decision is a boost for the organization of the Olympic Games, which will start in four months. A state of emergency was declared in early January due to the increasing number of new infections in … Read more