In Sports News: Czech downhill skiers clinch a sensational win in the World Cup Nations Teams event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen; football’s Sparta eke out last-minute win against Mladá Boleslav; Baroš scores in his first game back for Galatasaray; in hockey, Slavia and Liberec become the last two teams to reach the quarterfinals; Czech athletes post disappointing results at World Indoor Athletics championships.
Ondřej Bank, Šárka Záhrobská, Lucie Hrstková, Kryštof Krýzl (left to right), photo: CTK
Czech downhill skiers clinched a sensational win in the World Cup Nation
Teams event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany on Sunday – just edging
fellow finalists Switzerland. The race, a parallel slalom format, sees four
skiers compete per team. For the Czechs that meant Šárka Záhrobská,
Lucie Hrstková, Ondřej Bank and Kryštof Krýzl. After four races, the
Czechs and the Swiss were tied at 2:2, but Ondřej Bank, who was undefeated
in the heats, secured the title by posting the fastest overall time (the
official tiebreaker). On the way to the win, the Czech Republic had to
defeat not only Switzerland but also Austria and the USA.
Slavia - Teplice, photo: CTK
In the 19th round of the Gambrinus Liga on Sunday Sparta Prague came close
to losing to Mladá Boleslav but in the final minutes managed to turn
around the game. Sparta were trailing 1:0 but got back in it in the 86th
minute on a corner kick. The ball was sent to the far post where Kušnír
capitalised. In the 92nd minute, Libor Sionko then got the ball in the
penalty area and was able to send it under the crossbar. The win means
Sparta remain in the running for this year’s league title, a point off
leaders Teplice, who drew 0:0 with Slavia in their weekend match-up. That
game saw three players injured, including Slavia forward Riste Naumov, who
suffered a horrific leg break after clashing with Teplice’s Martin Klein.
With a double fracture to his leg, the Macedonian player could be out of
action for up to one year.
Milan Baroš
Czech striker Milan Baroš, out since last October due to injury, returned
to Galatasaray at the weekend and got off to a winning start, scoring once
to help the Istanbul team defeat Ankaragucu by a score of 3:0. The goal is
Baroš’s 17th this season counting six in the Turkish league, six for the
Czech national team, and five in European action. The win put Galatasaray
atop the Turkish league standings.
Slavia - Litvínov, photo: CTK
Slavia and Liberec have become the last two of eight teams to reach the
playoff quarterfinals of the Czech hockey league. Slavia won a grind of a
final match in their best of five series against Litvínov, winning 5:3.
The game saw the gloves come off between Litvínov enforcer Roman Vopat and
Slavia’s Jiří Vašíček; the latter came away heavily bloodied. In the
other series to reach the quarterfinals, Liberec embarrassed České
Budějovice 9:1 to edge their rivals in the best-of-five.
Roman Šebrle, photo: CTK
Czech athletes posted disappointing results at the World Indoor Athletic
championships in Doha. Roman Šebrle finished 5th in heptathlon: the
36-year-old former Olympic and world champion was slower in both sprints,
but posted good performances in the shot put, the high jump and the pole
vault. Šebrle, who is the current decathlon world record holder, said he
had not expected to do all that well given recent injury. Brian Clay, from
the United States, successfully defended his title and took gold. Czech
athletes also finished outside the medals in other events, including the
women’s pole vault and the women’s 400-metre relay.
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