Czech Republic
Barbora Spotakova wins the gold in women’s javelin throw
Barbora Spotakova of Czech Republic has won gold in the final of the women’s javelin at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games with a throw of 71.42 meters.
Maria Abakumova from Russia won the silver with a throw of 70.78 and Germany’s Christina Obergfoll won the bronze.
Olaf Tufte from Norway has won the gold medal in men’s single scull.
Ondrej Synek from the Czech Republic has won the silver medal.
Mahe Drysdale the bronze medal and New Zealand’s first medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Slovakia wins gold medal in men’s C2 slalom canoe
Slovakia has won the gold medal in the men’s C2 slalom event. Czech Republic won the silver and Russia won the bronze.
Slovakia
HOCHSCHORNER Pavol
HOCHSCHORNER Peter
Czech Republic
VOLF Jaroslav
STEPANEK Ondrej
Russian Federation
KUZNETSOV Mikhail
LARIONOV Dmitry
Du Li from China has won the gold medal in the women’s 50m rifle three positions setting a new Olympic record of 690.3 points.
Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic won the silver medal with 687.7 points, and Eglis Yaima Cruz of Cuba with 687.6 points won the bronze medal.
David Kostelecky from the Czech Republic won the gold medal in the Men’s Trap.
Kostelecky hit a perfect 25 targets in the final. Giovanni Pellielo from Italy won the silver medal and Alexey Alipov from Russia took the bronze.
Alexey Alipov had a shoot out with Michael Diamond from Australia for the bronze. Alipov [...]
We are only hours into the first day of the Beijing Olympics and the first medal has been awarded to Katerina Emmons of the Czech Republic in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle. Emmons had a total of 503.5 and broke the Olympic record.
Silver medal was won by Lioubov Galkina from Russia and bronze medal [...]
Roman ?†ebrle
Born: November 26, 1974
Sport: decathlon and heptathlon
Country: Czech Republic
Achievements:
Olympic Games
Gold 2004 Athens Decathlon
Silver 2000 Sydney Decathlon
World Championships
Gold 2007 Osaka Decathlon
Silver 2003 Paris Decathlon
Silver 2005 Helsinki Decathlon
World Indoor Championships
Gold 2001 Lisbon Heptathlon
Gold 2004 Budapest Heptathlon
Bronze 1999 Maebashi Heptathlon
Bronze 2003 Birmingham Heptathlon
Bronze 2006 Moscow Heptathlon
Roman ?†ebrle is currently the world champion and record [...]
