President decorates successful Olympics athletes

?TK |

24 August 2012

Prague, Aug 23 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus decorated ten successful Czech participants in the London Summer Olympic Games with commemorative medals at Prague Castle Thursday while another four medalists could not come because they are currently taking part in international events.

The missing Barbora Spotakova (javelin, gold) and Zuzana Hejnova (hurdles, bronze) are currently taking part in the Diamond League in Lausanne, and Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova (tennis doubles, silver) are currently playing in the United States.

Klaus praised the athletes. He attended the opening part of the games in London, but saw no medal.

"I think the best I could do was to leave London after three days because we lost everything during the three days," Klaus said.

He said he will send the commemorative medals to the four athletes who could not come to Prague Castle Thursday via Czech Olympic Committee (COV) chairman Milan Jirasek.

"I could hand it to Lucie Hradecka personally, we are in the same club," said Klaus, an ardent tennis player, who is I.CLTK Praha tennis club president.

Jirasek handed to Klaus a COV publication, London 2012, and thanked him for his years-long support to sport.

Czech athletes won ten medals in London, including four gold, three silver and three bronze ones. In the most successful games until then, in Atlanta, USA, in 1996, the Czechs won 11 medals.

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