Czech team for athletics worlds includes two defending champions

A 24-member Czech team for the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Beijing has been announced. Among the 15 men and nine women selected are two defending world champions, hurdler Zuzana Hejnová and javelin thrower Vítězslav Veselý. Barbora Špotáková, who also competes in the javelin, returns to the World Championships team after missing the last event in Moscow due to maternity leave. The Czech team’s coach, Tomáš Dvořák,said eight members were in their discipline’s top eight competitors this year, which was good news. The World Athletics Championships run from August 22 to 30.

Author: Ian Willoughby