Ice hockey star offers Olympic gold over child care case

Czech ice hockey star Dominik Hašek has offered his gold medal from the Nagano Olympics in 1998 to whoever is judged to have contributed most to getting two Czech children out of care in Norway. Former national goalkeeper Hašek said that the wanted to do the maximum to help the children’s mother, Eva Michalková, be reunited with her children, according to a report by Wednesday’s Mladá Fronta Dnes. Her two sons, who were born in Norway, have been placed in care by Norwegian authorities in a case which has provoked a furor of media and political interest in the Czech Republic. Norwegian authorities say they have followed standard procedures.

Author: Chris Johnstone