Koudelka and Kozisek win,
Borek Sedlak makes final jump
The Czech ski jumpers started their summer season
with a special event in Lomnice nad Popelkou, the
home town of Roman Koudelka and Cestmir Kozisek.
And the two local heroes shared the win on their
home hill with 144.5 points. Roman Koudelka showed
jumps on 68 m and 76.5 m, Cestmir Kozisek landed
at 70.5 m and 74 m. The third place went to nordic
combined athlete Tomas Portyk (68 m and 73 m; 141.5
points) and Lukas Hlava (69.5 m and 72 m; 141.5
points). Barbora Blazkova was the best of the ladies
and finished 20th (61 m and 60 m).
"The goal here was to have fun. I enjoyed it,
but I was also nervous because the people were expecting
long jumps", said Roman Koudelka. His teammate
Cestmir Kozisek was a bit more relaxed: "It's
always cool here. The point is to entertain the
audience and ourselves. It's not a competition,
it's fun."
Final jump of Borek Sedlak
Besides an autograph signing between the two rounds,
the farewell jump of Borek Sedlak was another highlight
of this event. The 33-year-old, who announced his
retirement after last season, showed a final jump
on 67 m. "I appreciate this event. There were
a lot of spectators and people from the ski jumping
community and they made it a really nice ending
of my career. Thanks a lot for that. It crossed
my mind, that it is my last jump. But things are
always coming to an end in life. I'm okay with that
and now I'm looking foward to new things."
3rd Jiri Raska Memorial
The 3rd memorial event for Czech ski jumping legend
Jiri Raska will be held in Frenstat pod Radhostem
late August, this time as part of the Continental
Cup.
30 years after Pavel Ploc won the bronze medal at
the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo 1984, not only
the Czech was invited to this event by the organizers,
but also the winners of the Gold and Silver medals
back then, Jens Weissflog and Matti Nykaenen.
Schedule Jiri Raska Memorial
Friday, August 29th, 2014
9:00 - 12:00: Official Training - Ladies and Men
12:30: Trial Round - Ladies and Men
14:00: Competition - Ladies and Men
20:00: Presentation of the participants and victory
ceremony in the city center of Frenstat
