Czech pedestrians were waiting. After the foreign championship in Dudince, which did not bring much joy to the Czech colors, the racing season has started in our country as well. The weather was really April Foolish, but that's how it is at the beginning of April.

Authors: article - Lucie Nekulová / photo - Mr. Nekula

IMG 0357The first round of league competitions was divided into the Moravian and Czech parts. The Moravian clubs competed on Saturday in Holešov, the other walkers met in Rumburk. Currently, pedestrians from the north of Bohemia go towards Morava twice a year. Olomouc and even traditional Brno are worth the trip and the points. It's a shame that, on the other hand, it doesn't apply and the competition had to be broken up.

Holesov, ROUND 1FROM I. LIGA MUЖЮ A ŽEN, SK. CA II. MU LEAGUESЖЮ A ŽEN, SK. D, E

In Holešov, they decided to start together for men and women, which is certainly possible with a lower number of starters, but the league walk should be separated. However, in the cold weather, it was certainly welcomed by both the competitors and the team of organizers and judges.

The race day started with walking on 5000m. Here he won with a lead of more than four minutes Vojtěch Novák from Frýdek-Místek, who set a new OR - 24:29:19 right at the start of the season. OR by 15 seconds in a solo race, this testifies to the good work of coach Nejezchleb and his charge. Bravo.

He also finished second in a personal record by a long distance Petr Havránek from the border - 28:34:07. It's just his premiere performance at a pace below 6min/km. He was third at the finish line Tomáš Vojtíšek from Brno in 33:07:13.

A balanced fight with the second man in the order of seduction in the women's 5000m walk, Tereza Mrázková from Havířov, which also passed OR with a performance of 28:31:20 and for the first time came under the 29-minute mark. The second and third places were taken side by side Eliška Kokořováová, a competitor from Frýdek and the town (29:14:45) a Eliška Říhová, which was 0,05 behind the finish line.

A total of 5000 male and female athletes competed at the start of the 16m race.

In the 10m walk, the starter was the clear favorite outside the competition pilsner Jaromír Morávek, who a week after the 20km OR in Dudince managed to comfortably win at the training pace in exactly 44 minutes. He was second at the finish line Havířovský Jan Polák - 59:30.43 and third in just over an hour Filip Kaštovský from Poruba Athletics. 10 competitors lined up for the start.

In the women's race, she won the Toruń silver in the team competition Ivana Vranková in time 62:07:23, what a grove of colors Orlík of Vyško. Holešovská Aneta Pávková she performed 63:39.03 and finished second, she won the imaginary bronze for third place Lenka Slabáková from Brno - 65:43.78. 11 female athletes competed.

No one was disqualified in Holešov.

IMG 5765Rumburk, ROUND 1 BREEDSFROM I. LIGA MUЖЮ A ŽEN, SK. A, BA II. MU LEAGUESЖЮ A ŽEN, SK. A, B, C

On Sunday, the North Bohemian club Rumburk hosted the next part of the league competition. At 1º to start 10m race 18 fighters stood, two did not see the goal for DQ. From the first meters he walked for a clear victory Martin Nedvídek visiting in the colors of Ústí nL The performance of 46:39.44 performed with absolute ease can only please him after 35km a week. he tried to keep up with him for the first three kilometers Albert Kukla from SK Jeseniova, which is newly prepared with

by the Ostrava group of Karel Ketner. OR 48:38.83 is pleasing for the beginning of the season and hopefully Albert will be able to fight his way to Poděbrady. The third ran out Václav Kolář from Liberec in 51:54.31. 4 other competitors - Řezábek, Doubek, Šolc and Janoušek - went to OR on the track.

Among the women, the battle for imaginary medals was much more exciting. From the beginning, the bronze medalist from Dudinc was in the lead Štěpánka Pohlová Kučerová from Hradec Králové with a performance of 56:54.39. Behind her, a big battle for points and OR was unfolding. Mladoboleslavská Lucie Krinwaldová she showed further progress and eventually claimed second place when she managed to pull away at the end of the race Johan Petříková - Spartak Prague 4, which continues its OR series after the indoor medal. Both competitors achieved great OR - 57:15.60 and 57:23.05. About 2km before the finish line, the fourth Jana Vildová dropped out of their group. Walking almost the entire race alone, Pavla Cinkánová from Liberec also managed a beautiful technical performance for OR and a time under 60 minutes - 59:00.16. 9 female competitors started, one was disqualified.

For the 5000m race 22 fighters took part, one was expelled from the race during the race. He became the clear favorite and winner Lukáš Pazdera (ASK Dipoli) with a time of 23:32.46. The second one at the finish line was from Novopacky, who arrived at the last moment Rudolf Cogan 25:52.77 and for a personal record you came third in 25:52.53 Martin Žežulka from Athletics Stodůlky.  Vojtěch Vejvančický, a student from Rumbur, came in sixth place for a big person - 28:50.57 and confirmed his significant indoor improvement. Another 30 fighters - Miloš Němec, Jakub Stejskal and Ladislav Stejskal - completed the race in a track car in times over 3 minutes.

IMG 6248In the women's race 15 competitors took to the start, who mastered the walking technique so much that not a single entry appeared on the scoreboard. The clear winner was the former representative, who only walks recreationally Jana Zikmundová from Turnov, who won with a time of 27:17.01. She kept up with her for a long time and even set the pace for a pair of Rumbur racers - Kačka Nedvídková (28:08.68) and Anička Horáková (28:52.94). The silver medalist from the team competition in Toruń - Lenka Borovičková - came in fourth place, having managed three sharp sides in one week. Veronika Scholzeová and Ema Kyselicová also completed OR in under 30 minutes, and Alžběta Musilová over 30 minutes.

Photos from the Rumburg race will be available here in a few days:

https://lusatianracewalking.rajce.idnes.cz

The walking season has thus officially started, and the next time male and female walkers will meet again in 14 days in Olomouc at the MČR in 20km walking and league competitions.

 

 

 

 

 

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