Exhausted Czech lightweight double skiff Jiří Šimánek (left) and Miroslav Vraštil after the final race.
Ondrej Deml, ČTK
“In the four years we’ve been riding together, we’ve never beat the Belgians. Now it has succeeded in the most important race, “Šimánek rejoiced, knowing that the ships of Ireland, Germany and Italy had bounced off. However, the final conditions were significantly friendlier for the rowers.
Vraštila could be pleased that he had overcome the result of his father Miroslav. He started in three Olympics and was best fifth at the Moscow Olympics in a doubles without a helmsman with Miroslav Knapek, the father of the later Olympic winner Mirka Topinková Knapková.
Vraštil and Šimánek lost their favorites and won a great fourth place in Tokyo
“I also told Jirka at the start that my dad was fifth, he preferred to keep quiet. It is better to think of the next pace in the race than the result. but I think my dad is also happy, he must have been crying about it, “Vraštil said.
In three years in Paris, he could beat his father in the number of Olympic participations, but he would have to endure at the top level even after forty. “You can ride at 50, but I don’t know if it’s at the Olympics,” he smiled. not even seen, “he did not hide.
Czech rowers looked for lunch in the Olympic village much more impatiently. After a week of starvation so that they do not exceed an average weight of 70 kilograms, they can finally eat.
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– Czech Olympic Team (@olympijskytym) July 29, 2021
“There is a lot of food in the village. I still walk around the pizza, after the semifinals I allowed myself one piece, now I can afford more beer, “Šimánek planned.” We always look forward to the food, we overeat for two days, then it straightens out. it’s very unhealthy, which is simply a top sport. But we chose it and we enjoy it, “assures Vraštil. “I don’t really like them now, but when I get home, we’ll bake bacon,” the more experienced crew planned.
“I hope that my girlfriend Natálka will bake me something good, maybe she will read it somewhere,” Šimánek told the Czech Republic with a smile.
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