Czech sport will recognize its king. Ledecka? An MMA fighter? Or perhaps two female rulers?

At least according to bookmakers’ odds, Ester Ledecká, who won the crown in the Sports Journalists’ Club poll four years ago, the tennis couple Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková, or the fighter Jiří Procházka, the first MMA representative in the top ten, stand the highest. The live broadcast of the announcement of the 64th edition of the Sports Journalists’ Club poll will be broadcast on CT 1 from 9:40 p.m. Who is competing for the triumph among individuals and will replace the judoka Lukáš Krpálek on the throne?

The brightest star of Czech biathlon finished fourth and sixth at the Beijing Olympics, when the last shot cost her the gold in the longest race. In the SP, she won a small globe for endurance races.

BARBORA KREJČÍKOVÁ, KATEŘINA SINIAKOVÁ

Three of the four Grand Slams ended with the triumph of the Czech women’s doubles. They played in the finals at the Tournament of Champions, defended their position as the best tennis couple in the world in both the WTA and ITF polls.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing, she won the only Czech gold in the giant slalom on a snowboard, confirming her versatility with fourth place in the ski combination and fifth in the super-G. In the new season, the 27-year-old Ledecká is still not competing due to injury.

At the European Championships in Munich, he won a complete set of medals, he won worldwide respect even outside the artificial walls. In the Moravian Karst he climbed the route with the second highest difficulty in the world, in Macoš he conquered the steepest Czech overhang.

The only representative of team sports in the top ten. He helped the hockey team to a medal from the World Cup after 10 years with a hat trick in the duel for bronze with the USA, and in the new season he is pulling the NHL sovereign from Boston with his points.

The mixed martial arts of MMA are still gaining in popularity, and thanks to Procházek, the Czechia has its first champion in the elite UFC organization. He defeated the Brazilian Glover Teixeira in the light heavyweight division.

Another debutant in the top ten. He embellished his slalom collection with gold from the World Championships in Augsburg, when he left behind the top kayakers, including training colleague and Olympic winner Jiří Prskavec.

The competitive speed skating legend won a medal in his fourth Olympics. In Beijing, the three-time winner of the poll went on to win bronze in the 5000m, her seventh gold at the Olympics, even though she struggled with more than one injury during the year.

She is already retired from sports, but she closed her career with a beautiful story. Against javelin throwers a generation younger, she secured bronze with the last throw at the European Championships in Munich, where she made her debut at a major event 20 years ago.

He managed the busy year the best of the Czech athletes. In the spring, his daughter Emma was born, in Doha he threw the javelin for the first time in his career, he won bronze at the World Championships in Eugene, and added silver at the European Championships in Munich.