tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32762304040756390822024-03-13T23:37:07.401+01:00RemigatioNews and Remarks on the World of Rowing / Zprávy a poznámky o světě veslováníRemigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-41015968529412965202017-12-31T20:51:00.001+01:002021-08-14T22:38:34.360+02:00Photo Report: Local Rowing History Exhibition in Přerov, Czechia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxB9IM6f23kNt365zCIwAAzJzZ-WR5XjlffYzjnwCMiZvUiYrs1NFER16r7gFADB6kKevg2SrhKioWtUF9j27r-YjSMVL90uCRcsAjYr0WRvJXrFW6feY2fONBIKu5Yn00bGXla7dub4/s1600/01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkxB9IM6f23kNt365zCIwAAzJzZ-WR5XjlffYzjnwCMiZvUiYrs1NFER16r7gFADB6kKevg2SrhKioWtUF9j27r-YjSMVL90uCRcsAjYr0WRvJXrFW6feY2fONBIKu5Yn00bGXla7dub4/s320/01.jpg" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a></div>
The rowing sport was first introduced in the Czech city of Přerov in 1932. The local rowing club has organized an exhibition to mark the 85th anniversary.
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Called <i>Oars on the Bečva River</i> ("Vesla na Bečvě"), the exhibition is held at the municipal Exhibition Hall Pasáž from December 7, 2017, through to January 5, 2018, and is opened on working days only.
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The development of rowing in Přerov was facilitated by the construction of a weir on the outskirts of the city in the 1930s, securing stable water levels up the stream of the Bečva River.
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The boat park in Přerov has changed the location three times since the 1930s.
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This is how rowing shells were kept clean in 1938.
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The rowing club in Přerov boasts a number of trophies. Among its members is <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/49040/kolarova-valentyna>Valentýna Kolářová</a>, the stroke of the Czech junior women's eight that won the world championships in 2017.
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An exhibition like this is a chance to popularize rowing among the broader public.
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All photos were taken by the website editor on December 29, 2017.
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Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-87664947395877007352016-08-06T19:45:00.001+02:002016-08-07T00:47:01.039+02:00Olympic Rowing Regatta: Media Highlights on 6 August While the Guardian focused on <a href=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/06/serbia-rowers-sunk-capsize-rio-olympics>the Serbian men's coxless pair boat flipping</a> in the unstable wind conditions, the CNN re-aired an older report featuring <a href=http://edition.cnn.com/videos/sports/2016/07/22/angola-rowing-history-rio-olympics-2016-christina-macfarlane-pkg.cnn>the Angolan lightweight men's double scull</a> that had secured the African nation the first Olympic rowing appearance ever.
<p> Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-86977939396420552862016-08-06T18:59:00.000+02:002016-08-06T19:00:48.329+02:00Rio de Janeiro's Rodrigo de Freitas Lake A number of videos on the web show how the current Olympic rowing venue looked like some time before the Olympic buzz went off. Here are just some of them.
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<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-72892804530980416282015-05-23T12:37:00.005+02:002015-05-23T12:41:24.600+02:00Coastal Rowing Exhibition on Flat WaterCurrently hosted by the rowing venue in Račice, Czech Republic, the <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-european-rowing-junior-championships/event-information>2015 European Rowing Junior Championships</a> was kicked off on Friday, 22 May with a show of coastal rowing boats. A video from the exhibition race was uploaded on YouTube by the Czech rowing legend, the multiple international events medalist <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.cz/2010/06/my-nomination-of-vaclav-chalupa-for.html>Václav Chalupa</a>:
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<p> Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-85105375881085679252013-09-24T17:57:00.003+02:002013-10-03T20:23:54.375+02:00Cambridge Eight Beats Knapkova At Prague Mayor's EightsHowever absurd the title above may sound, it was reality on Friday, 20 September: in a race of varsity eights, the <a href=http://www.primatorky.cz/en/news/385_cambridge-crew-to-enter-an-olympic-medallist-in-the-varsity-eight-race>crew of the British university</a> competed against men's lineups representing a number of Czech universities and colleges. One of them, of Prague's <a href=http://www.cuni.cz/UKENG-1.html>Charles University</a>, was reinforced by the Olympic champion in women's single sculls, Mirka Knapková. The race was taken by the <a href=http://intranet.cvut.cz/en?set_language=en> Czech Technical University</a> followed by <a href=http://www.cubc.org.uk/>Cambridge</a>, the <a href=http://www.czu.cz/en/>Czech University of Life Sciences</a>, Charles University, and <a href=http://www.vse.cz/kontakt-en.php>Prague University of Economics</a>, respectively.
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<i>Video from the finals of the main race at Prague Mayor's Eights regatta on Sunday, 22 September</i>
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Knapková said the men's varsity one-kilometre race was rowed in the fastest pace she ever had to cope with in her life. <i>"The boat runs in a different way and lets you feel the strength and speed. But then it is remarkably harder in the single - it makes you think the boat is standing still",</i> told the top Czech female rower the <a href=
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Postponed from the originally planned June term due to <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2013/06/flood-hits-czech-rowing-too.html>flooding</a>, the <a href=http://www.primatorky.cz/en/news/393_the-100th-prague-mayors-eights-to-be-run-in-the-historic-centre-of-prague>Prague Mayor's Eights rowing regatta</a> has marked the 100th edition this year. It features an open race of men's eights and a number of accompanying races of eights and singles. Next to the varsity race, the Cambridge boat had entered the main competition of men's eights on a two-kilometres' distance too but <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/veslarske-primatorky-0uz-/sporty.aspx?c=A130922_123628_sporty_rou>did not make it through semifinals</a>. As in previous years, the victory went to <a href=http://www.duklasport.cz/?ponukaid=58>Dukla</a>, a Prague-based elite club and men's national rowing team hub sponsored by the Czech Ministry of Defense.
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<b><font color="red">UPDATE 1:</font> The Cambridge Lineup</b>
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According to information from the team of <a href=http://www.primatorky.cz/>Primatorky.cz</a> website, the British university took part with the following crew: Jason Lupatkin, Joshua Hooper, Steve Dudek, A. Jacob, M. Jackson, Helge Gruetjen, Henry Hoffstot, Michael Thorp, cox Rosemary Ostfeld.
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<b><font color="red">UPDATE 2:</font></b> The FISA website came on 2 October with a news article on <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/dukla-the-best-in-prague-eights-race>Prague Mayor's Eights</a>. The text is largely based on the article above and contributions submitted by the present writer.
<p> Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-41822769687067997442013-06-05T17:03:00.000+02:002014-02-25T20:11:44.772+01:00Flood Does Not Spare Czech RowingAs already reported widely in the world media, the western parts of the Czech Republic have struggled with swollen rivers in the recent days. Floods have also hit neighbouring countries – Austria, Slovakia, and Germany.
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As for the Vltava river that runs through the Czech capital Prague, <a href=http://www.lidovky.cz/vltava-v-praze-kulminuje-melnik-chysta-evakuaci-v-zalezlicich-se-protrhla-hraz-gcz-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A130604_063107_ln_domov_mpr>the flood reached its peak on Tuesday, 4 June</a>, and the flood danger has since been imminent down the stream, on the <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.cz/2010/08/elbetour-nemecti-skifari-veslovali-z.html>Labe (in German: Elbe) river</a>.
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Although the water volume stayed below the historically record 2002 flood in most of the affected areas, several rowing clubs have been damaged too.
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Set up by Czech rowers, the Facebook website <a href=https://www.facebook.com/VeslariAPovodne2013>“Veslaři a povodně 2013”</a> (Rowers and the 2013 Flood) monitors the situation. Photos of the flooded boat parks are being posted and offers of a helping hand released.
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<i>Screenshot of the Facebook flood help group for Czech rowers</i>
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As a today’s post informs, four rowing shells have been damaged in Litoměřice, the original hometown of the Czech Olympic rowers Milan Doleček and Milan Bruncvík, the latter of whom had represented Cambridge in <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.cz/2013/03/vitezem-kultovniho-zavodu-je-oxford.html>this year’s Boat Race</a>. Judging from the pictures, <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.cz/2011/04/karonen-beats-synek-at-czech-6k-open.html>Mělník</a> will probably be among the heavily affected rowing clubs.
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In Prague, the only rowing club that obviously has not been affected by the flood is Dukla, the elite base of men’s national team. <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/veslari-se-potykaji-s-nasledky-povodne-d9p-/sporty.aspx?c=A130603_154029_sporty_par>Officials of the clubs</a> remember that the cleaning and reparation works in 2002 took at least one week but up to six months, depending on the extent of exposure to water and mud.
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On 3 June, the only iconic rowing race in the Czech Republic has been <a href=http://www.veslo.cz/100-rocnik-primatorek-se-o-vikendu-nepojede>cancelled due to water conditions</a>. Known in English as <a href=http://www.primatorky.cz/en/news/340_the-jubilee-100th-prague-mayors-eights-sponsored-by-csob-pojistovna-from-7-to-9-june-2013>Prague Mayor’s Eights</a> (in Czech mostly in a shortened form, “Primátorky”), the 100th edition of the regatta was planned to take place on 7-9 June. A <a href=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/sport/ostatni/229940-primatorky-se-kvuli-zaplavam-pojedou-az-v-zari/>new term</a> has been set to 20-22 September.
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-44810112820016170452013-03-31T17:49:00.002+02:002013-09-15T17:57:32.749+02:00Vítězem kultovního závodu je Oxford<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> Oxford Take the Iconic Race</b>
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159. ročník <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boat_Race>závodu osmiveslic mužů</a>, které jsou sestaveny ze studentů dvou nejprestižnějších britských univerzit, vyhrála posádka Oxfordu. Komentátoři televizního kanálu BBC World, který závod vysílal v přímém přenosu, před startem mírně favorizovali právě Oxford.
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V posádce Cambridge vesloval i <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/rozhovor-s-veslarem-bruncvikem-dn2-/sporty.aspx?c=A130329_1910681_sporty_fil>Milan Bruncvík</a>, první český účastník v historii závodu.
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Veslařské utkání probíhá na Temži v západní části Londýna od roku 1829; pravidelně se začalo konat v roce 1856. V angličtině se pro něj zažil prostý název <a href=http://theboatrace.org/>Boat Race</a>, tedy pouze „Závod lodí“.
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Poté, co <a href= http://sport.idnes.cz/zavod-osmiveslic-na-temzi-narusil-plavec-a-vyhrala-cambridge-p5g-/sporty.aspx?c=A120407_181249_sporty_ald>loňský ročník závodu narušil plavec-demonstrant</a>, tento rok jistily závodní trať o délce 6,8 kilometru čluny britského vojenského námořnictva. Role hlavního rozhodčího se poprvé ujal <a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Pinsent>Matthew Pinsent</a>, čtyřnásobný olympijský vítěz a ve své době sportovec s největší naměřenou kapacitou plic na světě. (V této pozici Pinsenta v roce 2006 vystřídal jiný britský veslař z nepárových disciplín, <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Reed_(rower)>Peter Reed</a>.)
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Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-48221509361613755812013-01-10T00:34:00.000+01:002013-01-26T23:04:36.690+01:00Knapkova’s Olympic SecretLast year’s Olympic winner in women’s single sculls, Czech Republic’s Mirka Knapková had to walk a more difficult path to gold than it might have looked. As the media in her homeland intensely discussed after the victorious race, she had gone through the whole Olympic regatta with an injury.
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Knapková’s <a href=http://88.85.4.10/pdfdaily/000000468_RSE_1_W1X.CP.PDF>progression at Eton Dorney</a> looked as clear as it could be: she won her heat (on 28 July), quarterfinal (31 July), and semifinal (2 August).
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But, at the start of the A final (4 August), Czech Television’s commentator Pavel Čapek revealed to the audience that the Czech sculler <i>“was fighting serious health problems”.</i> It turned out that there was a problem but only Knapková’s close circle knew about it, including a few journalist fellow-countrymen – and they decided to keep it secret so that the sculler does not get distracted by media attention and her rivals are not granted psychological advantage.
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As rowing observers (<a href=http://oh.idnes.cz/skifarka-knapkova-ziskala-olmypijske-zlato-fzj-/olympiada-londyn-2012.aspx?c=A120804_214850_oh-vodni-sporty_ma>including Czech men’s sculling coach, Milan Doleček Sr.</a>) pointed out, it probably was due to the health challenge that Knapková reached the perfect concentration and her rowing style became simpler and more economic.
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<i>“Being close to such an achievement will stay inside me until the end of my life,”</i> says Czech physiotherapy doctor Pavel Kolář who helped the rower in her critical moments. In an <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/sportovec-roku-jinyma-ocima-mirka-knapkova-fkv-/sporty.aspx?c=A120311_151437_sporty_ot>interview published on the Czech news website Idnes.cz</a> (affiliated with a broad-circulation daily, Mladá fronta Dnes) on 27 December 2012, Kolář remembers how he was called to help after the heats of women’s singles: <i>“The whole of Mirka’s shoulder-blade hurt. Even my intervention didn’t show any remarkable improvement.”</i> An MRI screening indicated a torn shoulder-blade fixator.
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As Kolář recalls the morning of the quarterfinal day, <i>“Mirka went out for a warm-up row on the venue and came back in ten minutes in tears, saying it doesn’t work, and that she wouldn’t go.”</i> Just at the breakfast did the therapist, the athlete and her coach, <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2011/11/czech-sculler-mirka-knapkova-has-been.html>Tomáš Kacovský</a>, agree they would give it a try. In Kolář’s words, <i>“we said we would try a solid kinesiotaping, apply medicaments and acupuncture. All that done with a risk that she might finish within the first meters but still didn’t have anything to lose.”</i> And it worked.
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With Mission Quarterfinal accomplished, the doctor continued to perform his art. In the days between races, <i>“we conducted physical therapies, laser procedures, acupuncture, and everything possible to somehow decrease pain and edema. Of course, we also included some medicaments that she could take within the limits of sport competition,”</i> Kolář describes how he treated Knapková during the Olympics.
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Website Idnes.cz concludes the interview with the rehabilitation specialist by quoting the Czech Rowing Association President, Jiří Kejval, who said after the Olympic finals of women’s singles: <i>“If it hadn’t been for Pavel Kolář, we wouldn’t have had the Olympic champion.”</i>
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Knapková’s victory may be the most stunning rowing achievement of its kind since the <a href=http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--olympics-silken-laumanns-inspiring-comeback-1992-barcelona.html>fabulous performance of Canada’s Silken Laumann</a> who earned the bronze medal in the 1992 Olympic final of women’s single although she rowed with a severe leg injury.
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<b>The Magician of Sport</b>
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It was not for the first time that Pavel Kolář, 49 years of age, helped a Czech athlete to overcome bodily woes. The <a href=http://www.fnmotol.cz/kliniky-a-oddeleni/spolecna-pracoviste/klinika-rehabilitace-a-telovychovneho-lekarstvi-uk/vedeni-a-personal/>university teacher of physiotherapy</a> earlier <a href=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/exkluzivne-na-ct24/osobnosti-na-ct24/174322-jan-zelezny-hazi-i-jazykem-rika-pavel-kolar/>healed Olympic winners</a> such as Jan Železný (javelin throw), Roman Šebrle (decathlon), Martin Doktor (canoe sprint), Jaromír Jágr (ice hockey), and Kateřina Neumannová (crosscountry skiing). Among his “common” patients were Czech Republic’s presidents, Václav Havel and Václav Klaus.
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<b>Days After the Gold</b>
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Due to the injury, the post-Olympic Knapková was ordered to observe physical rest for six weeks. Her first travel led her back to Great Britain where she had planned a vacation with friends in Wales. She found herself back in the rowing shell in late September at <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/09/knapkova-lehka-ctyrka-vyhrali-sprinty.html>city sprints in Lucerne</a>, Switzerland (where she won) and surfed further on the Swiss wave: in late October at <a href=http://www.bkw-armadacup.ch/de/results>Armada Cup near Bern</a> (second only to the local sculler, Pamela Weisshaupt) and then in mid-November at <a href=http://www.baselhead.org/index.php?p=1_1_0&lang=en>Basel Head</a> (winning with her club’s eight).
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Though rowing is a rather marginal sport in the Czech Republic, Knapková admitted to the media <a href= http://sport.idnes.cz/rozhovor-s-olympijskou-vitezkou-na-skifu-knapkovou-pcm-/sporty.aspx?c=A121123_163830_sporty_rou>it was pleasant to know that people in the streets started to recognise her</a> but at the same time found out <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/zlata-veslarka-knapkova-po-olympijskych-hrach-fqm-/sporty.aspx?c=A121209_201848_sporty_par>there was no mercantile value added to it</a> (“I haven‘t shot any commercial”, she told a journalist).
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On 19 December, Knapková was clasified third in the <a href=http://www.sportovecroku.cz/>Czech Athlete of the Year</a>, a nationwide sports journalists’ poll, where her rowing success had to compete for attention with the country’s other three Olympic champions.
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For the next season, the queen of Czech sculling thinks of adding another racing event to the single – in her words, <i>“the bigger the boat will be, the better”.</i>
<p> Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0Dorney, Бъкингамшър, Обединено кралство Великобритания и Северна Ирландия51.488438104478917 -0.6538581848144531251.478551104478917 -0.67402818481445315 51.498325104478916 -0.6336881848144531tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-25075034827563794782012-09-29T19:23:00.002+02:002012-10-04T19:33:05.558+02:00Knapková a lehká čtyřka vyhráli sprinty ve Švýcarsku<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> Czech Republic’s Knapkova and Lightweight Four Win in Switzerland Sprints</b>
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Čeští veslaři si odvážejí dvě vítězství z dnešních <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-zurich-sprints>závodů na krátké trati ve švýcarském Curychu</a>. Poprvé od svého vítězství na olympiádě, kde startovala zraněná, zde veslovala skifařka Mirka Knapková a opět vyhrála.
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Zvítězila rovněž čtyřka bez kormidelníka lehkých vah mužů, která porazila favorizovanou domácí sestavu. Závod byl nejvyrovnanější z celého programu, neboť se v něm sešly tři posádky, které startovaly na olympiádě – Češi, Švýcaři a Nizozemci. Za česká vesla tahali Ondřej a Jan Vetešníkovi, Miroslav Vraštil a Martin Slavík. Poslední jmenovaný nahradil člena olympijské sestavy Jiřího Kopáče.
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Češi si odvážejí ještě druhé místo z párové čtyřky mužů a čtvrté místo ze skifu mužů. Párovka ve složení Jan Andrle, Martin Basl, Adam Štěrbák a Petr Buzrla nestačila pouze na Němce, kteří složili posádku ze svých dvou nejlepších dvojskifů – olympioniků Knittela s Krügerem (v Londýně devátí) a neolympijských Gruhneho s Rocherem. Mezi skifaři byl za poslední léta nejúspěšnější německý veslař v individuální disciplíně – Marcel Hacker (na letošní olympiádě šestý).
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Kromě uvedených disciplín se závodilo ještě na osmách univerzitních studentů, studentek a smíšených učitelských posádek. Do každého závodu byly pozvány maximálně čtyři posádky. Ty se nejprve utkaly ve dvoučlenných kvalifikačních rozjížďkách – systémem „každý s každým“ – a pak podle jejich výsledků jely o celkové umístění ve finále A či B.
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Standardní závodní trať ve veslování měří 2 000 metrů. V Curychu se však soutěžilo ve sprintu o délce 450 metrů. Mezinárodní veslařská federace (FISA) se rozhodla pořádat sérii mezinárodních závodů na krátké trati poté, co předloňský <a href=http://hear-the-boat-sing.blogspot.cz/2010/08/fisa-survey.html>průzkum mezi veslařskou veřejností</a> ukázal náklonnost této myšlence. Cílem je přivést veslařský sport do centra velkých měst a přitáhnout k němu více diváků.
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Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-998251495736456212012-09-02T13:03:00.002+02:002012-09-02T13:14:55.482+02:00Eton Dorney, 2012, Again: Final Medal and Point Standings in Paralympic Rowing<b>Medal Chart:</b>
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China 2-0-0<br>
Ukraine 1-0-1<br>
Great Britain 1-0-0<br>
France 0-2-0<br>
Australia 0-1-0<br>
Germany 0-1-0<br>
United States 0-0-1<br>
Belarus 0-0-1<br>
Russia 0-0-1
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(7 points for victory, 5 points for 2nd place, 4 points for 3rd place, etc., ending with 1 point for 6th place):
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China 17<br>
Great Britain 13<br>
France 10<br>
Ukraine 11<br>
Australia 7<br>
Germany 5<br>
United States 5<br>
Russia 4<br>
Belarus 4<br>
Brazil 4<br>
Italy 3<br>
Israel 2<br>
Korea 2<br>
Canada 1
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(For more details, including articles and photos, please check the <a href=http://www.sportresult.com/federations/fisa/results/>FISA official website</a>.)
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Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-25234897281393946562012-08-22T13:40:00.004+02:002012-09-02T12:27:01.124+02:00Single Sculler Synek Gets Second ChildCzech Republic's top rower, Ondřej Synek has become a father for a second time. His wife Pavla gave birth to son Matyáš on 17 August.
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The news has been brought by <a href=http://www.ondrejsynek.cz/aktuality/ondruv-syn-je-na-svete-jmenuje-se-matyas/>Synek's official website</a> and a variety of <a href=http://kladensky.denik.cz/z-regionu/stribrny-skifar-ondrej-synek-synuv-prichod-na-svet-stihl-20120821-f1hs.html>Czech media outlets</a>.
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Synek's elder child, daughter Alice, was born a few days after the Czech single sculler raced in the World Championships in 2010. Similarly, he got a second child shortly after this year's Olympic race.
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-33020285152795410842012-08-19T11:48:00.002+02:002012-08-19T11:56:08.215+02:00České veslování má juniorského mistra světa na skifu<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> Czech Rowing Has a Junior World Champion in Single Sculls</b>
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Veslař <a href=http://www.idobryden.cz/sportovec-2012-michal-plocek/>Michal Plocek</a> z Uherského Hradiště dnes na juniorském mistrovství světa suverénně vyhrál <a href=http://88.85.4.10/pdfresult/000000467_R_34_JM1X_0224_F.CP.PDF>finále skifu</a>. Na umělé dráze v bulharském Plovdivu ujel dvoukilometrovou závodní trať ve velmi rychlém čase 7:03,47. Druhý Slovinec Jernej Markovc v cíli zaostal o 5,54 sekundy. Bronz získal Číňan Kang-kang Li (Ganggang Li).
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Z českých posádek <a href=http://88.85.4.10/pdfresult/000000467_R_36_JM2-_0220_F.CP.PDF>se do šestičlenného finále své disciplíny probojovala ještě dvojka bez kormidelníka</a> ve složení Michael Humpolec – Michal Nový. Dnes obsadila páté místo. Rychlejší byli soupeři z Rumunska, Řecka, Srbska a Německa.
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Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-58113670295254204142012-08-01T13:03:00.001+02:002012-08-07T15:05:36.640+02:00Eton Dorney, 2012: Final Olympic Medal Standings in Rowing<p>
Great Britain 4-2-3<br>
New Zealand 3-0-2<br>
Germany 2-1-0
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Denmark 1-1-1<br>
Czech Republic 1-1-0<br>
United States 1-0-2
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Ukraine 1-0-0<br>
South Africa 1-0-0
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Australia 0-3-2<br>
Canada 0-2-0
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China 0-1-0<br>
Croatia 0-1-0<br>
France 0-1-0<br>
Italy 0-1-0<br>
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Greece 0-0-1<br>
Poland 0-0-1<br>
Netherlands 0-0-1<br>
Slovenia 0-0-1
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(To check predictions for Olympic rowing finals, please click <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/07/us-newspapers-olympic-medal-predictions.html>here</a>.)
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-3448017817701919872012-07-27T13:54:00.001+02:002012-08-03T10:39:20.924+02:00Legenda Redgrave a jeho česká stopa<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> The Living Legend Redgrave: A Czech Trace </b>
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Před slavnostním zahájením olympiády v Londýně se spekuluje o <a href=http://oh.idnes.cz/kdo-zapali-olympijsky-ohen-dda-/olympiada-londyn-2012.aspx?c=A120727_130240_olympiada-londyn-2012_ma>jménu sportovní osobnosti, která zapálí olympijský oheň</a>. Jedním ze žhavých kandidátů je veslař <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=9039>Steve Redgrave</a>, který co do olympijských zisků patří mezi nejlepší britské sportovce i nejúspěšnější veslaře světa: zlatou medaili si odvážel z každých her od Los Angeles 1984 až po Sydney 2000. (Tento rekord pak v Aténách 2004 vyrovnala rumunská veslařka <a href= http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=6514>Elisabeta Lipă</a>.)
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S tímto velikánem světového veslování souvisí jedna málo známá skutečnost. Jak uvádí kniha <a href=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Men-Boat-Rory-Ross/dp/0297847252><i>Four Men in a Boat</i></a> („Čtyři muži v lodi“), Redgravův vstup do mezinárodního veslování nevypadal slibně: na mistrovství světa juniorů, které se roku 1979 konalo v Moskvě, soutěžil na skifu, ale vypadl už v kvalifikaci. Mezi jeho přemožitele patřil i československý reprezentant.
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Z výsledkové databáze na stránkách <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/>Mezinárodní veslařské federace</a> (FISA) vyplývá, že oním držitelem Redgravova skalpu je český veslař <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=12170>Miloš Zářecký</a>, který nakonec na šampionátu v Moskvě skončil celkově 10. Vrcholem Zářeckého kariéry bylo mistrovství světa roku 1985 v belgickém Hazewinkelu, kde získal bronz na párové čtyřce.
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Kniha <a href=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Men-Boat-Rory-Ross/dp/0297847252><i>Four Men in a Boat</i></a>, jejímiž autory jsou novinář Rory Ross a veslař Tim Foster, odhaluje i kuriózní pozadí Redgravova juniorského neúspěchu: údajně souvisel s pomstou britských „bafuňářů“, kterým vadilo Redgravovo odmítnutí reprezentovat Británii rok předtím, kdy před mistrovstvím světa dal přednost přípravě na závody se svou středoškolskou posádkou. V Moskvě byl pak ponechán bez pomoci a dezorientován. Bylo to také naposledy, co tento veslař závodil na skifu.
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Dalším párovým disciplínám – dvojskifu a párové čtyřce – se Redgrave věnoval až do roku 1982. Teprve jeho nominace do britské olympijské čtyřky s kormidelníkem pro rok 1984 odstartovala jeho hvězdnou kariéru s jedním veslem v ruce, tedy v nepárových disciplínách.
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Krátký medailón Steva Redgrava odvysílala Česká televize 20. července v pořadu <a href=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10321897020-olympijsky-magazin/>Olympijský magazín</a>.
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-37903164630414512862012-07-23T20:16:00.004+02:002012-07-23T20:18:31.726+02:00Americká předpověď: čeští veslaři si odvezou zlato a stříbro<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> American Prediction: Czech Rowers Due to Earn Gold and Silver</b>
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Podle očekávání deníku USA Today bude olympijská regata v <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/02/rowing-medal-predictions-for-london.html>Etonu poblíž Londýna</a> historickým úspěchem pro české veslování: americký list předpovídá, že skifař <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2011/04/karonen-beats-synek-at-czech-6k-open.html>Ondřej Synek</a> se stane olympijským vítězem a skifařka <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2011/11/czech-sculler-mirka-knapkova-has-been.html>Mirka Knapková</a> si odveze stříbro, přičemž v její disciplíně zvítězí její největší konkurentka – <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2010/10/karsten-to-be-only-belarusian-at-world.html>Jekatěrina Karsten</a> z Běloruska.
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Dají-li se dohromady předpokládané medailové zisky ve všech 14 veslařských disciplínách, vychází pro české veslaře další impozantní úspěch: jestliže předpověď vyjde, stanou se pátou nejúspěšnější zemí olympijské regaty. V medailové tabulce by Čechy přeskočili pouze domácí Britové následovaní Novým Zélandem, Německem a Řeckem. Naopak by za nimi zaostaly i takové veslařské mocnosti jako Spojené státy a Austrálie.
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USA Today sestavil tabulky, kde předpovídá čelná umístění ve všech soutěžích nadcházející olympiády v Londýně. Rubrika byla obměňována každý měsíc, poslední aktualizace proběhla 11. června.
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Podle amerického deníku by se z českých veslařů do šestičlenného finále dostal ještě dvojskif sester Antošových, kde by skončil poslední. Zbývající dvě olympijské posádky z České republiky – mužské čtyřky standardních a lehkých vah – USA Today nezařadil do očekávané první osmičky umístěných.
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Tabulky listu USA Today lze najít <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/medal-tracker.htm#rowing_singlesculls_men>zde</a>. Anglický souhrn předpovědí je k dispozici <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/07/us-newspapers-olympic-medal-predictions.html>zde</a>.
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-33861819976136433842012-07-20T21:54:00.000+02:002012-08-01T13:25:19.560+02:00U.S. Newspaper's Olympic Medal Predictions: Only Two Nations Due to Retain Their Rowing Titles from BeijingThe American daily USA Today has been putting together <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/medal-tracker.htm#rowing_doublesculls_men>projections of the expected results of each sport event at the London 2012 Summer Olympics</a>. With the latest updated version released 11 June 2012, it comes out that <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/02/rowing-medal-predictions-for-london.html >Eton Dorney regatta venue</a> may witness significant changes when compared to Beijing 2008. According to USA Today's expectations, only two countries will be able to retain their Olympic rowing titles: the host country, Great Britain, in men's four, and the United States in women's eight, respectively.
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<i>Fast-motion video of a new bridge construction at Eton Dorney Lake, the venue of rowing and canoeing events in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games</i>
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A total of 20 countries are likely to be represented in the Olympic rowing A-finals, and out of these, 16 national teams should earn medals. The following medal table prediction can thus be summarised (with details on each boat event following further below):
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Great Britain 3-5-2<br>
New Zealand 3-2-1<br>
Germany 3-1-0<br>
Greece 1-1-1<br>
Czech Republic 1-1-0<br>
United States 1-0-1<br>
Croatia 1-0-0<br>
Belarus 1-0-0<br>
Australia 0-1-3<br>
Canada 0-1-2<br>
Denmark 0-1-0<br>
Ukraine 0-1-0<br>
France 0-0-1<br>
Italy 0-0-1<br>
Poland 0-0-1<br>
Romania 0-0-1<br>
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1 Czech Republic, 2 New Zealand, 3 Great Britain,<br>
4 Norway, 5 Germany, 6 Sweden
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Total number of entries: 30<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Norway (rank in last year's World Championships: 6)<br>
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August
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1 Germany, 2 New Zealand, 3 France,<br>
4 Great Britain, 5 Australia, 6 Estonia
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Australia (rank in last year's World Championships: 4)<br>
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August
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1 Croatia, 2 Germany, 3 Australia,<br>
4 Poland, 5 Italy, 6 Great Britain
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Poland (rank in last year's World Championships: 4)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Australia<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August
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<b>MEN'S SWEEPING EVENTS</b>
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<b>Pairs (M2-):</b>
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1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 Greece,<br>
4 Italy, 5 Canada, 6 Germany
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Australia (rank in last year's World Championships: 7)<br>
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August
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1 Great Britain, 2 Greece, 3 Australia,<br>
4 France, 5 New Zealand, 6 United States
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): Great Britain<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August
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1 Germany, 2 Great Britain, 3 Canada,<br>
4 Netherlands, 5 Poland, 6 Australia
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Total number of entries: 8<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Canada (rank in last year's World Championships: 3)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Germany<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August
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1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 Italy,<br>
4 France, 5 Germany, 6 Denmark
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Total number of entries: 20<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): Great Britain<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August
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1 Great Britain, 2 Denmark, 3 Australia,<br>
4 China, 5 Italy, 6 Germany
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Denmark (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Australia<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August
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<b>WOMEN'S SCULLING EVENTS</b>
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1 Belarus, 2 Czech Republic, 3 New Zealand,<br>
4 China, 5 Sweden, 6 Great Britain
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Total number of entries: 25<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Bulgaria (now absent)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Czech Republic<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August
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1 Great Britain, 2 Australia, 3 Poland,<br>
4 Germany, 5 New Zealand, 6 Czech Republic
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Total number of entries: 13<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): New Zealand (rank in last year's World Championships: 3)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Great Britain<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Friday, 3 August
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1 Germany, 2 Ukraine, 3 Great Britain,<br>
4 United States, 5 New Zealand, 6 China
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Total number of entries: 8<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): China (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Germany<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August
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<b>WOMEN'S SWEEPING EVENTS</b>
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1 New Zealand, 2 Great Britain, 3 United States,<br>
4 Australia, 5 Romania, 6 China
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Total number of entries: 10<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Romania (rank in last year's World Championships: 5)<br>
Last world champion (2011): New Zealand<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Wednesday, 1 August
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1 United States, 2 Canada, 3 Romania,<br>
4 Great Britain, 5 Netherlands, 6 Germany
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Total number of entries: 7<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008) and last world champion (2011): United States<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Thursday, 2 August
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1 Greece, 2 Great Britain, 3 Canada,<br>
4 Germany, 5 United States, 6 China
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Total number of entries: 10<br>
Defending Olympic champion (2008): Netherlands (rank in last year's World Championships: 9)<br>
Last world champion (2011): Greece<br>
Scheduled date for Final A: Saturday, 4 August
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-42317918719947139842012-06-17T21:57:00.001+02:002012-07-15T13:20:40.692+02:00The Late Serbian Rower Had a Negative Doping Test Few Days Before DeathThe nightmare is here: used to hearing news of sudden death cases among young athletes in other sports, no rowing friend anywhere in the world can ignore the <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/nemanja-nesic-1988-2012>death of Serbia’s 24-year-old elite rower Nemanja Nešić</a> (Немања Нешић). He has passed away during a morning training session on the Danube river in his hometown, Smederevo (Смедерево).
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<i>YouTube screen grab from a <a href=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl3TKK9bPzw&feature=related>local television report</a> on the funeral of Nemanja Nešić on 8 June 2012.</i>
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<a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=23455>Nemanja Nešić</a> rowed on Wednesday, 6 June in a lightweight double scull with partner <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=25164>Miloš Stanojević</a> (Милош Станојевић), accompanied in a motorboat by coach <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=17711>Dejan Guslov</a> (Дејан Гуслов). The Secretary-General of the Serbian Rowing Federation, Nebojša Jevremović (Небојша Јевремовић) described the tragedy as follows: <i>“Nemanja got sick during the training. The fellow-rower from the boat hurried to help him and so did the coach. (…) They immediately took him off the boat and went to the shore where an ambulance was waiting. But, unfortunately, he had already been dead.”</i> The ambulance team tried to resuscitate Nešić but in vain, Serbia’s rowing head told the media on 6 June.
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Speaking about the regular medical testing, Jevremović said: <i>“Nothing showed that a tragedy might happen. Nemanja had been a member of the national team for eight years, and, just as other team members, he would undergo a medical check twice a year. Last time he went for the check five months ago and the results simply did not indicate any problem.”</i>
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The chairman of the Serbian Olympic Committee, Vlade Divac (Владе Дивац) told the Serbian media on 7 June that Nešić was even scheduled for a regular medical check on that date, one day before which he had passed away. In Divac’s words, <i>“Nemanja Nešić passed the last medical check in November and also in the meantime underwent common medical testing for athletes. Today, on Thursday, he was about to go for another check.”</i>
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An online version of Serbia’s Sportski Žurnal (Спортски Журнал) newspaper wrote on 7 June that international anti-doping commissioners visited Nešić in Smederevo some ten days before his sudden death and the doping test was negative.
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Nešić was buried in Smederevo on 8 June. A judge in charge of investigation of his death had ordered an autopsy but no details have been published in the Serbian media so far. Only a Vesti Online article of 7 June held on to the general assumption that Nešić “probably had a heart attack”.
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According to a biography still displayed on the website of the Serbian Rowing Federation, the late Nemanja Nešić was 185 centimetres tall, weighed 71 kilograms and started rowing in 2001. He was born in Smederevo city, some 50 kilometres southeast of Belgrade, and rowed for the local club. Nešić studied at Megatrend University and was receiving financial support from the Serbian Ministry of Youth and Sports. He has earned two bronze medals from European Rowing Championships, both in lightweight fours: in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
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Nešić’s last international competition was the Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland on 22 May, where the Serbian crew <a href=http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/05/22/laki-cetverac-srbije-bez-vize-za-oi/index.html?lang=lat>narrowly missed the qualification spots</a> for London 2012.
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<b>Information Resources in Serbian</b>
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<a href=http://www.vesti-online.com/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/230247/Srpski-veslac-Nemanja-Nesic-preminuo-na-treningu><b>Vesti Online:</b> “Serbian Rower Nemanja Nešić Dies During Training”</a>
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<a href=http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Sport/ostali-sportovi/Reprezentativac-Nemanja-Nesic-umro-na-treningu.sr.html><b>Politika Online:</b> “National Team Member Nemanja Nešić Dies During Training”</a>
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<a href=http://www.srbel.net/2012/06/06/reprezentativac-u-veslanju-umro-tokom-treninga/><b>Srbel.Net:</b> “Rowing National Team Member Dies During Training”</a>
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<a href=http://www.vesti-online.com/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/230393/VSS-Nista-nije-ukazivalo-na-tragediju><b>Vesti Online:</b> “Serbian Rowing Federation: ‘Nothing Heralded a Tragedy’”</a>
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<a href=http://www.zurnal.rs/2012/06/07/smrt-nemanje-nesica-i-dalje-tema-ceka-se-obdukcija/index.html?lang=lat><b>Sportski Žurnal:</b> “Nemanja Nešić’s Death Still an Issue: Autopsy Expected”</a>
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<a href=http://www.vesti-online.com/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/230920/Sahranjen-veslac-Nemanja-Nesic><b>Vesti Online:</b> “Rower Nemanja Nešić Has Been Buried”</a>
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<b>Sportski Žurnal:</b> “Nemanja Nešić Has Been Buried”</a>
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<a href=http://www.serbian-rowing.org.rs/?stranica=kom_clanak&naredba=prikaz&id=2337&br_stranice=1&sortiranje=&id_kategorija=82&id_menu=72><b>Serbian Rowing Federation:</b> “Members of the National Team of Serbia”</a>
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<a href= http://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B0_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D1%9B><b>Wikipedia:</b> “Nemanja Nešić”</a>
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<a href= http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=253775048056551&id=151034824974096&comment_id=1000614&offset=0&total_comments=4><b>Facebook:</b> Tribute to Nemanja Nešić</a>
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-73643884616207479482012-06-15T20:55:00.000+02:002012-06-16T01:41:41.218+02:00Synek and Knapkova Sacrifice Munich to the Olympic PreparationNeither of the the Czech Republic’s top single scullers is due to compete at the Rowing World Cup in Munich this weekend. Women’s 2011 world champion, <a href= http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/2011/11/czech-sculler-mirka-knapkova-has-been.html >Mirka Knapková</a>, and the holder of men’s 2010 world title, <a href= http://www.remigatio.blogspot.cz/search?updated-max=2011-09-18T10:52:00%2B02:00&max-results=10>Ondřej Synek</a>, are both staying home with a plan to focus on training for the Olympic regatta.
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The decision of the nation’s best rowers has been reported in a Czech News Agency (ČTK) news piece quoted in Czech media outlets on 14 June.
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Obviously unaware of the <a href=http://www.rowingnz.com/Article.aspx?Mode=1&ID=5613>absence of New Zealand’s Mahé Drysdale due to a traffic accident injury</a>, the <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/veslarsky-sp-vyvrcholi-v-mnichove-bez-synka-a-knapkove-pgx-/sporty.aspx?c=A120614_101934_sporty_ten>text</a> takes for granted that Synek is still likely to retain his leadership in the overall classification of the World Cup. Yet now, the game is open and Great Britain’s Alan Campbell will be the front-runner for the total World Cup victory.
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-80798814723097947182012-05-26T23:11:00.002+02:002012-06-10T18:28:21.275+02:00Chalupova zlatá tečka – jako první Čech převzal nejvyšší veslařské ocenění na světě<b><span style="color: green;">ENGLISH TITLE:</span> Chalupa’s Golden End – He Receives the World’s Top Rowing Award As the First Czech in History</b>
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Napotřetí to vyšlo! Po letech 2010 a 2011, kdy byl Václav Chalupa <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2010/06/my-nomination-of-vaclav-chalupa-for.html>nominován na Medaili Thomase Kellera</a>, letos porota Mezinárodní veslařské federace (FISA) rozhodla, že legendární veterán českého veslování si zaslouží zvláštní připomínku. Nejprestižnější mimosoutěžní cenu, jakou veslařský sport zná, převzal dnes večer ve švýcarském Lucernu, kde právě o tomto víkendu vrcholí jeden ze závodů Světového poháru ve veslování.
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O udělení ceny informují <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/vaclav-chalupa-legendary-czech-sculler-awarded-rowings-highest-distinction>internetové stránky FISA</a>. Medaile Thomase Kellera je vyrobena z osmnáctikarátového zlata a uděluje se každoročně již <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2011/03/vaclav-chalupa-je-ve-finalni-nominaci.html>bývalým špičkovým veslařům s mimořádným přínosem pro veslování, jeho propagaci či jeho morální rozměr</a>. Tradici oceňování založil v roce 1988 tehdejší prezident FISA, Švýcar <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Keller_(rowing)>Thomas Keller</a>.
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Jak připomíná článek zveřejněný dnes na stránkách FISA, Chalupa se stal dosud jediným laureátem Medaile Thomase Kellera, který nemá titul olympijského či světového šampióna.
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Přesto byl Chalupa – podle textu na webu FISA – <i>„účastníkem některých z nejdramatičtějších a s maximálním nasazením zajetých závodů, jaké kdy svět veslování zažil. Ba co víc, <a href=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ivysilani/10264624759-pan-veslar/20947129717/>vytvořil vzor chování, ať už jako vítěz, či jako poražený. Chalupa byl absolutní závodník: na vodě dravý, avšak mimo vodu gentleman</a>. Přestože vyhrál mnoho závodů Světového poháru, je prvním držitelem Medaile Thomase Kellera, který nezískal zlatou medaili na mistrovstvích světa či na olympijské regatě ve veslování. A přece, právě proto, je Chalupův příběh – a jeho houževnatost a dlouholetá vytrvalost – o to podmanivější.“</i>
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Článek na stránkách FISA odkazuje i na anglickou verzi krátkého filmového medailónu, který o Václavu Chalupovi vyrobil student FAMU <a href=http://www.youtube.com/user/WALTRCINEMATOGRAPHER>Vojtěch Votýpka</a> (viz výše – pro českou verzi filmu, v němž se pohybuje i Chalupův nástupce <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2010/11/synek-becomes-father-to-daughter-gets.html>Ondřej Synek</a>, viz záhlaví článku).
<p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-61396272800642663772012-03-18T18:26:00.011+01:002012-10-01T00:28:52.269+02:00Čeští veslaři jako třetí cizinci v historii vyhráli prestižní britský závod<b><font color="green">ENGLISH TITLE:</font> Czech Rowers Become Third Foreigners in History to Win in a Prestigious British Race</b> <br /><p><br />Mužská osmiveslice českého elitního oddílu <a href=>Dukla Praha</a> včera zvítězila v závodě <a href=http://www.horr.co.uk/>Head of the River</a>, který se jezdí v <a href=http://www.visitlondon.com/events/detail/8726322-head-of-the-river-race-2012>Londýně na řece Temži</a>. Členem posádky byl i mistr světa na skifu <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2011/08/czech-sculler-synek-got-married.html>Ondřej Synek</a>. <br /><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbrQ-66EmHuYsCI_cAgYZZhEcVstVAfETAPbxM347wADqVd1-RHsVFgkliO6W9hsSPWJcnJTBXIQNHjZdgLSb-57SxUUpJ339JxaqxW_Z04B274GwtuCWq9ei2r_JhSFzK6yIRNq8SG8/s1600/HORR+Rowing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbrQ-66EmHuYsCI_cAgYZZhEcVstVAfETAPbxM347wADqVd1-RHsVFgkliO6W9hsSPWJcnJTBXIQNHjZdgLSb-57SxUUpJ339JxaqxW_Z04B274GwtuCWq9ei2r_JhSFzK6yIRNq8SG8/s400/HORR+Rowing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721293751547212962" /></a><br /><i>Snímek ze závodu Head of the River v roce 2007, kdy byl nakonec zrušen pro špatné povětrnostní podmínky. Zdroj: <a href=http://www.flickr.com/photos/trubble_pics/1469258419/sizes/o/in/photostream/>Trubble</a>, Flickr.</i> <br /><p><br />Češi zvládli trať dlouhou 6 838 metrů (čtyři a čtvrt anglické míle) za 17 minut a 34 sekund. Není však pravda, že se stali první zahraniční posádkou, která získala vítěznou trofej, jak dnes informovaly např. stránky <a href= http://www.ceskeveslovani.cz/ceska-osma-prvni-na-head-of-the-river>Českého veslařského svazu</a> nebo agentura <a href= http://www.mediafax.cz/sport/4025704-Osmiveslice-Dukly-Praha-vyhrala-zavod-The-Head-of-the-River-v-Londyne>Mediafax</a>. Podle švédského znalce veslování Görana Buckhorna, který je editorem respektovaného webu <a href=http://hear-the-boat-sing.blogspot.com/2012/03/80th-head-of-river-race.html>Hear the Boat Sing</a> („Poslouchej, jak loď zpívá“), již závod v minulosti vyhrály dva zahraniční týmy: nizozemská reprezentace v roce 1995 a německý klub Münster 1882, který triumfoval dokonce dvakrát po sobě – v letech 1993 a 1994. <br /><p><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wwX8StZsH7U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><p><br />Traťový rekord 16 minut 37 sekund zajela britská reprezentace roku 1987. <br /><p><br />Závod <a href=http://www.horr.co.uk/>Head of the River</a> vznikl v roce 1926 a včera se jel jeho 80. ročník. Název „head“ v anglické veslařské terminologii označuje distanční závod, kdy lodě startují na stejné trati za sebou v časových rozestupech, podobně jako např. v běžeckém lyžování. <a href=http://www.horr.co.uk/2012/draw.html>Letos bylo přihlášeno celkem 404 posádek</a> se závodníky z celkem 12 zemí. Utkávají se osmiveslice mužů na všech výkonnostních úrovních. Vedle hlavní ceny pro celkového vítěze se uděluje dalších sedm trofejí, např. pro zámořské nebo univerzitní posádky. <br /><p><br /><iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DqSIE5OhGcE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><a name='more'></a> <br />Český skifař Ondřej Synek vyhrál Head of the River již podruhé. Z prvního vítězství se radoval <a href=http://www.tidewayscullers.com/horr-2009/>v roce 2009, kdy byl členem hvězdné mezinárodní sestavy</a> špičkových skifařů (včetně olympijských vítězů Olafa Tufteho z Norska a Iztoka Čopa ze Slovinska). <br /><p><br />Letošními Synkovými partnery v lodi byli Matyáš Klang, Michal Horváth, Jakub Podrazil, Jakub Koloc, Petr Melichar, Milan Doleček, Jan Pilc a kormidelník Martin Šuma. <br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-17916368722393506392012-02-15T21:08:00.007+01:002012-07-29T12:18:37.801+02:00Rowing Medal Predictions for London 2012(First released by the U.S. daily USA Today on 7 March 2011. Below is a summary of <a href=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/medal-tracker.htm#rowing_doublesculls_men>the most recent update</a> of 3 February 2012. <font color="red"><b>UPDATE:</b></font> For the latest version of Olympic result predictions, please click <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.cz/2012/07/americka-predpoved-cesti-veslari-si.html>here</a>.)
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<b> <br />Men's double sculls (M2x)</b><br><br />New Zealand, Germany, France <br /><p><b> <br />Women's double sculls (W2x)</b><br><br />Great Britain, Australia, Poland <br /><p><b> <br />Men's eights (M8+)</b><br><br />Germany, Great Britain, Canada <br /><p><b> <br />Women's eights (W8+)</b><br><br />United States, Canada, Romania <br /><p><b> <br />Men's coxless fours (M4-)</b><br><br />Great Britain, Greece, Australia <br /><p><b> <br />Lightweight men's double sculls (LM2x)</b><br><br />New Zealand, Great Britain, Italy <br /><p><b> <br />Lightweight women's double sculls (LW2x)</b><br><br />Greece, Canada, Great Britain <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpAk2WbDQ40uPN5wxRdvf_Jfryy5REqamUSRBQLR4-pnXJu-r1A8PkPoowVSCycoiQrmSnVPaEi1k7kv2cb5UcO7JRZzKJf_QjA1IsaqBebgd8493EqnHnTuzHw2WFmjsHaU2ffUHors/s1600/Eton+Rowing+Venue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpAk2WbDQ40uPN5wxRdvf_Jfryy5REqamUSRBQLR4-pnXJu-r1A8PkPoowVSCycoiQrmSnVPaEi1k7kv2cb5UcO7JRZzKJf_QjA1IsaqBebgd8493EqnHnTuzHw2WFmjsHaU2ffUHors/s400/Eton+Rowing+Venue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709459528764836674" /></a><br /><i>Dorney Lake near Eton, the venue of the 2012 Olympic regatta. Source: Doc Searls, Flickr / <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dorney_Lake.jpg>Wikipedia</a>.</i> <br /><p><br /><a name='more'></a> <br /><b>Lightweight men's coxless fours (LM4-)</b><br> <br />Great Britain, Denmark, Australia <br /><p><b> <br />Men's coxless pairs (M2-)</b><br> <br />New Zealand, Great Britain, Greece<br /><p><b> <br />Women's coxless pairs (W2-)</b><br> <br />New Zealand, Great Britain, United States <br /><p><b> <br />Men's quadruple sculls (M4x)</b><br> <br />Croatia, Germany, Australia <br /><p><b> <br />Women's quadruple sculls (W4x)</b><br> <br />Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine<br /><p><b> <br />Men's single sculls (M1x)</b><br> <br />Czech Republic, New Zealand, Great Britain <br /><p><b> <br />Women's single sculls (W1x)</b><br><br />Belarus, Czech Republic, New Zealand<br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-9686881022404495052011-12-23T00:05:00.001+01:002011-12-23T00:08:58.745+01:00Czech Athlete of the Year: Knapkova Fourth, Synek NinthResults of the Czech annual <a href=http://www.sportovecroku.cz/>Athlete of Year</a> poll were announced on Wednesday, 21 December in Prague. Rowing has historically scored twice in the Top Ten: fourth place went to the world champion in women's single, <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2011/11/czech-sculler-mirka-knapkova-has-been.html >Mirka Knapková</a>, while the world vice-champion (and last year's champion) in men's single, <a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2011/08/czech-sculler-synek-got-married.html>Ondřej Synek</a>, finished ninth. <br /><p><br /><a href=http://www.remigatio.blogspot.com/2010/12/synek-declared-third-best-czech-athlete.html >A year ago</a>, Synek even ranked third in the chart based on votes of members of a national sports journalism body. <br /><a name='more'></a> <br />According to the official website of the <a href=http://www.sportovecroku.cz/>Athlete of Year</a> event, the trophy went to women's tennis player <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_Kvitov%C3%A1>Petra Kvitová</a>, followed by men's mountain biker <a href=http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav_Kulhav%C3%BD>Jaroslav Kulhavý</a> and women's speed skater <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martina_S%C3%A1bl%C3%ADkov%C3%A1>Martina Sáblíková</a>, respectively. Sáblíková was already crowned the queen of Czech sports in <a href=http://www.sportovecroku.cz/index.php?webid=3 >2007, 2009, and 2010</a>. <br /><p><br />The media attention paid to the symbolic peak of the season of Czech athletes has been overshadowed by the <a href=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ijB6bPWxbGnEzhCoH2LRvJ6tWz0g?docId=4717d9bde210469fa674cb6216330ac9>current official mourning</a> declared in the Czech Republic due to the death of the country's former president, <a href=http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/index.php?sec=1&id=1&setln=2>Václav Havel</a>. <br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-14017953136621008062011-11-07T22:18:00.010+01:002011-11-19T20:48:48.522+01:00The Inseparable Duo: Knapkova and Her Coach Run for World Rowing AwardsCzech <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=13214>sculler Mirka Knapková</a> has been <a href=http://remigatio.blogspot.com/2011/09/mirka-knapkova-ma-sanci-na-titul.html>shortlisted for this year's World Rowing Awards</a> along with her coach, <a href=>former lightweight sculler</a> Tomáš Kacovský. They have been nominated in their categories of women's crews and coaches, respectively. The winners are due to be known on 11 November, the International Rowing Federation (FISA) has announced <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/impressive-shortlist-for-2011-world-rowing-awards>on its website</a>. <br /><p> <br />As the <a href=http://ona.idnes.cz/sport-boli-ale-presto-me-bavi-rika-cerstva-mistryne-sveta-ve-skifu-10f-/spolecnost.aspx?c=A110930_114450_spolecnost_job>Idnes.cz news website</a> (affiliated with a broad circulation newspaper, Mladá fronta Dnes) wrote on 2 October, Knapková and Kacovský have been training together for eleven years. Within that period, they were also life partners for six years. That part of relationship broke up but their sport cooperation continues. <i>“That was very demanding. At that moment, you must get clear what you want. It would have been easier to split up, say 'good-bye', and find another coach. But what was connecting us was that both of us wanted to achieve something in the sport. I believed that he as a coach is one of the best,”</i> said Knapková to Idnes.cz. <br /><a name='more'></a> <br />The <a href=http://sport.idnes.cz/trener-potreboval-psychologa-abych-vyhrala-titul-vtipkovala-knapkova-1mt-/sporty.aspx?c=A110904_165934_sporty_ten>same news website</a> quoted Knapková on 4 September as praising Kacovský for <i>“looking for new incentives all the time”.</i> One of them was the engagement of a sport psychologist – not for the athlete but for the coach himself, something that Knapková proposed, initially maybe half-jokingly. This year's world and European champion in women's single, Knapková says about her coach: <i>“He is with me practically 24 hours a day and I sense his temper. Every coach passes his nervousness on to the athlete. When the coach is nervous, the athlete can feel it. It definitely helped me [to get a psychologist for the coach]: when I felt he was calm, I too went to the start line more relaxed.”</i> <br /><p><br />(<font color="red"><b>UPDATE:</b></font> The <a href=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/press-release-world-rowing-announces-2011-supreme-award-winners>FISA announced on its website on 11 November</a> that the Greek lightweight women's double scull, Christina Giazitzidou and Alexandra Tsiavou, have been chosen as the 2011 World Rowing Female Crew of the Year. The World Rowing Award for the year's best coach also goes to Greece, namely its national team's Italian coach Gianni Postiglione. Аs for Mirka Knapková, she was <a href=http://www.ceskeveslovani.cz/nejlepsi-ceskou-veslarkou-2011-je-mirka-knapkova>selected as the 2011 Czech Best Rowing Crew</a> in a poll organised annually by the <a href=http://www.ceskeveslovani.cz/>Czech Rowing Association</a>. The results were announced in a ceremony in Prague on 12 November. <br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-37310711056147553002011-10-27T15:14:00.013+02:002011-12-20T21:35:09.024+01:00Veslař doufá v olympijskou podporu v soutěži portálu Idnes.cz<b><font color="green">ENGLISH TITLE:</font> Czech Rower Hopes in Olympic Support in a Web News Portal Contest</b> <br /><p><br />V neděli 30. října skončí internetové hlasování v <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/finale-souteze-tvuj-pribeh-vrcholi-rozhodnout-muze-i-vas-hlas-pbk-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A111017_105733_tvuj-pribeh_ven>soutěži Tvůj příběh</a>. Zpravodajský portál <a href=http://www.idnes.cz/ >Idnes.cz</a> (propojený s deníkem Mladá fronta Dnes) v této <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/tvuj-pribeh.aspx>„první zpravodajské reality show“</a> nabízí <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/zaridim-tramvaj-obehnu-balaton-o-stotisicovou-odmenu-se-hlasi-dalsi-pribehy-1vo-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A110919_104822_tvuj-pribeh_ven>prémii 100 tisíc korun mladým lidem ve věku 18-24 let, kteří do svých 25. narozenin dokážou splnit vlastní ambiciózní cíl</a>, ať už v oblasti pomoci druhým, zdraví, kultury, podnikání či sportu. <br /><p><br /><b><a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/zname-sto-pribehu-ktere-aspiruji-na-stotisicove-odmeny-od-idnes-cz-1dq-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A111007_160411_tvuj-pribeh_ven >Mezi stovkou semifinalistů, které ze zaslaných nápadů vybrala porota</a>, se ocitl i <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/adam-atarsia-cyk-/tvuj-pribeh-predstaveni.aspx?c=A110916_132852_tvuj-pribeh-predstaveni_jid>otrokovický veslař Adam Atarsia, jehož předsevzetím je kvalifikovat se na olympiádu 2016 v Rio de Janeiru</a>.</b> <br /><p><br />(<font color="red"><b>AKTUALIZACE:</b></font> Nápad Adama Atarsii nakonec získal 298 hlasů a <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/zname-padesat-finalovych-pribehu-hlasovani-bylo-tesne-p1c-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A111031_113148_tvuj-pribeh_ven>postup mezi 50 finalistů</a> mu těsně unikl. Projekt, který se umístil na 50. místě a jako poslední tak postoupil, nasbíral 301 hlasů.) <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ADX5_ltB1mOnpq9gx0O7B7zYgo4NxY89Ie1Zgz_-Bwm-NoA2KNS957exl8DtmW9abhHDAB28LZExAvapzRo0Ge493UuuUhJqLsI5q3KADQAuBhyvSIMVnQkycH-GMaBiZvv8pWOTH6g/s1600/Adam+Atarsia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ADX5_ltB1mOnpq9gx0O7B7zYgo4NxY89Ie1Zgz_-Bwm-NoA2KNS957exl8DtmW9abhHDAB28LZExAvapzRo0Ge493UuuUhJqLsI5q3KADQAuBhyvSIMVnQkycH-GMaBiZvv8pWOTH6g/s400/Adam+Atarsia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668161620001134386" /></a><i>Výřez ze soutěžní prezentace skifaře Adama Atarsii. Zdroj: <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/adam-atarsia-cyk-/tvuj-pribeh-predstaveni.aspx?c=A110916_132852_tvuj-pribeh-predstaveni_jid>Idnes.cz</a>.</i> <br /><p> <br /><a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/finale-souteze-tvuj-pribeh-vrcholi-rozhodnout-muze-i-vas-hlas-pbk-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A111017_105733_tvuj-pribeh_ven>Hlasování veřejnosti rozhodne o tom, kterých 50 projektů ze semifinálových 100 postoupí do finále.</a> Hlasovat lze <a href=http://www.facebook.com/tvujpribeh?sk=app_162883643785772>přes Facebook</a> nebo <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/tvuj-pribeh-predstaveni.aspx>registraci na internetových stránkách Idnes.cz</a>. Každý z 50 finalistů pak <a href=http://vice.idnes.cz/finale-souteze-tvuj-pribeh-vrcholi-rozhodnout-muze-i-vas-hlas-pbk-/tvuj-pribeh.aspx?c=A111017_105733_tvuj-pribeh_ven >získá odměnu 100 tisíc korun, jakmile dosáhne vytčeného cíle</a>. Tím by v Atarsiově případě byl úspěch na seniorském <a href=http://www.britishrowing.org/news/world-rowing-championships-2015>mistrovství světa v roce 2015</a> (v jihofrancouzském <a href=http://www.lac-aiguebelette.com/>Aiguebelette</a>), případně v dodatečné olmypijské kvalifikaci 2016 (obvykle se odehrává ve švýcarském <a href=http://ruderwelt-luzern.ch/ >Lucernu</a>). Z jeho přihlášky do soutěže Idnes.cz vyplývá, že chce uspět společně se svým bratrem <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=33762>Jakubem Atarsiou</a>, zřejmě na dvojskifu lehkých vah. <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiibiwZiMtObhrmn_wrsm_fI6R7TylLr2TdF_X3A0oJK1xW48m-1YQJ7SuQJVB1OOM9vBouCK52IPARNk48RhS0G94JXQ2ykaQw6hKNzQf-MwQTAiOcbx1Zqq9WGuylK45rz3b2wlr0xU/s1600/Rodrigo+de+Freitas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiibiwZiMtObhrmn_wrsm_fI6R7TylLr2TdF_X3A0oJK1xW48m-1YQJ7SuQJVB1OOM9vBouCK52IPARNk48RhS0G94JXQ2ykaQw6hKNzQf-MwQTAiOcbx1Zqq9WGuylK45rz3b2wlr0xU/s400/Rodrigo+de+Freitas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668165863156869010" /></a> <i>Dějiště olympijských soutěží ve veslování 2016 – jezero Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas v pohledu od sochy Krista Vykupitele. Zdroj: <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1_lagoa_rodrigo_de_freitas_rio_de_janeiro_2010.jpg >Chensiyuan, Wikipedia</a>.</i><br /><p> <br /><a name='more'></a> <br /><a href=http://www.rio2016.org/en/the-games/map-of-the-venues>Olympijská regata v Rio de Janieru proběhne na mořské laguně Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas</a> (výslovnost „lágua rodrígu di frítaš“), která má exkluzivní polohu mezi pahorkem se známou sochou <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Corcovado_statue01_2005-03-14.jpg>Krista Vykupitele</a> a neméně známými plážemi Copacabana a Ipanema. Soutěžit se má v srpnu 2016, kdy bude <a href=http://www.rowingone.com/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=38220>Adamu Atarsiovi</a> teprve 23 let. <br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3276230404075639082.post-18168645111985170422011-10-15T00:28:00.014+02:002011-10-27T15:12:58.870+02:00Love in Another Language: A Movie Romance With Much Rowing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgkNFbREYSgf62VJi_HhBQt_K38UeB5siTq3UeqQKrLzc7aY73hYzCCabgB8JYHwY_7vV_XhF2PSwU0LuFG6aRtvkTEzXGLd0a1dIv3pdsxxQug8Z3uVbsG6WMOOhDX8yPF1BaPvYeYQ/s1600/Baska+dilde+Boat+sleep.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgkNFbREYSgf62VJi_HhBQt_K38UeB5siTq3UeqQKrLzc7aY73hYzCCabgB8JYHwY_7vV_XhF2PSwU0LuFG6aRtvkTEzXGLd0a1dIv3pdsxxQug8Z3uVbsG6WMOOhDX8yPF1BaPvYeYQ/s400/Baska+dilde+Boat+sleep.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663481613683454642" /></a><br /><p><br />Shot in 2009, the Turkish fictional film “<a href=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1513713/reviews>Love in Another Language</a>” (Başka Dilde Aşk) is a <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_in_Another_Language>love story of deaf man Onur and hearing woman Zeynep</a> in Istanbul. Played by <a href=http://www.sinematurk.com/kisi/14746/Mert-Firat>Mert Fırat</a> (born 1981), the hero is an enthusiastic rower (obviously a lightweight sculler). <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTjJ1BbClFKCr5-YcMMk2HqAjTAnJVbwdOjtV9JLRA7HP_jRD2be4SJbrIMSj1LleFbp4-fEVuQnwD_U7dwypl8wSmHqwyVI4vC_nq_HLOVioLSx6s3wqOdXNq6gItrOiSNEcoI5p_6I/s1600/Baska+dilde+Title.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoTjJ1BbClFKCr5-YcMMk2HqAjTAnJVbwdOjtV9JLRA7HP_jRD2be4SJbrIMSj1LleFbp4-fEVuQnwD_U7dwypl8wSmHqwyVI4vC_nq_HLOVioLSx6s3wqOdXNq6gItrOiSNEcoI5p_6I/s400/Baska+dilde+Title.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663480520090780930" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_XjHjy2JYBOKmrkH307oG1pA150wAXFfierRbvJIr74vYxGUvgZ58o1RzCXZ1WvAfpvBUsLuqr9K0tTfm-svsv7Wckd7Hxl52jWSLyW82L2nfMLh4ITMEA_9xmQHK6p5LppiNjd5pr4/s1600/Baska+dilde+Erg+A.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_XjHjy2JYBOKmrkH307oG1pA150wAXFfierRbvJIr74vYxGUvgZ58o1RzCXZ1WvAfpvBUsLuqr9K0tTfm-svsv7Wckd7Hxl52jWSLyW82L2nfMLh4ITMEA_9xmQHK6p5LppiNjd5pr4/s400/Baska+dilde+Erg+A.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663480518197217538" /></a><br /><p><br />“Love in Another Language” may be the most rowing-permeated of the films whose stories are not essentially about the sport. Rowing scenes are included as if it were just by the way but you can indulge in them throughout the whole film: Onur practicing on an erg at home, going out in a single or a double, racing in a quad, checking the slide, getting off a <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galatasaray_Rowing>Galatasaray Rowing</a> jersey, sleeping in the boat park... <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjImjeES5uBtiy26VeGoehWYFPVRCHEuiJGCAMvhwHpe488Nd8zYHvzebeCLa4c8VKWnEe1v93ABpThpWoSSsE3-c7cqRZBYONdBrsIYz6UK8cyhf0XEBQSJFNa3A5C3gnhtIwRpSEIk/s1600/Baska+dilde+Camera+A.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicjImjeES5uBtiy26VeGoehWYFPVRCHEuiJGCAMvhwHpe488Nd8zYHvzebeCLa4c8VKWnEe1v93ABpThpWoSSsE3-c7cqRZBYONdBrsIYz6UK8cyhf0XEBQSJFNa3A5C3gnhtIwRpSEIk/s400/Baska+dilde+Camera+A.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663482437905435058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKpQMSlVq_gJvX8CVEB0ykpuV9_DiNMRdaFZFAM5vwsibj0eqpOfw_8XF-Um7QL9ELFI7WVM5E6dl2-65JK51EKaDloFaAv65wgGSQFBBinoFZn4ftmDenuB_yl0EhQ93ETu7s8QOgps/s1600/Baska+dilde+Double.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKpQMSlVq_gJvX8CVEB0ykpuV9_DiNMRdaFZFAM5vwsibj0eqpOfw_8XF-Um7QL9ELFI7WVM5E6dl2-65JK51EKaDloFaAv65wgGSQFBBinoFZn4ftmDenuB_yl0EhQ93ETu7s8QOgps/s400/Baska+dilde+Double.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663485426111003330" /></a><br /><a name='more'></a> <br />Especially impressive is the main role actor's performance: Fırat had to enter two unfamiliar worlds – sign language and rowing – and mastered their rules with bravura and full spontaneity. It is an ointment for the soul of a rowing lover to see that actors in a film that incorporates rowing shots can really row – much more credibly than, say, in “<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_Storm>Summer Storm</a>” (<a href=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420206/reviews>Sommersturm</a>) of 2004, not speaking about the truly catastrophic “<a href=http://www.csfd.cz/film/4947-fandy-o-fandy/>Fandy, Oh Fandy</a>” of 1983 (a Czech film that has disappeared from the YouTube so the potential spectators cannot join the suffering of the main characters, thrown by the merciless director into the most difficult rowing boat – a coxless pair – without any traces of training). In the “fiction film with rowing” category, the Turks have demonstrated excellence, the Germans have much to fine-tune, and the Czechs have a considerable debt. <br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhrxXXCBje-RAh5Dty80HIf8kasLJA3doO1gIKL2RDVSqxw8N7jeueKILOi8dYm5sSByci0QiCW-L2KmpYEX4QUbPTqGC3IpG31dcSSytyjW1qY9Y85DJfySl2Ls4eYLtqz8KreOBCtM/s1600/Baska+dilde+Jersey.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhrxXXCBje-RAh5Dty80HIf8kasLJA3doO1gIKL2RDVSqxw8N7jeueKILOi8dYm5sSByci0QiCW-L2KmpYEX4QUbPTqGC3IpG31dcSSytyjW1qY9Y85DJfySl2Ls4eYLtqz8KreOBCtM/s400/Baska+dilde+Jersey.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663484187859107634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGVAB8wwEuY0EhI5XD0QZCxR5IvNtTXwkw3dGGNh1RjLlJGOc45RHf9NL6N3x11KjeChXLxS34FDhABEQ_6UOMU6cpaCDIeVhHrW-eQu0tFxQ1sZcZ0ylduB5iyR9WUhRpXySLo_m6SSg/s1600/Baska+dilde+Decorations.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiwzDzcFjWWZyzfTWIFUs3GYD0sRe1kb57JtWYregTbgNAxK6cMheWizlB9KIRqfnztKdar48VW1e8w0pDCN1bJTJq1qNgRisi_aQNcNQ6Oq4lBqrOUltL6IXE0FXTuVO-YJMmp1TBJZs/s400/Baska+dilde+Quad+launch.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663483635275339698" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJctfUl-YRpOdh9j2Su1jPEBefTG4pZi7ruW86cOk3ieGvK_EYvBxxTxq302HoQdANMIz9xuUuMOD2shGZL_u3f6RpWjRjNTLLnPUEP4eiQncpggYzyHQwXVDsKoOrtFNkzRTd1XL1IKI/s1600/Baska+dilde+Quad+race.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJctfUl-YRpOdh9j2Su1jPEBefTG4pZi7ruW86cOk3ieGvK_EYvBxxTxq302HoQdANMIz9xuUuMOD2shGZL_u3f6RpWjRjNTLLnPUEP4eiQncpggYzyHQwXVDsKoOrtFNkzRTd1XL1IKI/s400/Baska+dilde+Quad+race.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663483634930880354" /></a><br /><p><br /><i>(All images used are grabs from YouTube videos of "Love in Another Language".)</i><br /><p>Remigatiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137581439205415319noreply@blogger.com0