Additional five people nominated to Olympic team

An additional five skiers have been nominated to the Czech Olympic team ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, the head of the Czech Olympic Committee Milan Jirásek revealed on Thursday. The number of Czech sportsmen and women taking part will be 93 in total. The support team will count an additional 95 persons. Among the additional skiers nominated is 23-year-old freestyle specialist Martina Konopová, who placed 10th at the World Cup event at Mont Gabriel, Quebec, in January 2009. She has not competed on snow since last February, after falling out with her former trainer and temporarily being taken off the national team. She trained jumps on water until last November.