Czechs Špotáková and Bába take silver at World Athletics Final

Two of the Czech Republic’s leading athletes took silver medals at the World Athletics Final in Greece’s Thessaloniki on Saturday. Olympic champion Barbora Špotáková finished second in the women’s javelin, while the Czech record holder Jaroslav Bába came second in the men’s high jump. Špotáková, who also took silver at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, said she was satisfied with her performance, as she was with the whole season.