Klučinová equals long-standing Czech heptathlon record

Athlete Eliška Klučinová equalled a long-standing Czech national record in the heptathlon at a meeting in Kladno on Wednesday. The record of 6268 was set by Zuzana Lajbnerová in 1988. Klučinová beat finished ahead of Marina Goncharova of Russia, who had 6,182, while Lyudmyla Yosypenko of Ukraine finished third. She said her joy was all the greater because her success had come in front of friends and Czech fans in Kladno.