News site: unnamed investor could build new speed skating stadium

The Czech internet news site iDnes has reported that an anonymous private investor may consider building a new speed skating track 50 kilometres outside of Prague, to be used by Czech speed skaters including the sport’s biggest star, Martina Sáblíková. She made history over the last fortnight by winning three medals (two gold and one bronze) at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Domestically, her success has drawn attention to the fact there is no speed skating stadium in the Czech Republic. Building such a facility, however, has been estimated to cost around 1.5 billion crowns (the equivalent of almost 80 million US dollars). idnes reported that both the skater’s coach and a local mayor were in contact with the interested party, with Sáblíková’s coach saying he would be meeting with the potential investor upon his return from Vancouver.