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Double Olympic javelin gold and three time world champion Barbora Špotáková announced the end of her career on Friday.

The 41-year-old athlete is the current world record holder with a throw of 72.28 meters. She won gold medals at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and four years later in London and also took the bronze medal in Rio in 2016.

Špotáková made her first appearance at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, where she returned this year to win a bronze medal with her last attempt.

Her last competition was the Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday, where she finished fifth with a throw 59.08 metres.

Some 55 % of Czechs do not trust the coalition government led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala, suggests a survey conducted by the Median agency. According to the poll, more than two-thirds of people are not satisfied with the way the cabinet is dealing with rising energy prices.

Some 45 percent of the respondents, who took part in the survey, said they were "definitely" dissatisfied with the government’s action against rising energy prices and 26 percent were "rather" dissatisfied. Most of these people were voters of ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy and the Communist Party.

Some 36 percent of the respondents, mostly those who voted for one of the two electoral coalitions that formed a new government last year, expressed their confidence in Petr Fiala’s government.

Flags at Prague Castle have been lowered to half-mast in honour of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thusrday at the age of 96. They will remain so until her funeral, the President's spokesman Jiří Ovčáček wrote on Twitter on Friday.

Earlier on Friday, Czech MPs observed a minute’s silence in honour of the late. The speaker of the lower house, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, said Elizabeth II would remain in everyone's memory as a model of a monarch‘s devotion to her country and submission to the welfare of her people.

Many Czech senior politicians offered their condolences on Thursday following the announcement of the Queen’s death.

President Miloš Zeman said he had received the news of the Queen’s death with great sorrow, adding that he admired her lifelong devotion to the British monarchy and the hard work and immense humility with which she served her nation.

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, said that he was deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II and sent heartfelt and sincere condolences to the Royal family and the British people and the people of the Commonwealth.

Senior Czech politicians have been expressing their condolences following the announcement that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96.

President Miloš Zeman said that he had received the news of the Queen’s death with great sorrow, adding that he admired her lifelong devotion to the British monarchy and the hard work and immense humility with which she served her nation. Mr. Zeman also said that she had been a symbol of stability.

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, said that he was deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II and sent heartfelt and sincere condolences to the Royal family and the British people and the people of the Commonwealth.

Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said that the Queen had been a symbol of dedication, hard work and humanity. He said his thoughts were with the Royal Family and all citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.