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Czech kayaker Josef Dostál won the world championship title in the men’s K1 500 at the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Sunday.

This is his sixth world title and a second medal for Dostál from this event, after winning bronze in the mixed 500m double kayak race on Saturday.

Another medal for Czechia was secured by canoeist Martin Fuksa, who clinched silver in the men's C1 500.

Czechia saw another hot day on Saturday. Record temperatures for August 24 were registered at 76 out of 168 stations around the country keeping records for 30 years or more. The highest temperature, 35.1 degrees Celsius, was recorded in Strážnice in South Moravia. The weather is expected to cool down slightly on Sunday with highs not exceeding 30 degrees Celsius.

The World War II bomb discovered at Unipetrol’s chemical plant near Litvínov earlier this week will be difused on Thursday or Friday, not on Wednesday as originally planned, Karel Čadil, the head of the police bomb squad, told Czech Television on Saturday. The postponment is neccesary due to a large number of protective sandbags needed, he said.

The british aerial bomb, discovered on Wednesday during excavation works at the site, features a chemical timer that prohibits movement until Tuesday afternoon. It is not yet clear when the chemical plant will resume operations.

This year's harvest in Czechia was one of the fastest in recent years, Agriculture Minister Marek Výborný said on Saturday at the annual agriculture trade fair Země živitelka in České Budějovice. Farmers have already harvested 99.8 percent of all grain and sugar beet.

However, the Czech Agrarian Chamber says this year’s grain harvest, which amounted to 7.086 million tonnes, was the second worst in the last 12 years. The rapeseed harvest reached 961,500 tonnes, which is the lowest figure since 2003. According to the chamber, farmers will lose CZK 7 billion in revenues from grains and oilseeds.