Czechs clinch three medals at Indoor Athletic Championships

Czechs clinched three medals during the first day of the European Indoor Athletic Championships at Prague's O2 Arena on Friday. Twenty-one-year old Radek Juška took the silver in the men's long jump with a personal record of 810 cm, 20 cm short of the winning jump by Norway's Michael Tornéus. Ladislav Prášil took the bronze in the shot put with a throw of 20,66 metres. The gold went to Germany's David Storl and the silver to Serbia's Asmir Kolasinac. Another Czech to take the bronze was Eliška Klučinová in women's pentathlon.

Author: Ruth Fraňková