Javelin legend Železný to train compatriot Špotáková

Olympic javelin champion Barbora Špotáková has announced that she will be trained next season by the greatest athlete in the history of the discipline, her Czech compatriot Jan Železný. Špotáková holds the women’s record in the javelin, while Železný, who retired in 2006, holds the men’s record. The move brings to an end the 29-year-old’s association with trainer Rudolf Černý, and comes after a season in which she suffered injury problems and came third at the European Championships in Barcelona.