Czechs have 44 starting places 100 days before Tokyo Olympics start

One hundred days before the start of the Olympics in Tokyo the Czech Republic’s athletes have secured 44 starting spots, 12 of which are by name. Speaking on Tuesday, the sporting director of the Czech Olympic Committee, Martin Doktor, said he was optimistic that over 100 Czechs would have made the cut by the time qualifying competitions for the games ended.

There were 104 athletes in the Czech team for the last Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.