Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:38:38 +0200Thirty years since Jan Železný made javelin historyhttps://english.radio.cz/thirty-years-jan-zelezny-made-javelin-history-8887110© 2026 Radio Prague International On 25 May, 1996,  Czech javelin thrower Jan Železný threw 98.48 m at a small meet in Germany where he reportedly travelled „just to test his form“. The world record set in Jena in 1996 still stands today and remains one of the toughest records in athletics. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/99d14e927b7176080db46956fafd92d1.jpg?timestamp=1784600101 Thirty years since Jan Železný made javelin history https://english.radio.cz/thirty-years-jan-zelezny-made-javelin-history-8887110 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9