Gold skis in the secluded. Better times to bring cup and new generation

“On the one hand I’m sorry, but at least some people realize that there is a need to do something to improve it. Cross country skiing is not going in the right direction, “says Jan Šrail, a participant in the World Championship 2015 and currently one of the most successful members of the Sports Club New Town in Moravia.

A similarly weak backdrop as a weekend in the Vysočina Arena the vast majority of “cross-country” businesses in the Czech Republic. “It was no exception, it looks like this everywhere.Now, for fans, thanks to their successes, it is a hottest biatlon, because the Czech nation is hungry for the results, “says Jan Lavička, a new-born junior.

” We are not in the biathlon shadow “

Ladislav Slonek, a long-time skater of SK Nove Mesto and the head of the Gold Ski Organizing Committee, does not see a biathlon boom for cross-country skiing. “I do not think we’re in his shadow. We just have a crisis that is caused by many attributes – from doping affairs to the impact of commerce. I have been doing skiing for many years, and of course there have been times when we got to the bottom like now.But again we have to bounce back and go up, even if under other conditions, “he says.

The members of the successful generation from the first decade of the millennium could also help. World Champion of 2003 Martin Koukal, who comes from Žďár nad Sázavou, has been a new coach of male representation since Sunday night.Three-time Olympic medalist Lukáš Bauer has successfully built a Pioneer Investments team that focuses on long-distance runs.

His colors are also defended by Šrail this season. “I am happy with Lukáš because he does everything with a little more professionalism and he is trying to popularize our sport so that we can see more,” suggests a new-world racer where all cross-country skiing could take place.

have something to look forward to in the near future. Gold skies will be more glamorous next year, when its 80th anniversary will again be part of the World Cup.The precious gold jewelry in the wine box, which always gets the winner of the main men’s race, can be played again by an ace like Martin Johnsrude Sundby or Sergey Ushtugov. “It will be in February 2018. This term is already confirmed by the International Ski Federation FIS,” says Slonek.

promise is Elephant

Better times are also looking for the cross country section of the New Town Sports Club. In the last few years, none of the young offspring have been more prominent, as evidenced by the current composition of the adult team whose support comes from elsewhere. He was crowned by Šumava and sprinter Jan Barton, who won the first points in the World Cup this year, for the change from North Moravia.Now, the interesting new generation is slowly starting to emerge.

“We have had years of weakness, but I firmly believe it will break now. I see new children growing up here who – if they are doing the right training and under good leadership – will again be the pinnacle, “hopes Dagmar Hromádková, vice chairwoman of New Town SK and member of the silver relay from the Olympic Games in 1984.

> There are constantly repeated words among the names that experts say in the biggest hope: Marta Slonková.She was twice silver among the younger teenagers at the Republic Championship on domestic tracks, and she was a few centimeters more than a couple of centimeters.

Unlike her peers, she is not likely to “run away” in time for a more popular biathlon . “They have not been interested in me yet, and they would not even have lied to me. I do not want to ride my rifle because of the biathlon boom I will not change anything, “said Elephant, a fifteen-year-old, who comes from a family who originally produced skis 120 years ago in the Highlands.