V dalším kole ČFL skupiny B se jablonecký tým představil doma. Na umělé trávě v Mozartovce přivítal soupeře z Mostu. Doma chtělo mužstvo zazářit. Ale tři body za prohru 1:3 si odvezli hosté.

Dlouhá zimní pauza je pryč, do jarní části vstupují krajské fotbalové soutěže a také dva okresní přebory - na Liberecku a Českolipsku. Nabídka fotbalových zápasů je bohatá. Co si vyberete? 

/OD ZPRAVODAJE DENÍKU/ Bez pěti dní po roce se objevil záložník Antonín Barák v české reprezentaci. Pod novým trenérem Ivanem Haškem potvrdil rostoucí formu a krásnou střelou z přímého kopu trefil pět minut před koncem proti Norsku vítězství 2:1.

/OD ZPRAVODAJE DENÍKU/ Česká fotbalová reprezentace zvládla premiéru pod vedením nového realizačního týmu a v Norsku zvítězila 2:1. Výhra se ale nerodila lehce – Norové napadáním dostali svého soupeře pod tlak a jako první šli do vedení. Rozhodující gól obstaral až v 85. minutě z přímého kopu Antonín Barák. „Jenom jsem řval, ať trefí bránu. A on ji trefil,“ popisoval klíčový okamžik zápasu hlavní trenér Ivan Hašek.

/OD ZPRAVODAJE DENÍKU/ Fotbalisté české reprezentace první utkání pod trenérem Ivanem Haškem výsledkově zvládli. Ubránili největší hvězdu Norů Erlinga Haalanda a po trefách Davida Zimy a Antonína Baráka otočili souboj v Oslu i přes nepřesvědčivý výkon na 2:1. 

/GLOSA FRANTIŠKA BÍLKA/ Petr Rada, trenér Dukly Praha, klubu usilujícího o návrat do nejvyšší fotbalové ligy, vyfasoval od ligové disciplinární komise za rasistickou urážku, kterou během zápasu svého týmu s Zbrojovkou Brno počastoval trenéra hostů Tomáše Polácha, rekordní trest. Osm měsíců bez fotbalu natvrdo a pokutu 80 tisíc korun! V pořádku, nebo ne?

/OD ZPRAVODAJE DENÍKU/ Čeští reprezentanti v pátek odehrají první zápas pod novým koučem Ivanem Haškem. Proti Norsku je povede stejný kapitán Tomáš Souček. „Pod novým trenérem je to jiné,“ řekl hráč West Hamu United na předzápasové tiskové konferenci, kde mimo jiné také zavtipkoval směrem k nováčkům.

Během zimní přípravy mohly týmy doplnit a zkvalitnit svoje soupisky novými posilami. Málokterý by takovou možnost odmítl. Problém ale je, že není, kde brát. 

World Triathlon is pleased to announce that Pontevedra will host the highly anticipated 2025 World Triathlon Multisport Championships from June 20 to June 29. Following its successful hosting of the Championship Finals in 2023 and the Multisport Championships in 2019, Pontevedra is set to once again welcome athletes and spectators from around the globe for a thrilling week of multisport competition.

Renowned for its strong relationship with triathlon, Pontevedra has become a favoured destination for multisport events, offering stunning landscapes, excellent infrastructure, and unwavering support from the local community. The 2025 World Triathlon Multisport Championships will showcase once again the city’s commitment to the sport and its ability to host world-class events.

The Multisport World Championships will feature duathlon, long distance triathlon, long distance aquabike, aquathlon, cross triathlon and cross duathlon world championship racing organised together during a week-long festival that will attract thousands of athletes and supporters. Pontevedra, the home of the five-time World Champion Javier Gomez Noya. promises to deliver a celebration of triathlon at its best, with a packed schedule of races and activities, offering something for everyone to enjoy, whether participating in the competitions or soaking up the vibrant atmosphere.

World Triathlon President and IOC Member, Marisol Casado, expressed her excitement about the upcoming event, stating, “Pontevedra has proven to be an exceptional host for all our events in the past, and we are thrilled to return to this beautiful city for the 2025 World Triathlon Multisport Championships. With its rich triathlon heritage and passionate community, Pontevedra promises to deliver an unforgettable experience for athletes and spectators alike. I want to thank the LOC, the Spanish Federation and the city of Pontevedra for their outstanding support to our sport and their commitment to deliver first class events. I really can not wait to experience it once again.”

President of the Spanish Triathlon Federation, Jose Hidalgo, said: “After the successful edition of 2019, today we begin to work with all the institutions involved to surpass the previous Championship, with very high standards.”

Pontevedra hosted yesterday the first meeting of the Organising Committee, with World Triathlon President, Marisol Casado; President of the Spanish Federation, José Hidalgo, and Pontevedra Mayor, Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores; Sport director of the Xunta de Galicia, José Ramón Lete; and vice president of the Deputación, Rafa Domínguez, attending the meeting.

The World Triathlon Multisport Championships made its debut in the World Triathlon calendar in 2017 in Penticton (Canada), a successful event that was followed by Fyn (Denmark) in 2018 and Pontevedra (Spain) in 2019. The event had to be cancelled in 2020 due to the impact of Covid and in 2021 was split in three different locations: Almere (The Netherlands), Aviles (Spain), and El Anillo, (Spain).

The 2022 World Triathlon Multisport Championships were also split, with Targu Mures (Romania) hosting the Duathlon, Cross Triathlon and Cross Duathlon, while the Aquathlon and the Long Distance Triathlon and Aquabike World Championships took place in Samorin, (Slovakia). In 2023 the event was hosted in Ibiza (Spain), while this year, 2024, the city of Townsville (Australia) will welcome the Multisport Championships from 15-25 August.

Further details regarding the competition schedule, registration, and additional activities of the 2025 Pontevedra Multisport Championships will be announced in the coming months.

International GT Open s Audi. Nový šampionát, nové auto. Sezona 2024 se u Libora Miloty ponese v duchu velkých změn.

Ironman aktualizoval svá pravidla pro rok 2024, zahrnující klíčové změny jako zákaz nošení aerodynamických lahví v dresu a povolení odpočinkových bójek bez sankcí, zdůrazňující závazek k fair play a bezpečnosti účastníků.

The 2024 season ramps up this weekend, when the inaugural World Triathlon Cup Hong Kong takes over the city on Sunday morning for some fast and furious sprint-distance racing.

After the cancellation of WTCS Abu Dhabi, the second race of the year after the Napier season opener has assumed even greater importance for many on the start list as they chase not just the form that will earn the medals here, but the points that could help them secure a place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The sprint distance race gets underway with a 750m swim in the iconic harbour, followed by a 20km bike over 5 laps before a 5km, 2-lap run to the finish in the city’s famous Bauhinia Square. Watch the race live and on demand on TriathlonLive.tv.

Nener hunts first World Cup title

A multiple Asia Championships winner and 14th-place finisher at Tokyo 2020, Japan’s Kenji Nener has yet to podium at a World Cup or Series level and knows that the timing couldn’t be better if he was to see out the win in Hong Kong.

Back-to-back Series top 10s in 2023 in Cagliari and Montreal showed he is as happy over the sprint or Olympic distance, and Nener will want to test his ability to close things out over the final stages of the run on Sunday and set himself on a positive early path to Paris with his qualification all but guaranteed.

Paris the ultimate prize for Priester

With the German men’s and women’s triathlon flying in 2023, the team’s Olympic squad filled up fast, with the third and final men’s spot all that is left to be decided. Lasse Nygaard Priester will be among those on the list of possibles, his win in Karlovy Vary and excellent displays in Miyazaki, Valencia and Weihai last campaign all underlining his medal potential if he can haul himself into contention on the bike.

The Spanish men continue to share the spoils at World Cup level, and it will be fascinating to see which of their ever attack-minded members will hit the highs in Hong Kong. While Antonio Serrat Seoane is the top-ranked here, it is David Castro Fajardo and David Cantero Del Campo who know what it is like to win World Cup gold. Add in the firepower of Alberto Gonzalez Garcia, and any of that quartet could be on for gold if they are on their game.

Hungarians in push for three Paris places

With Csongor Lehmann’s Olympic place assured, who and how many Hungarian men will join him is the question. Bence Bicsak (ranked 24th) knows what it is to podium in the big races but has to go back to that run to bronze at WTCS Abu Dhabi 2021 for his finest hour to date, while swim powerhouse Mark Devay (ranked 26th) finally hit the World Cup podium in Karlovy Vary last year. The longer both can hold firm in the top 30, the closer a Paris start becomes.

For the USA, Olympic Mixed Relay medallist Kevin McDowell returns after a long lay-off following surgery that kept him off the blue carpet in 2023, Darr Smith, Matthew McElroy and Seth Rider all among the names hoping to join Morgan Pearson on the team for Paris. Martin Sobey goes out as currently the third-ranked Canadian in 52nd but within almost 200 points of Charles Paquet in 44th.

Home favourite could kick on in Hong Kong

Currently in contention for the New Flag spot and raring for his first home World Cup is Jason Tai Long Ng, the 24-year-old who put together an excellent silver here in November’s Asian Cup and will know the course better than most.

Chile’s Diego Moya took 7th place in Miami’s continental championships and will relish his first World Cup start of the year, Shachar Sagiv’s 4th place in Napier set him on course for a Paris starting berth for Israel, and rising Greek talent Panagiotis Bitados – 4th in the U23 World Championships Pontevedra - opens up his 2024 campaign.

Austrian duo Tjebbe Kaindl and Alois Knabl could be two to watch after some eye-catching displays in 2023, Azerbaijan’s experienced Rostislav Pevtsov took yet another World Cup medal in Chengdu last October and can never be written off, and Australia’s Jacob Birtwhistle, a two-time Series gold medalist, kicked to third in the Oceania Championships as he chases his best form.

World Triathlon Cup Hong Kong
24 March, 11.05am local time
Start lists can be found here.
Watch on TriathlonLive.tv

Hong Kong is the destination for the second World Cup stop of the year, as this stunning harbour city makes its debut as host of the circuit in 2024.

A sprint-distance course awaits the athletes, the 750m swim off Wanchai Promenade transitioning to a 5-lap, 20km bike and finishing with a 2-lap, 5km run to the gold. After the cancellation of WTCS Abu Dhabi earlier in the month, it is not just the golds that the athletes are eyeing, but precious Paris 2024 qualification points. Full coverage live and on demand on TriathlonLive.tv.

Rappaport wears the #1 as US point race intensifies

Summer Rappaport may have finished the 2023 season outside the Series top 10 but, having been denied the bumper points of a Pontevedra Finals through injury after crashing out of a Super League race, 11th place doesn’t tell the full story. Bronze in Montreal and five top 10 finishes in her last campaign, Rappaport will be hungry to go again. An 8-time World Cup winner, this would be a great time to show the USA’s Paris 2024 selectors where her form is.

No fewer than three other Americans start in the top 10 in Hong Kong, Kirsten Kasper, Erika Ackerlund and Katie Zaferes all in the chase for an Olympic place alongside the already qualified Taylor Knibb, Zaferes hoping to bounce back from a heat-hit DNF at the Americas Championships in Miami a fortnight ago. Taylor Spivey and Gwen Jorgensen head to Lievin in a week’s time.

Swiss Derron on song

Julie Derron has been quietly putting together a string of strong results over the past three years that have left her the natural heir to Nicola Spirig’s crown in the red suit of Switzerland. A run of back-to-back 2021 World Cup wins in Valencia and Karlovy Vary were book-ended by silvers in Arzachena, and while those podiums haven’t been forthcoming at a Series level, top 10s in Sunderland, Paris and Pontevedra could point the way to a big 2024 in store.

China’s Xinyu Lin took home Asian Games individual and mixed relay silver in October, following that success with 4th in the Chengdu and 5th in the Miyazaki World Cups. As she continues to forge one of the strongest runs at this level, the time could be nigh for what would be a popular first World Cup podium and another step towards the Paris 2024 start line.

Brown ready to star in home town

Hong Kong’s own Bailee Brown took bronze here back in November’s Asia Triathlon Cup and this will be only her sixth appearance at this level having debuted back in 2018 in Tongyeong. Silver in Putrajaya (behind Julie Derron) in February was the season opener she will have wanted, next will be giving her fans something to cheer on the bay on Sunday.

It is a start list stuffed with talent further down the numbers, too, with Britain’s 2018 World Champion Vicky Holland and teammates Sian Rainsley, Sophie Alden and Olivia Mathias all ready to make a charge for the medals. Holland made her comeback in 2023 after having her first child, Mathias hit her second World Cup podium at the season opener in Napier.

Elizabeth Bravo’s Continental Championships win in the Miami Heat was another reminder of her talents, Kazakhstan’s Asia Sprint Champion Ekaterina Shabalina, Denmark’s double World Cup winner Alberte Kjaer Pedersen, rising Spanish star Noelia Juan and Italy’s Ilaria Zane all know they have the experience to close out a race and the capacity for a big finish on Sunday morning.

World Triathlon Cup Hong Kong
24 March, 9.30am local time
Full start lists here
Watch on TriathlonLive.tv

Velikonoční hala, poslední letošní atletické závody na jablonecké Střelnici, měly velmi solidní účast. Dopoledne soutěžilo ve dvou kategoriích 153 závodníků. Na programu byl čtyřboj, který se skládal z běhu na 50 m, hodem míčem vážícím 1 kg a během na 300 metrů. Domácím závodníkům TJ LIAZ se dařilo.