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ACCORDING to the legendary Emil Zatopek, overcoming the opposition is not necessarily sport’s ultimate form of triumph. The ...

I’d only known the name Emil Zatopek vaguely: As the Czech Olympic distance runner, the Olympic gold medalist, one of the greats. The skinny, Cold War-era marathoner that Runners World named in 2013, ...

“Zátopek,” director David Ondříček’s biopic about Olympic champion Emil Zátopek, dominated the 29th annual Czech Lion Awards, winning in eight categories across 13 nominations. The Czech Lion Awards ...

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On August 20 in 1968, tanks from the Soviet Union rolled into Czechoslovakia and the country woke up to horror and nightmare. The Soviet Union were joined by three Warsaw Pact countries - Poland, ...

HELSINKI (AP) — EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games. This story was ...

EXCLUSIVE: Zátopek, a biopic about four-time Olympic champion Emil Zátopek, has become a box office champ in Czech Republic as it continues to dominate turnstiles after two weeks in release. From ...

Zatopek sprints to 5,000m gold in Helsinki from Alain Mimoun (France) and Herbert Schade (Germany) with Britain's Chris Chataway falling on the final bend. He also won the 10,000m and marathon -- a ...

PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Zatopkova, an Olympic javelin champion and the wife of running great Emil Zatopek, has died. She was 97. The Czech Olympic Committee said Zatopkova died Friday at Prague’s military ...

David Ondricek’s epic account of Olympic gold medalist and multiple record holder Emil Zatopek, who attained legendary status in the darkest days of the Czechoslovak communist regime, makes for a ...