Together with Jana Komrskova´s successes in the World Cup, WC and EC and with the success of our junior team in Patras the appetite of our clubs is increasing. Interest of media and public is waking up considerably. Two weeks ago the Czech TV prepared a transmission of Czech Wobenzym Grand Prix de Gymnastique of mixed pairs (with Andreea Raducan and Marian Draculescu as the winners). One could not imagine a better invitation for the oncoming Czech Championships.

The head coach responsible for women preparation for OG – Stanislav Vyzina together with the coach-father Jan Komrska want to bring the complete team to the Olympic arena of Athens 2004. At present they compose the team for the qualifying WC 2003. Girls concerned could entrain at the Czech Championships. And they did! A pack of young girls – recent junior gymnasts. After all, the all-around specialists Jana Šikulová (2. AA), Petra Chytilová (4. AA), Veronika Ožanová (5.AA), also a new Adéla Pavouková (8.AA) from the country club – all of them so called light weight “butterflies”. Lucie Gellertová has a little more experience and the same chance. Between the “big Jana“ (Jana Komrsková) and “little Jana“ (Jana Šikulová) the second in all-around is a difference of 5 years, 17 cm, 17 kg and also a 1,725 pts.

Do you not miss several more experienced who could help to span this gap between Komrsková and “butterflies“? Coaches are worried too – they have been searching for three months why Katerina Marešová (18) feels dizzy now and then. Her come back is in the air for the time being but possibly real. And also the come back of 2 or 3 of her coevals who are more concentrated on theirs studies now.
In spite of all the nervousness caused by the expected attack of the youth, Jana Komrsková won at the Czech Championships in Trinec all the 5 gold medals. Now her collection comprises 22 of them in this category. In Trinec she was decorated by Daniela Bártová, the seventeen-fold world champion in pole jump. Why Daniela? Because she has been working as a WAG coach in a nearby Ostrava after finishing the 4th in pole jump at OG Sydney and she was also representing Czechoslovakia as a gymnast at OG Barcelona…

Two Czech talented gymnasts are now aiming for training camps in the USA - Petra Chytilová and Lucie Gellertová…

 By chance he is not a mere anybody, two months ago in Patras he became junior European champion on high bar and got the silver on vault.

All the competitors in Trinec tried to deprive him of the leading position. There were young gymnasts, older and also the oldest ones who began to train again especially for that purpose  after a one or two year's break. For example Jiří Fiřt (30), OG participant from Atlanta, who spent recently more time by coaching girls in gymnastics and as filmový kaskadér than by training himself…
It has to be said that the success of „greenhorn“ Konečný in Patras – the title for Czech gymnastics after a quarter of century is the best doping! Of course as expected in all around was Konečný fighting hard with the second Daniel Rexa (22) and the third Martin Vlk (22), both all-around finalists of 2002 EC. The fourth place for Fiřt – this is the competitor's victory over himself and leisure...

The most attractive show offered the high bar. Here the junior European champion Martin Konečný had just one competitor - Daniel Rexa. Both were risking in finals and had falls – Konečný finished even without any medal. It is truth that for senior competitions on high bar he challenged a full routine (S.V. 10) with the bonus concentrated on flight elements. The routine begins with Kolman-sE, proceeds to the combination of three Tkatchevs with Gienger to the closing Watanabe dismount – first time successfully performed at Czech Wobenzym Grand Prix de Gymnastique 2002 in Brno (1/6 2002).
Daniel Spilka (26) closed here his competition career – for 8 years in succession he picked the title of Czech champion on vault! Not before long this newly graduated engineer shall leave Europe. Engaged for an overseas gymnastic circus…

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