Speed skater Metoděj Jílek: Czechia’s teenage Olympic medal hope

Photo: Naoki Morita, AFLO/Profimedia

With the Winter Olympics in Milan just around the corner, we’re taking a closer look at some of Czechia’s biggest medal hopefuls. One of the brightest new stars is speed skater Metoděj Jílek, just nineteen years old and already a newly crowned long-distance World Cup champion.

For many years, Czech speed skating was almost synonymous with one name: Martina Sáblíková.

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Author: Ruth Fraňková