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Emil and Dana were the witnesses at the wedding ceremony of Olympic gold medalists Olga Fikotová and Harold Connolly in Prague in 1957. Emil had spoken to the Czechoslovak president Antonín Zápotocký to request help in getting national heroine Olga a permit to marry the American Connolly, at the height of the Cold War. While it's not clear ...
At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, 29-year-old Czech runner Emil Zátopek achieved the seemingly impossible, winning three gold medals in the 5,000-meter, 10,000-meter and (following an ...
Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia 29:17.0: OR: Alain Mimoun France 29:32.8: Aleksandr Anufriyev Soviet Union 29:48.2: 4: Hannu Posti Finland 29:51.4: 5
Rank Name Nationality Time (hand) Notes Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia 29:59.6: OR: Alain Mimoun France 30:47.4: Bertil Albertsson Sweden 30:53.6: 4: Martin Stokken Norway 30:58.6: 5: Severt Dennolf
This was the 12th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1948 marathon included defending champion Delfo Cabrera of Argentina and sixth- through eighth-place finishers Syd Luyt of South Africa, Gustav Östling of Sweden, and John Systad of Norway.
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 ...
Zátopek is a 2021 Czech biographical film about Emil Zátopek. It is directed by David Ondříček and stars Václav Neužil . [ 3 ] It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards .
The "Alternatives to Detention" program is tracking more than 25,000 migrants using ankle and wrist-worn monitors, which costs taxpayers an average of nearly $80,000 each day, according to ICE data.