Situace v popředí tabulky fotbalového krajského přeboru se za vedoucím tandemem Turnov – Skalice u České Lípy dramaticky vyrovnává. Kluby na třetím až pátém místě dělí jediný bod. Hrádek doma podlehl Frýdlantu 1:2, a tak si rivalové pozici na čtvrtém a pátém místě prohodili.

Největší podzimní hit krajského fotbalového přeboru v libereckém regionu vyhrála Skalice u České Lípy, která se výhrou 2:1 nad vedoucím Turnovem postarala o zdramatizování situce a v popředí tabulky. Na lídra totiž ztrácí pouhý jediný bod.

Vítězi Českého poháru v aquatlonu 2021 jsou Tomáš Zikmund a Petra Dvořáková. Definitivní podobu dal celkovému pořadí Aquathlon Zlín, který se uskutečnil v neděli 24. října. Poslední pohárový závod této sezony vyhráli Zikmund s Hálovou.

Po těžkém čtvrtečním pohárovém zápase Evropské konferenční ligy UEFA cestovali jablonečtí fotbalisté na trávník vedoucího celku tabulky Viktorie Plzeň. Že to nebude snadný zápas to se čekalo.

/AKTUALIZOVÁNO/ Hokejová extraliga dnes pokračovala sedmi zápasy 17. kola. Jasně poslední tým tabulky Zlín dokázal poprvé v sezoně vyhrát v normální hrací době, odnesla to brněnská Kometa. Nejvyšší soutěži dál vévodí mistrovský Třinec, který těsně vyhrál v Plzni a už čtrnáct zápasů v řadě bodoval.

During three days of virtual meetings and culminating with Sunday’s 34th Congress, World Triathlon’s committees, commissions, National Federation members and their Continental Confederations came together to lay out the blueprint to take triathlon to new heights of participation, competition and sustainability over the coming years.

At the end of the in-depth President’s report reflecting on Tokyo 2020 and the challenges of the pandemic, Marisol Casado addressed the Congress with a simple promise: “To be ambitious and to do the very best for our sport and its athletes.”

Sunday was preceded by a full day of meetings of the 14 World Triathlon Committees and Commissions, that included the first reports from the new Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commission and the NOC Relations Commission. There was a commitment to restructuring the Sustainability Commission in order to build upon World Triathlon’s award-winning event-hosting guidelines and event certification established pre-pandemic, and to help ensure the 50% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030 is on track as the event calendar returns to normal. All member NFs are invited to put forward experts in the field for consideration by the Executive Board for a place on the commission.

Speaking after also attending the ANOC General Assembly in Crete on Sunday morning, President Marisol Casado said; “It is gratifying to hear IOC President Thomas Bach’s commitment to sustainability matches those of World Triathlon so that together we can work to find new ways to combat the environment and sustainability challenges facing the planet and in which sports governing bodies have such a leading role to play.”

“Our two new commissions have outlined important programmes that will help us see more diversity in positions of power in our sport and our members reach out for the key funding programmes that will help our NFs to grow.”

The inclusion and exclusion of a number of member National Federations was voted on by Congress, the results of which sees World Triathlon membership now stand at 165 full members.

The robust health of the World Triathlon financial position despite the impact of the pandemic was outlined by auditors PwC. A swift response at the start of the pandemic and the reduction of expenditure across all departments of World Triathlon were highlighted as key to minimising the decrease in income in 2020 through the lack of events and postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The exciting prospect of returning to a full calendar of events was detailed with the latest updates to next year’s calendar and beyond, including presentations from the World Triathlon Championship Finals 2022 host Abu Dhabi and the Sprint and Relay Championships 2022 host Montreal. The World Triathlon Championship Series, World Triathlon Cup, Para Triathlon Series and Cups, multisport and Major Games schedules are set to make 2022 another landmark year for World Triathlon competition with further opportunities for athletes to race at the highest levels and across new formats set to be announced in the coming weeks.

Following the comprehensive elections at last year’s congress, there were three votes pertaining to the composition of World Triathlon, with Alan Beckford (JAM) elected to the Women’s Committee. Michael Jones (USA), Ize Matebese (NGA), Tom O’Donnell (IRL), Jean Louis Piton (FRA), Hazal Sahin (TUR) and Stephen Sampson (GBR) were elected to the World Triathlon Tribunal.

The former Vice President Loreen Barnett, an instrumental and guiding figure in the formative years of what was the International Triathlon Union and bringing the sport into the Olympic programme for the first time at Sydney 2000, was elected an Honorary Member of World Triathlon.

Lotta Johansson (SWE) was announced as the winner of 2021’s Award of Excellence after the most nominations ever received for the prize that recognises outstanding work to promote women’s involvement in the sport of triathlon and para triathlon. Lotta has been a driving force behind the Swedish triathlon movement for more than 25 years.

World Triathlon established the Award of Excellence to identify and recognise women or organisations that have made outstanding contributions to the involvement of women and girls in the sport, at a grassroots level. This year, World Triathlon selected and presented Lotta Johansson, from the Swedish Triathlon Federation, with the Award of Excellence award. The 2021 World Triathlon Women’s Committee Award of Excellence was presented to Lotta, during a virtual edition of the World Triathlon Congress, on Sunday 24 October.

This year there were seven powerful submissions to review, featuring incredible women all around the world. The World Triathlon Women’s Committee alongside a panel of external experts, reviewed the submissions and confirmed Lotta Johansson as the 2021 Award of Excellence recipient.

Lotta Johansson, of Sweden, has more than 25 years of experience, working in the sport of Triathlon. Lotta has been the driver of recruiting, educating and supporting men and women into leadership roles, within the Swedish Triathlon Federation, as referees, technical officials and technical delegates but also other areas within our sport. She was one of the first women race director in Sweden in the mid 1990´s. Lotta also that she built the Technical Official programme in Sweden and continues to develop it as of today.

Lotta, who currently works as an Administrative Assistant for the Swedish Triathlon Federation, was delighted and thrilled to receive the Award of Excellence from World Triathlon and the Women’s Committee.

The 2021 Award of Excellence recipient has a strong list of achievements associated with her incredible efforts across the sport of Triathlon including Best Female Athlete in High School in 1987, Race Director of the Year from the Swedish Triathlon Federation in 2001, Volunteer of the Tear from Sweden Triathlon in 2004 and the Anders Nilsson Scholarship in 2005.

Marisol Casado, President of World Triathlon and IOC Member, along with Tomoko Wada, Chair of the World Triathlon Women’s Committee, congratulated, commended and acknowledged Lotta Johansson’s dedication to the sport and presented her with the prestigious 2021 Award of Excellence.

In the submission from the Swedish Triathlon Federation, Lotta’s colleagues described her as a wonderful leader of the Swedish Triathlon and a role model who supports women in triathlon and someone who continues to develop the sport in and around Sweden.

“Lotta is always there to help and encourage other, especially women. She is a wonderful leader and representative of Swedish Triathlon and has inspired many to follow her footsteps as race director and technical official, but also her work to make our triathlon family even better. Furthermore, Lotta is well-known also outside of Sweden,” said the Swedish Triathlon Federation.

“She has a broad network within the World Triathlon Technical official group and is an appreciated colleague wherever she works. She is a wonderful colleague and not to forget, a reliable and caring person towards the athletes (men and women), always ready to answer any question in a friendly but correct way. Lotta is the most positive role model and mentor within Sweden Triathlon, supporting women in the very best ways. She is one of a kind and a true star. The most wonderful role model of our sport!”

Bez nemocného Plíhala a s Králem v brance nastoupili jablonečtí hokejisté proti Mosteckým Lvům. Ti přijeli do Jablonce pouze se čtyřmi obránci, podle postavení v tabulce ale byli v utkání favority.

Definitivní tečku za vydařeným podzimem udělá jablonecká rezerva příští týden v sobotu 30. října od 10:30 hodin na hřišti v nedalekých Přepeřích u Turnova, kde se v derby utká jako závěrečná třešnička na dortu první Jablonec s druhými Přepeřemi. V souboji se třetími Pardubicemi se Jabloneckých dařilo.

A strong field of 46 elite men lined up, on the white sand of Busan’s famous beach, for the inaugural World Triathlon Cup Haeundae, in favourable race conditions. The men’s race launched from Haeundae Beach at 1030AM KST, for the 750m ocean swim, where the water temperature was 21.5°C and the air temperature had risen slightly to 17°C, since the women’s race earlier, ensuring a non-wetsuit swim. Today’s sprint distance course featured a 5-lapped bike course (20km) and closed with a 4-lapped run segment (5km).

Italy’s Alessio Crociani was the first elite male out of the swim and into transition, to commence the opening lap of the bike course. A group of 10 elite men formed out in front, taking short turns and getting organisaed. The group, which included Crociani, Japan’s Takumi Hojo and Jumpei Furuya, Italy’s Nicola Azzano, Australia’s Max Stapley and Frenchman Anthony Pujades, was 24-seconds ahead of the chase group. The second group included pre-race favourite Romania’s Felix Duchampt and Italy’s Michele Sarzilla.

The front group of men worked together through the final lap of the bike segment and extended their lead by over 1-minute, all in a position to race for the medals, as they entered the final transition of the day.

Hojo, who has shown incredible run form in recent World Triathlon events, blasted out of transition with Pujades and Azzano on the hunt. All three athletes were fixed on being in medal contention. Crociani was moving in fourth position with Furuya in fifth. The three men in front built into their run which extended their lead, on the field, each lap.

At the halfway point of the run Purjades surged out in front with Hojo attempting to grip but the Frenchman had the strongest of the day. With an almighty stretch to the finish, Purjades claimed the gold medal in Haeundae!
“It was a crazy good finish for me and am so happy to do it. It’s been a while for me since I have raced in ITU (World Triathlon) races so yes, such a happy man now. It was a really nice race, I enjoyed it alot, so when is the next one now.”
“Most of the strategy was to save as much energy as I could until the run and then I tried to build my run, because it was four laps so it was quite easy to build it.”

“It was quite hard with the quarantine here but such a happy crew and everything was done well so that we could race, just thankful.”

Hojo produced an impressive performance in Busan to earn his first World Cup silver medal.
“I am so happy, I am on the podium, at a World Triathlon Cup, for the first time.”

In a sprint for third place, it was Italy’s Nicola Azzano who clutched the bronze medal in the inaugural World Triathlon Cup Haeundae.
“We exited the swim and we were in a group of 10. I thought ok, it’s a good group of strong bikers, Let’s go all out and see what could happen. It worked really well so I am really happy. I wanted to put a really good swim in today and that’s what I did, I wanted to go all out in the bike and breakaway and that’s what we did. I am really happy.”

Replay the races on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv

The stunning coastline of Busan set the scene for the inaugural World Triathlon Cup off Haeundae Beach. The elite women’s race commenced racing proceedings at 0830AM (KST) while the men’s start was at 1030AM.
Great Britain’s Beth Potter dominated the women’s race to secure World Cup gold in Busan and Frenchman Anthony Pujades ran away with victory in the men’s race.

Elite women’s report
A spectacular sunrise was the opening scene for the inaugural World Triathlon Cup in South Korea. The water temperature was 21.3°C and air temperature measured at 15.4°C, for the start of the women’s race, ensuring a wetsuit swim was allowed. Race favourites Zsanett Bragmayer (HUN), Beth Potter (GBR) and Kate Waugh (GBR) led the 750m swim and were the first women’s in the first transition to commence the 20km (5-lapped) bike course. Bragmayer and Potter exited transition first and led through the first lap of the bike course.

By the second lap Waugh made contact with the top women and the trio rode together and continued to establish a sizeable gap on the rest of the field. Waugh looked fixed and comfortable, taking her turn at the front.
The chasing group of women featured a group of experienced of race specialists including Frenchwoman Sandra Dodet, Roksana Slupek (POL), Italy’s Bianca Seregni, Japan’s Niina Kishimoto, Australia’s Charlotte McShane and reigning Junior World Champion Beatrice Mallozzi of Italy.

With two laps left on the bike to negotiate, the breakaway trip, still Potter, Bragmayer and Waugh, had established a 30-secong gap on the chase group. By this stage, the chase pack had increased their advantage over the second pack, by 20-seconds.

On the final lap, the chasers were unable to bridge the gap and Potter, Bragmayer and Waugh cleared through transition together. Potter had an issue with her shoe in the second transition, which lost her some time. Bragmayer and Waugh were the first to enter the 5km foot race in Busan, over 4-laps.

It was only a matter of time and Potter had reeled in Bragmayer and Waugh to lead the race. The Hungarian was showing signs of fatigue out on the final stage of the run and Great Britain’s Waugh was in contention for the silver medal.
Over the final few hundred metres of the run, Potter applied the pressure to extend her lead and runaway with victory in the first-ever World Triathlon Cup Haeundae. Potter was thrilled with her gold medal, despite a mishap with her show in her second transition.
“It wasn’t quite perfect out there. I lost my shoe in transition so I had a bit of work to do on the run but I was able to get back and I am happy with the performance. I am off to (World Triathlon Cup) Tongyeong to race next week and really looking forward to it.”

“It’s really nice here in Haeundae, like a big city beach.”

Training partner Waugh crossed the line and was delighted to be awarded the silver medal, her highest result on the World Triathlon stage to date.
“I am really pleased with my overall performance today. I love a beach start and I love diving through big waves so I was really excited because the swell was pretty big before we started. I had a really good swim and we managed to get a breakaway on the bike. The girls worked really well on the bike, we all knew were in podium position which really helped to push us on. I set off on the run, I nailed my transition for like the first time this year, so I was really pleased and just held on for second.”

“I knew Beth (Potter) would be coming in hot so I just tried to stick with her.”

“It’s no nice to race here. Korea is absolutely beautiful and I hope to be back.”

Bragmayer, who is known for her powerful swim and bike combination, hung tough to earn bronze in Busan.
“After Hamburg I tried to stay in shape as much as possible but my body and mind is really tired now. Today’s race was really tough and fun. We worked really well on the run, I really needed that breakaway on the run.”

“I didn’t expect that, I thought it would be a big group together but my swim was really good, it was just the two British girls coming with me so it was really good and helpful for me in the breakaway.”

Polish triathlete Roksana Slupek crossed the line in fourth place with Frenchwomen Sandra Dodet in fifth.

Replay the races on-demand at TriathlonLIVE.tv

As the long transition back to international racing continues under essential controls designed to ensure the good health and wellbeing of all involved, World Triathlon has released a new version of its Covid Prevention Guidelines, with updated policies, recommendations and best practices for LOCs and the host cities.

The updates include the latest information from the World Health Organisation and medical research papers on the subject, as World Triathlon continues to pursue the safest possible routes back to the full race calendar, with details of medical support facilities for athletes and the latest transmission prevention methods.

Using the WHO risk assessment tool for mass participation event organisers, LOCs are advised to only proceed with an event if it falls in the Very Low or Low Risk categories. Each event must continue to appoint a Covid-19 Officer to provide a central point of contact for all communication and stakeholder liaison, as well as a Covid-19 Committee to ‘define, implement and monitor’ the local situation leading into an event.

The wearing of masks, physical distancing, hand sanitisation and avoiding events if unwell continue to be mandated at all World Triathlon racing, with work spaces and facilities all planned in a way to make the measures as straightforward to carry out as possible. Where spectators are allowed by local government, the creation and sharing of detailed information to control the flow of people and avoid crowding continues to be required.

Online pre-race briefings will continue and registration carried out under strict control of numbers and flow of athletes. Likewise, medal ceremonies will continue to be non-contact with only another athlete permitted to give a medal to a fellow athlete on the podium.

The new version of World Triathlon’s Covid Prevention Guidelines for Event Organisers can be found here and is also available in Spanish.

Souhrnná nabídka fotbalů ve vašem regionu od nejvyšší soutěže až po nejnižší krajskou soutěž. Přehledně, na jednom místě, pouze v Deníku.

Středeční zápas Ligy mistrů FC Barcenola – Dynamo Kyjev (1:0) už ho nezajímal tolik, jak by tomu bylo ještě před časem. Jeho vzor argentinský kouzelník Lionel Messi totiž už katalánský klub opustil a po přesunu do Paříže hájí barvy PSG. „Je pravda, že k němu vzhlížím. Podobně jako já toho moc nenaběhá, ale když dostane míč, dokáže z toho udělat nebezpečnou situaci,“ říká s úsměvem 29letý podhrot Jakub Kouba, nyní ve službách SK Žibřidice.

Ano, byl to extrém, ale ne úplný. Real Madrid v úterním zápase Ligy mistrů v Kyjevě, kde rozebral Šachtar Doněck 5:0, fauloval pouze dvakrát. Ostatně domácí se k nedovolenému zákrok uchýlili pouze sedmkrát. Průměrně se v Champions League fauluje jedenáctkrát. Nádhera…

Fanoušci na jablonecké Střelnici do posledního momentu doufali, že tři body z dalšího zápasu Evropské konferenční ligy UEFA  zůstanou v Jablonci. Tým Petra Rady je měl už v hrsti. Až do poslední penalty, kterou sudí nařídil ve prospěch soupeře. A ten ji využil. 

Vedoucí celek fotbalové III. třídy - okresní soutěže - Nová Ves hostil na svém hřišti v uplynulém kole tým Kořenova. A od úvodního hvizdu Nová Ves dokazovala, že na čelo tabulky patří právem.

V rámci Evropské ligy sehraje ve čtvrtek 21. října večer Jablonec nad Nisou fotbalový zápas proti Dánsku. Mezinárodní fotbalové utkání základní skupiny Evropské konferenční ligy UEFA mezi celky celky FK Jablonec a FC Randers začne ve 21:00 hodin.