Ski mountaineer Eva Matějovičová is not going to Winter Olympics
Czech ski mountaineering representative Eva Matějovičová failed yesterday in the final qualifying race in ski mountaineering sprint and will not advance to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. At yesterday's race in Salt Lake City, USA, her ski strap broke in the quarterfinals, and she finished last without advancing to the semifinals, according to the Czech Mountaineering Union's Faceboo
Czech Oliver Hamerský finished second yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Brno. Aneta Loužecká was fourth in the final, Matyáš Lienerth seventh. The rest of Czech team finished in the qualifying round:
The European Cup series in ice climbing continues today with a competition on the old highway pillar for drytooling in Brno, with 14 of Czech climbers participating, including the favorite Aneta Loužecká.
World Cup in sport climbing is heading to Prague's Štvanice
After three years at Letná Plain, the climbing elite will return to Prague, this time to a new location. The next edition of the World Cup in sport climbing will take place on Štvanice Island from June 3 to 7, 2026. This time, lead climbing will be added to the bouldering discipline.
Ski mountaineer Eva Matějovičová tries Olympic participation
Czech ski mountaineering representative Eva Matějovičová will compete for a place at the Olympics, the Czech Mountaineering Association announced yesterday. She is currently in Salt Lake City, USA, where the final qualifying race in ski mountaineering sprint for the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy will take place on Sunday, December 7.
Czech girl Aneta Loužecká finished fourth yesterday evening in the European Cup ice climbing competition in Žilina, Slovakia. Jan Mikel was tenth in the final. Our other competitors finished in the qualifying round:
Jan Štípek climbed his second 9a: Wild Publico in Spain
Czech Jan Štípek climbed his second 9a. On Friday, November 28, he managed to complete the Wild Publico 9a route in Margalef, Spain. He recorded the route in his diary on Lezec.cz and posted about the climb on Instagram.
The European Cup series in ice climbing continues today with a competition in Žilina, Slovakia, with nine of our athletes participating, including Czech favorites Aneta Loužecká and Oliver Hamerský, who won silver a week ago at the season opener in Switzerland.
The Prague 2025 International Mountaineering Festival begins
The Prague International Mountaineering Festival 2025 begins today at 4:30 p.m. at the International Hotel in Prague 6. Today's program includes a lecture by Jakub Cejpek, who this year completed his collection of ascents of 82 four-thousanders in Alps, and the opening of the exhibitions: Češka koča + Czechia-Slovenia Mutuality and Makalu 1975 + Annapurna 1995. Here is the detailed program:
The Czech Mountaineering Association has begun to focus on the development of para climbing in Czechia. "Our goal is to make climbing accessible to all enthusiastic athletes regardless of physical conditions and disabilities and to expand the Czech para-climbing representation," the ČHS announced on Facebook.
Ski mountaineer Eva Matějovičová is not going to Winter Olympics
Czech ski mountaineering representative Eva Matějovičová failed yesterday in the final qualifying race in ski mountaineering sprint and will not advance to the upcoming Winter Olympics in Italy. At yesterday's race in Salt Lake City, USA, her ski strap broke in the quarterfinals, and she finished last without advancing to the semifinals, according to the Czech Mountaineering Union's Facebook page. Eva's chances of advancing to the Winter Olympics have thus vanished.