Czech National Team rolls into Olympic season 2021/22

The Czech Cross-Country Team has selected their squads for the upcoming season 2021/22. With minor changes, the Cross-Country National Team trusts in the strong performances and efforts shown by their anchor athletes. The first four-day training camp of the new term led the National Team from Bozi Dar to Dresden in Germany - by Roller Ski only without any car transportation.

A four day training camp on Roller Skis for the mens Cross-Country team started with the first stage, leacing from Bozi Dar to Cinovec, around 100km of track done in Classic technique. The second stage was completed in Free technique and took the team from Ústí nad Labem to Dresden in Germany. The third stage featured 6x10 min intervals at the training center in Altenberg. In the final stage, the team currently plans to go across Switzerland back to Liberec, with an expected skiing time at around 4 hours and a distance of around 60 km.

“My plan is to do something new, I had originally planned even a longer camp with 8-9 days, but the weather forecast has not been that great. So we decided to shorten it to four days. Anyway, the guys rollerski in any kind of weather. They will cover the full distance on rollerskis, without any car transport,” Vasil Husak, head coach of the men’s team said ahead of the trip.

The national team is going to stay in Liberec for another week and athletes will undergo medical tests followed by intensive week of technique training.

Team selections Czech Cross-Country Team 2021/22

The men’s coaching team will be led by Vasil Husak with his assistant Dusan Kozisek, former top athlete and two-time WSC medalist.

“Sprinter Ondrej Cerny is a new member of the team, Tomas Kalivoda will be training with the U23 team. Otherwise, the core of the team remains the same. We will follow the path, which we have agreed on for this Olympic cycle,” Vasil Husak, head coach of the men’s team said.

Men’s national team

Michal Novák
Luděk Šeller
Ondřej Černý
Jan Pechoušek
Adam Fellner
Petr Knop.

Coach: Vasil Husák, asisstant: Dušan Kožíšek.

Women’s national features the same athletes and coaches as in the past season. “Team nomination has been an easy job this year. Five athletes fulfilled the nomination criteria. Zuzana Holikova has been nominated on my proposal. The team has been working very well and I am happy we have such a stabilized squad. A very important goal for us is to have a solid U23 team so that athletes can make a continuous progress in the senior category,” Jan Franc, head coach of the women’s team said.

Barbora Havlickova was not nominated in the national team. “We have agreed that Barbora has to focus on her health. When she is ready to join professional training, we will be here for her and will support her,” Jan Franc added.

Women’s national team

Kateřina Razýmová
Kateřina Janatová
Petra Nováková
Tereza Beranová
Petra Hynčicová
Zuzana Holíková

Head coach: Jan Franc, assistant: Dušan Augustiňák.

U23 national team: Tomáš Kalivoda, Vladimír Kozlovský, Tomáš Lukeš, Tomáš Dufek, Kim Žalčík, Jolanta Byrtus, Adéla Nováková, Barbora Antošová, Pavlína Votočková. Head coach: Martin Koukal, assistant: Petr Michl.

U20 national team: Kryštof Zatloukal, Martin Kočandrle, Daniel Hozák, Filip Štecher, Šimon Pavlásek, Eliška Šibravová, Tereza Prokešová, Kateřina Svobodová, Petra Vitáková, Iva Vránová. Head coach: Petr Michl, assistant: Martin Koukal.

Olympic hopes national team: Jiří Tuž, Matyáš Pávek, Štěpán Zuna, David Eliáš, Václav Vágner, Nela Půbalová, Karolína Dvorská, Jana Leblochová, Hana Randáková, Ema Kouřilová. Coaches: Václav Haman and Zbyněk Valoušek.