The
first living golden jackal in the Czech Republic was reported by researchers
from Charles University, Prague. The scientists captured the canid on camera
multiple times over the span of a year and a half some 40 km away from the
capital. Once considered native to northern Africa and southern Eurasia, the
species seems to be quite rapidly extending its range towards the north of
Europe ~ and that is no reason for this post on Chech Republic !!
The
Czech Republic is in Central Europe bordered by Germany, Austria
and Poland. The Czech Republic includes its historical
territories of Bohemia, Moravia, and Czech Silesia. The Czech state was formed
in the late 9th century as
the Duchy of Bohemia under the Great Moravian Empire. It reached its greatest territorial extent in the 14th
century. Following the Battle of Mohács
in 1526, the whole Crown of Bohemia was gradually integrated into the Habsburg
Monarchy. In the 19th century, the Czech lands became the industrial
powerhouse of the monarchy and were subsequently the core of the Republic of
Czechoslovakia, which was formed in 1918 following the collapse of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. The Czech part of Czechoslovakia was
occupied by Germany in World War II, and was liberated in 1945 by the armies of
the Soviet Union and the United States. On 1 January 1993, Czechoslovakia peacefully
dissolved, with its constituent states becoming the independent states of the
Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Prostějov
is a city in the Olomouc Region of the
Czech Republic, in the historical region of Moravia, known for its fashion industry and AČR special
forces unit 601. Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova lives here.
My favourite tennis ace - Lendl was born in Ostrava, Moravian-Silesian
Region, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). Kvitova first won Wimbledon in
2011, beating Maria Sharapova in the final. Three years later she won the
tournament again, thrashing France's Eugenie Bouchard.
The news is Kvitova,
26, was stabbed in the left hand when she tried to defend herself but her
injuries are not life-threatening. She tweeted: 'In my attempt to defend
myself, I was badly injured on my left hand. I am shaken, but fortunate to be
alive.' Kvitova was attacked this
morning in the town of Prostejov in the east of the country, which is home to a
national tennis academy. Prostejov police spokesman Frantisek Korinek said the
attacker, who was aged about 35, escaped from the house and a manhunt is under
way.
The Czech player,
one of the most popular on the circuit, was quick to thank all those who had
sent her messages of support on social media.
She said she trusted the doctors who were examining her arm and
hand. Earlier in the day she withdrew
from the Czech Republic team at next month's Hopman Cup mixed-team tennis
tournament in Australia because of a foot injury. The attack took place in Prostejov,
a small but picturesque town in Moravia.
Kvitova lives in Monte Carlo, for tax purposes, but she has a home in
Prostejov, where she trains at the town's famous academy, which has turned out
a constant flow of high quality Czech tennis players over the years.
The stabbing of
Monica Seles is not comparable as the attack on Kvitova appears to be that of a
burglar ~ while in Apr 1993 Monica Seles
was stabbed in the back during a tournament in Hamburg by Gunter Parche, an
obsessive fan of her rival Steffi Graf.
That gruesome incident
that occurred in Hamburg, not only dictated security at sports events over the
past two decades, but changed the victim's life forever. Monica Seles was the
top women's player heading into 1993, having won the French Open three
consecutive years and both the US Open and Australian Open in consecutive
years. In January 1993, Seles defeated Graf in the final of the Australian
Open, which to date was her third win in four Grand Slam finals against Graf.
With eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday, Seles holds the record for most Grand Slam singles titles
won as a teenager in the Open Era.
On
that fateful day on April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva
in Hamburg in which Seles was leading 6–4, 4–3, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan
of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court
during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her
shoulder blades. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she
did not return to competitive tennis for more than two years. The attacker Parche was charged following the
incident, but was not jailed because he was found to be psychologically
abnormal, and was instead sentenced to two years' probation and psychological
treatment. Seles returned to the tour in August 1995. Seles won her first
comeback tournament, the Canadian Open, beating Amanda Coetzer in the final,
6–0, 6–1 and setting a tournament record for least number of games dropped by
the champion throughout the tournament – yet life was not as normal as it was
before !
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
20th Dec 2016.
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