Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Ondricek’s epic account of Olympic gold medalist and multiple record holder Emil Zatopek, who attained legendary status in ...

I’d only known the name Emil Zatopek vaguely: As the Czech Olympic distance runner, the Olympic gold medalist, one of the greats. The skinny, Cold War-era marathoner that Runners World named in 2013, ...

“If you want to win something, run 100 meters.If you want to experience something, run a marathon.” Zatopek was awarded the title of ‘Czech Sporting Legend of the Century’ in November 2000. He made ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EXCLUSIVE: Zátopek, a biopic about four-time Olympic champion Emil Zátopek, has become a box office champ in Czech Republic as it ...

When the world’s leading marathon runners bid to win Olympic gold on Sunday, they would do well to draw inspiration from one of the greatest athletes in the history of track and field. The ...

Emil Zatopek, who has died aged 78, was one of the outstanding athletes of the 20th century. In the years following the second world war, he lifted distance running to a new plane, dominating the ...

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PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Zatopkova, an Olympic javelin champion and the wife of running great Emil Zatopek, has died. She was 97. The Czech Olympic Committee said Zatopkova died Friday at Prague’s military ...

Where to begin. After once or twice waking up as if in Paris this week, still dreaming of three Olympic medals won and not as runners-up, on the heels of Emil Zatopek and his human locomotive, ...