The journey of basketball representatives to Tokyo, Olympic, was long and full of paperwork. Pictured is Lukáš Palyza.
Michal Šob
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“If you measure over two meters and survive a twelve-hour hell stuck in a seat on board the plane, then after landing you feel like it’s won. But the most difficult thing awaited us at the airport in Tokyo, “said the Nymburk wing.” The immigration process had a lot of stops. We walked around a closed terminal for this check-up. Every 200, 300 meters we got paper and exchanged for another at another station. something else, “Palyza added.
It seemed funny to him at first, but the laughter soon passed. Fatigue overcame them all. “After such a long flight, one is only looking forward to bed. We tried some jokes, but there was no mental strength for them. It all ended with an endless wait for the results of the covid tests, but according to what we heard, our four hours were still fine, other athletes stayed at the airport for seven, “Palyza admitted.
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In addition, two pivots got stuck during immigration control. Ondřej Balvín and Patrik Auda will stay in Japan after the Olympics, because they are engaged in the local league. “They have slightly different visas and Ondra in particular was knocked out quite intensely there. We waited for him over luggage for over 30 minutes. I don’t want it to sound that it was Balvan who was holding us back, but in the end it was like that, “Palyza stabbed at the fun of the highest man in the Czech team. beyond the Olympic team. “
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Czech basketball player Ondřej Balvín faces a block of Greek opponents. Even so, the Czech basketball players completed the victoriously challenging journey through the Olympic qualification in Victoria, when they crushed Greece 97:72 in the final.
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After a seemingly endless journey, the Olympic village opened its gates to basketball players. After 41 years … “The atmosphere immediately breathed on me, although a lot of things, including the constantly wearing mask and minimizing contact, are unpleasant within the limits. But we are in such a fashion today, “said Palyza. Already during their qualification in Victoria, Canada, basketball players from the hotel had a magnificent view of landing seaplanes in the bay, now they have a similar panorama in Tokyo.” I was quite surprised by how the Japanese arranged everything here to “As many athletes as possible fit in. All the equipment is made of light materials. When the Olympics are over, it will become a really lucrative place with new flats,” Palyza thought.
Uncertainty is also unpleasant for basketball players regarding tests for coronavirus, which were positive in the Czech team for four who traveled in Friday’s special (table tennis player Širůček, coach of beach volleyball players Nausch, beach volleyball player Perušič and member of the medical team Voráček).
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“Everyone is a little uneasy about such news, but I’m trying to keep the settings calm,” said Captain Tomáš Satoranský. Manager Michal Šob takes daily testing at the game venue. “We’ve been living in bubbles for a long time. We have some internal protocols set up and we can’t do more. “We must continue to be careful and patient,” added Sob.
The first part of the national team, including coach Ronen Ginzburg and eight players led by Satoransky, Balvin and Auda, did not travel until Monday. On Wednesday, Bohačík and Šiřina joined them. On Thursday, the last two players, Schilb and Samoura, should also leave Prague for their teammates. “The basketball team consists of a total of 22 people and it was not possible to put them all on one plane at the last minute, even though we cared a lot about the journey together,” Sob explained.
“We are working to have the final twelve available on Friday. But there are some things we still need to address. Maybe there will be some minor changes on the roster, I won’t specify them yet, “Ginzburg surprised a little. The Czechs must announce the final nomination on Saturday, the day before the opening match with Iran.” So far, we are counting on the line-up to qualify in Victoria. The team gives us the opportunity, if something happens to happen, to call in substitutes in a flash, “added manager Šob.
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