Teenage swimmer David Kratochvil headlines Czech medal hopefuls at the upcoming Paralympics in Paris.
The 16-year-old Kratochvil used to play ice hockey until losing his sight because of a serious illness about 10 years ago
“I can hardly say how much I’m looking forward to it,” Kratochvil said recently while training in the public swimming pool in the western town of Tachov — population of around 13,000 — near his hometown of Halze. In Paris, Kratochvil will race in the 50 and 400-meter free, 100 backstroke, breast stroke and butterfly, and the 200-meter individual medley.
His parents use a homemade device for tapping — a 3-meter long handle from a fishing net with a foam ball at the end covered by two rubber balloons.Actually, the parents feel more nervous than their son ahead of the Games.The Paralympics preparation currently takes all their time. Because of work, they have to split their attendance at training, which means one of them has to run around the pool about 5 kilometers on average to be ready to tap at both ends.
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