Czech Academic Games declared open












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            June 7, 2011; by: Marie Kohoutová; section: i-Forum informs, Translation: Pavla Horáková

            Concise and refined. Those are the words describing the opening of the 10th Czech Academic
            took place on June 6, 2011 in the Bethlehem Chapel. In attendance were Prague mayor doc. M
            Svoboda, CSc.; the chairman of the Czech Olympic Committee MUDr. Milan Jirásek; the rector

            universities; many other distinguished guests but above all the athletes. Sport at Czech u
            for now represented by culture – great works of classical music and historic architecture.
            From left to right: doc. PhDr. František Dvořák, CSc., chairman of the Czech Association o

            Sport; Prof. Ing. Václav Havlíček, CSc., Rector of the Czech Technical University
            In his speech, Prof. Ing. Václav Havlíček, CSc., Rector of the Czech Technical University,

            the cultural dimension of the Czech Academic Games, the largest sports event of Czech univ
            organized by his university for a second time. “It is my great pleasure to greet you at th
            the occasion of the opening of the 10th Czech Academic Games on behalf of the Czech Techni

            in Prague, the oldest technical university in Europe and the largest technical university 
            I believe this meeting in the Bethlehem Chapel is going to promote culture, sport and othe
            activities. It is true today more than ever that those who devote more time to computers a

            virtual world can be knocked down by the blows of the real world, unlike athletes whose pe
            more rounded.”
            The chairman of the Czech Association of University Sport, doc. PhDr. František Dvořák, CS

            the guests, mentioning last year’s celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the foundation
            Czech university sport. He thanked the organizers of the CAG for the preparation and runni
            and wished the student athletes success in their effort to win the title of Czech Academic

            The 10th CAG are organized by the Institute of Physical Education and Sport of the Czech T
            University in collaboration with the Department of Physical Education of the Czech Agricul
            The games are held under the auspices and with the support of the Ministry of Education, Y

            the Interior Ministry and the Prague City Hall.
            The concert on the occasion of the ceremonial opening of the 10th Czech Academic Games fea
            Jaroslav Svěcený and Julie Svěcená and pianist Václav Mácha who performed works by Jean-Ma

            Ástor Piazolla, Bedřich Smetana, Dmitrij Šostakovič and others.