On Friday night the Czech House finally first time on fire! The first celebration of the olympic medal – so-called “Thanksgiving” – started on the ground floor shortly after 10 pm in the Czech House when the laughing Eva Samkova stepped into the Czech House with a great applause of Czech and foreign fans.
During a short program on the podium where she performed with her whole team and greeted all fans. She watched at her medal race on the TV screens and also a congratulations from Hana Strachotova, her former physiotherapist during the Olympic Games Sochi.
There was the obvious and favourite pouring of Czech beer and then the olympic medalist even stepped among the visitors and offered fresh Czech bread.
More photos here. Photo: Czech Olympic Committee/Jan Maly