Skiing at Prague Castle

On Sunday, Prague Castle, seat of the Czech presidency, will become a venue for a cross-country skiing race as part of the Tour de Ski. Organizing the event for Prague is the Czech Republic's multiple Olympic medal winner in cross country, Kateřina Neumanová. President Václav Klaus is the sponsor. Tomáš Němeček does not approve: "The fun of careering through the snow costs merely 10 to 15 million crowns [400,000 to 575,000 euros]. Maybe you can't expect good taste and appropriateness from Neumanová, but surely you can from the president. Especially one who used to praise capitalist values like thriftiness, and pedantically turned out the light when he left his room in the castle… Naturally, just before a presidential election [this coming February] it's not so easy to withdraw from an event with cameras, athletes, celebratory crowds and Kateřina Neumanová."

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