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Petra Vlhová
Petra Vlhová, wins the women's slalom race of the FIS Ski Alpine World Cup in Are, Sweden, Friday March 12, 2021.
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Vlhová wins slalom in Swedish Are

She took the lead over Switzerland’s Lara Behrami-Gut for the World Cup overall title.

Petra Vlhová after winning the World Cup women's giant slalom in Jasná on Sunday, March 7.
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Vlhová wins giant slalom in Jasná

In the overall standings, she closed the gap on the leader to 36 points.

Petra Vlhová
Slovakia's Filip Polasek (left) and Croatia's Ivan Dodig kiss their trophy after defeating Rajeev Ram of the US and Britain's Joe Salisbury in the men's doubles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021.

Slovak tennis player wins the Australian Open final

Filip Polášek and Croatian player Ivan Dodig beat Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in men’s doubles final.

Petra Vlhová
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Petra Vlhová wins silver at the world championship

The Slovak skier is vice-master in slalom.

Filip Polášek (l) and Ivan Dodig

The success of a Slovak tennis player: He will play in the Australian Open doubles finals

Filip Polášek is the first male Grand Slam tennis player to make it to the finals.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová shows her silver medal for the women's combined race, at the alpine ski World Championships, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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Petra Vlhová wins her first medal at the world championship

The Slovak skier placed second in the Alpine Combined.

Petra Vlhova and her fan Marian Posa

Vlhová watched all the way in Malaysia

Fans love the Slovak skier. When she is racing, everything else stops.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová reacts in the finish area of an alpine ski, women's World Cup super-G race in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
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Vlhová had a great ride. She ended second in super-G

She kept her leading position in World Cup standings.

Ján Sýkora is an easy-going ice-hockey player who has got a great sense of humour.
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Fashion brands mean nothing to me. Professional hockey player about his life in central Slovakia

In an entertaining interview, the down-to-earth ice hockey player, Ján Sýkora, talks about being a busy bee with a poor memory.

Paramedic Zuzana Jusková hopes to swim across the Strait of Gibraltar very soon.
Petra Vlhová has become Snow Queen of Zagreb.
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Vlhová dominates slalom in Zagreb

The Slovak skier strengthens her lead in World Cup standings.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová speeds down the course during an alpine ski, women's World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France.

Petra Vlhová ends third in Courchevel

She was defeated by Marta Bassino and Sara Hector.

Slovakia's Petra Vlhová won the women's World Cup parallel giant slalom in Lech/Zuers, Austria.
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Petra Vlhová of Slovakia celebrates after winning the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup women's slalom race at the Levi ski resort in Finland on November 22.
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Petra Vlhová wins another slalom in Levi

Michelle Gisin of Switzerland ended second, and Katharina Liensberger of Austria was third.

Petra Vlhová of Slovakia (centre), flanked by second placed Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States (l) and third placed Katharina Liensberger of Austria, celebrates after winning the alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom in Levi, Finland.
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Slovak skier Vlhová wins the opening slalom in Levi

She beat Mikaela Shiffrin and Katharina Liensberger.

Marek Hamšík and Juraj Kucka
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The head and the bottom. Two curious touches helped Slovakia win

The national team made it to the European Championships only the second time in history when they beat Northern Ireland in Belfast on November 12.

Slovak female swimmers swam across the English Channel, from England to France, in September 2020.

Slovak all-female relay swimmers make history crossing the Channel

The country's first all-female team to swim the Channel trained in Slovakia during rain and storms.

French Charlie Cimetière came to Slovakia for the first time in 2009, spending his Erasmus in Bratislava.

The revival of Slovak rugby championed by French player

Having first discovered Slovakia thanks to Erasmus, Charles Cimetière returned to popularise rugby.

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