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Ostrava

[aw-strah-vah]

noun

  1. a city in northern Moravia, in the northeastern Czech Republic.



Ostrava

/ ˈɔstrava /

noun

  1. an industrial city in the E Czech Republic, on the River Oder: the chief coal-mining area in the Czech Republic, in Upper Silesia. Pop: 316 000 (2005 est)

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Teenager Gout Gout set a new Australian record with victory in the men's 200m on his senior international debut at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava.

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He is currently the Sporting Director at Banik Ostrava in his homeland, the club where he began his career and made more than 200 appearances before joining West Ham in 1990.

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Ostrava has been one of the most-affected towns, after the river Oder burst its banks following heavy downpours on Tuesday.

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Slovakia also registered its first win, a 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan in Group B in Ostrava.

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I wasn’t the first passenger in the dining car en route to the Czech Republic’s eastern city of Ostrava, which was how I hit my first snag.

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