Adam Klapka hoping to muscle into Flames’ fourth-line mix
by Wes Gilbertson · Calgary HeraldFrom his perch in a sun-soaked grandstand, Adam Klapka screamed his lungs out for three minutes and 24.07 seconds, the exact clocking for his Czech countryman in a golden performance in the 1,000-metre kayak sprint final at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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But as Josef Dostal pumped a fist in celebration and then stepped to the top of the medal podium, Klapka wasn’t thinking so much about the race that he’d just witnessed.