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On its front page, the daily Pravo features a photo of what is left of a railway station roof after a gale ripped it off in the town of Nyrany near Plzen on Wednesday. High winds wreaked havoc across the country overturning lorries and knocking down trees but, luckily, nobody was injured.

Today's newspapers all cover the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Whilst Lidove noviny's headline celebrates the triumph of doctors over athletes found guilty of doping, the headline in Mlada fronta Dnes analyses the games - skeptically pointing to the fact that there is a slight chance that some of the athletes who did well may also be guilty of doping but were just lucky enough not to be caught. In reality, the real winner may be 'doping', it writes.

Well a sad day for the Czech people today, as they bid farewell to their chances of defending their ice-hockey Olympic gold medal. Lidove noviny shows a young female fan on the brink of tears as she watches the Czech team losing to Russia in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. The headline in Mlada fronta Dnes says it all "The Dream's Over - Russians Send Us Home."