EN The main highlight of the bicross season, the World Championships in Brisbane, Australia, is already knocking on the door. The world medals will be contested next weekend, July 18 and 19. The Czech team leaves for their opponents today, and the biggest Czech hope, Sabina Košárková, who will start in the U23 category, will join the team right there. Mistrovství světa Audio version Listen to article Open audio Tvůj prohlížeč nepodporuje přehrávání audia. Official training sessions have been on the program since the beginning of the week. The qualifying races and the round of 16 will be held on Saturday, and the remaining elimination rounds, including the final, on Sunday. National team coach Lukáš Tamme also has the highest hopes for Košárková. "This year she already won the World Cup race, stood on the podium in the next one and has the same results from the European Cup. She finished seventh at the European Championship," Tamme recalled. "This clearly shows that they belong to the absolute top of the world." The advantage of the Czech representative is that she will be racing on a track that she knows very well. Australia is her favorite destination. After the European Championship, she traveled there and is preparing here under the guidance of her coach. "It can be said that this is her second home track. She knows it perfectly. This year she completed the second winter training in a row in Australia and practically the whole season was aimed at the World Championship," Tamme points out one of her advantages. "It's precisely because he has a perfect track that he can benefit from it. He certainly has a great result." And how do they see the chances of the other Czech representatives? "I would like everyone to race on Sunday as well," says the coach, indicating what result he would be satisfied with. Eliška Bartuňková will start in the elite women's category, Marek Neužil among the elite men. Jakub Vesecký and Jakub Klement will perform in the men's under-23 category, and Elen Lapková among the juniors. The Czech Republic will not be represented among the juniors, as Badánik and Novotný, who would normally start under normal circumstances, are injured. "We believe in Eliška and Elen at least advancing to the semi-finals. The European Championship did not go as expected for them, so we hope that they will make up for it all at the World Championship," continues Tamme. For men, he would consider at least participation in the quarter-finals a success. A question mark hangs over Marko Neužil's health. He injured his shoulder and tore ligaments in the area of the collarbone after falling during the June World Cup race in Papendal, the Netherlands. "He should be ready, but we'll see how the shoulder reacts at race pace. He rode excellently in the World Cup, but the crash interrupted his preparation. He was originally supposed to undergo surgery, but after consultation it was decided that conservative treatment would be the better solution," explains Tamme. Neužil himself sees the situation optimistically. "Fortunately, the injury was not as serious as it seemed at first. The recovery is going well and the improvement is coming quickly. I am happy that I can ride again, even if it is not 100% yet. But I believe that everything will be fine for the race. I am going to Australia with the fact that I have nothing to lose. If I show what I have trained for, it could be a good result," says Marek Neužil.