- As of 22 December, 322 swimmers have entered.
- The programme has two parts. Recreational 100- and 300-metre swimmers go first, from 08:30. A formal interval, probably between 11:00 and 11:30, will welcome Prague 1 Deputy Mayor Petr Burgr and Czech Swimming Federation president Petr Ryška, and honour this year’s English Channel swimmers Jana Procházková, Jakub Valníček and Chun Kong Mak with commemorative trophies. The competitive 750-metre heats follow.
- Times are approximate.
- Parking on Slovanský Island is for the organising team only.
- On arrival at the island’s footbridge, everyone will have their temperature checked and sign a document consenting to personal-data processing for COVID-19 testing and declaring that they have no clinical signs of infectious disease.
- The two testing teams can process approximately 108 people per hour in total.
- An organiser will escort groups of nine from the footbridge to testing.
- Samples will be taken in a ventilated room in Žofín Palace.
- THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT SHOWS YOUR APPROXIMATE TEST TIME AND PERSONAL NUMBER, WHICH IS ALSO YOUR TEST SAMPLE NUMBER. FOR 750-METRE SWIMMERS, IT WILL ALSO BE THE RACE NUMBER MARKED ON YOUR BODY.
- The organising team will be tested between 07:30 and 08:00.
- Testing of Prague-based 100- and 300-metre swimmers begins at 08:00.
- After the sample is taken, wait twenty minutes in the marked area outside Žofín Palace, keeping two metres apart, until you receive your result.
- A positive COVID-19 result will be followed by a second sample for a PCR test, paid in full by the health insurer. Medical staff will explain the next steps, and the participant must leave.
- After a negative result, swimmers receive a coloured wristband and proceed to the usual registration area in Žofín Palace. One representative registers each club and collects refreshments and certificates for all its swimmers.
- Once registered, 100- and 300-metre swimmers go to a changing area, then promptly to their Vltava swim.
- Older swimmers and women should primarily use the basement Knights’ Hall, but may also use either large tent.
- Men change in the two large tents: one beside the palace entrance, the other at the island’s tip. Each tent has a maximum capacity of twenty-five people.
- The tents will not be heated, to avoid circulating unwanted particles with hot air and to discourage people from staying longer than necessary to change.
- After warming up, 100- and 300-metre swimmers leave Slovanský Island.
- During the formal interval, probably between 11:00 and 11:30, we will welcome Prague 1 Deputy Mayor Petr Burgr and federation president Petr Ryška on the pontoon and present commemorative trophies to English Channel swimmers Jana Procházková, Jakub Valníček and Chun Kong Mak. The oldest and youngest participants should also remain for this occasion.
- The competitive 750-metre heats then follow.
- There are currently 63 entries for 750 metres. We expect two heats. The fastest swimmers, regardless of gender, will swim in a separate wave in the first heat. The second heat may be split into two waves.
- After warming up, 750-metre swimmers who are not receiving awards should leave the island.
- The awards ceremony in Žofín Palace’s Small Hall is expected between 13:00 and 13:30. Attendance is limited to the first three men and women over 750 metres and the three three-person teams receiving Prague 1 Cup awards.
Updated programme — 20201226 – PrahaNikodem-v3.pdf
Race numbers and test times — MAN2020_cisla_casy_testu.xlsx
