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17 November 2010 – In her latest IAAF Online Diary, <strong>Samsung Diamond League</strong> Ambassador Barbora Spotakova discusses, among other things, working with her new coach, Javelin Throw legend Jan Zelezny. Next on her agenda: warm weather training in Lanzarote and shopping for a new BMW motorcycle.<br /><br />“It is now a month since I started training with my new coach, Jan Zelezny, and today I am very tired!<br /><br />"We began with a visit to the Giant Mountains in the Czech Republic, and we worked very hard there. I think I have learned maybe 100 new exercises.<br /><br />"Rudolf Cerny has been my coach for 11 years, and I am very grateful to him for all he has done for me. But at the end of this season, after I had won the IAAF Samsung Diamond League event in Zurich, I decided I needed to change.<br /><br />"I seemed to have been injured more often in the last year, and I had a problem with my elbow throughout the season. My training now involves complete body training, n