Exactly ten years ago, a girl with a painted mustache entered the hearts of sports fans when she dominated the snowboard cross course and won the gold medal at the Sochi Olympics. Eva Adamczyk is now coming out with a moving film documentary in which she remembers her late parents and the moments when she was recovering from the worst injury of her career.
The almost hour-long film entitled EFKA – The Fastest Girl in the Universe offers a unique insight into the career of the gold Olympic snowboard crosser from Sochi.
The story begins at the moment when Adamczyková loses the opportunity to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing due to the fracture of both ankles. At the time, she herself doubted whether she would ever return to snowboarding, let alone continue competing.
“The first day of filming was actually the day they took the screws out of my legs. The injury was not planned at all, but I think it added an interesting dimension to the documentary,” says Samková with a smile.
The documentary was directed by Markus Krug, who not only captured the story of her dramatic return to the snowboard cross track, but also provided insight into her childhood and relationship with her parents, who both succumbed to cancer.
“I like the video where my mom scolds me for eating snow and asks me if I want to get jaundice and I say yes. That’s kind of my defiance. I think as a child I was very cheeky and bold towards parents,” he recalls one of the touching moments of the documentary.
Her father, who died a month before her defense of gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics, was a great role model for her.
“For me, a powerful moment is the shot where I am filming with my sister and my father singing the song Kozel together. This is very important to me because I remember it. We sang a lot at home,” Adamczyková recalls.
In the documentary, viewers will learn what led her to one of the most dangerous snow sports. What were her beginnings on snowboarding, what role model influenced her the most, how difficult it was to cope with the high expectations of the environment and how much effort and pain it took to rehabilitate following a serious injury.
“There was nothing I didn’t want to include. There were personal moments, but I didn’t mind and I think it fit. That’s also thanks to the director Markus Krug, who understood it very well. He spent a lot of time with us and understood us as well my team. He was able to capture it perfectly and I thank him for that,” praises the director.
The premiere of the documentary took place on Thursday evening at the Archa Theater in the presence of the snowboarder herself, her team, family and many celebrity friends. Viewers can watch it on the Voyo.cz platform from Friday.
Topics: Eva Adamczyková (formerly Samková)
