Athletics: Polish sprinter Ewa Swoboda wins gold at European Games

Polish sprinter Ewa Swoboda won the gold in the women’s 100 metres at the European Games on Friday, taking the country's medal haul to 11 in the continental multi-sport event on home soil.

Ewa Swoboda

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Swoboda finished ahead of the field with a time of 11.09 seconds to set a new European Games record at the Silesian Stadium in the southern Polish city of Chorzów, state news agency PAP reported.

Ewa Swoboda:
Złoto ✅
Rekord ✅#IgrzyskaEuropejskie #EG2023 #Silesia2023 https://t.co/h103TNNYBv

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) June 23, 2023

Nie pozostawiła złudzeń! 🔥 Ewa Swoboda ze złotem igrzysk europejskich 💪🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/qkfhUpEghl

— TVP SPORT (@sport_tvppl) June 23, 2023

Earlier in the day, Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek won the silver in the women's 400m, finishing in 50.34.

Natalia Kaczmarek wywalczyła srebro, ale czuje niedosyt. "Stać mnie na lepsze bieganie" 🔽#IgrzyskaEuropejskie2023 #EG2023 https://t.co/dPPRlWlEYp

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) June 23, 2023

Świetny bieg Natalii Kaczmarek! Mamy srebro na 400 metrów 💪🇵🇱 pic.twitter.com/BI8zORpQTs

— TVP SPORT (@sport_tvppl) June 23, 2023

Poland's track-and-field federation has selected a team of 46 athletes to compete for medals at the 3rd European Games, which opened on Wednesday and run until July 2.

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Source: PAP