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Athletics: Two silver medals, bronze for Poles in Munich

18.08.2022 00:05
Team Poland won three more medals, two silver and one bronze, at the European Athletics Championships in Munich on Wednesday, taking the country's medal tally to five.
Polands Natalia Kaczmarek and Anna Kiełbasińska celebrate winning medals in the womens 400m in Munich on Wednesday.
Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek and Anna Kiełbasińska celebrate winning medals in the women's 400m in Munich on Wednesday.Photo: PAP/Adam Warżawa

Poland's Ewa Różańska took the silver in the women's hammer throw, with a personal best of 72.12 metres, finishing behind Romania's Bianca Florentina Ghelber and ahead of third-placed Sara Fantini of Italy.

Meanwhile, Poland's Natalia Kaczmarek won the silver in the women's 400m, finishing in 49.94. Countrywoman Anna Kiełbasińska earned the bronze, with 50.29.

Femke Bol of the Netherlands took the gold, with a personal best and national record of 49.44.

Poland has so far won five medals in Munich, one gold, two silver and two bronze.

The 2022 European Athletics Championships run until Sunday.

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Source: PAP, TVP