Athletics: Runners add three golds for Poland in Berlin
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
11.08.2018 22:30
Polish runners added three gold medals for their country on the next-to-last day of competition at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin, putting Poland back on top of the overall nation standings.
Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz (right) of Poland hands over to Justyna Święty-Ersetic (left) on their way to win the gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay final at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, on Saturday. Photo: EPA/SRDJAN SUKI
Poland’s Justyna Święty-Ersetic won the women’s 400 metres at the championships in the German capital on Saturday, posting a European lead of 50.41.
Justyna Święty-Ersetic of Poland celebrates after winning the women's 400m final in Berlin. Photo: EPA/SRDJAN SUKI
Minutes later, her countryman Adam Kszczot became the European champion in the men’s 800 metres, finishing with a season’s best of 1:44.59.
Poland's Adam Kszczot celebrates while crossing the finish line to win the men's 800m final in Berlin on Saturday. Photo: EPA/SRDJAN SUKI Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
In the final event of the day, the Polish women’s 4x400 metres relay team of Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz and Święty-Ersetic claimed the sixth gold medal for their country, after finishing in 3:26.59, ahead of second-placed France and third-placed Britain.
With a total of nine medals, six gold and three silver, Poland led the overall medals table after day six of competition in Berlin, public broadcaster TVP Sport reported.
On Friday, Poland’s Marcin Lewandowski took the silver in the men’s 1,500 metres.
On Wednesday, Poland’s Paulina Guba took the gold in the women's shot put at the championships.
On Tuesday, Poland’s Michał Haratyk won the gold in the men's shot put while his countryman Konrad Bukowiecki took the silver.
Earlier that day, Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki won the gold and Paweł Fajdek took the silver in the men’s hammer throw.
Poland finished top of the league in terms of medals at the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam in 2016, with six golds, five silvers and one bronze.
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Source: TVP Sport, PAP, onet.pl