The Armed Forces General Command squad did not give a chance to rivals in the 5 × 5 km relay run under the name "Unity Run" in Bydgoszcz, organized as part of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of Poland's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance. It was attended by five-man teams – each of the players had to cross a distance of 5 km. 116 teams competed for the victory.
‘Union Run’, organised by the Ministry of Defence and Central Military Sports Team In cooperation with the city of Bydgoszcz, it was held for a reason in a castle on the Brda, which is called the Polish capital of NATO. The Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) has been established here for 20 years. To this fact, in his speech during the event of the Vice president of Bydgoszcz, Łukasz Krupa, who thanked the Ministry of Defence for his proposal to join the organisation of the celebration run Jubilee of Poland's admission to the North Atlantic Alliance. The Union Run besides remembered the support of floods – volunteers from the authorized Foundation I want to aid rise the money that will support the flood victims.
The runners set off on the way from the centre of Bydgoszcz – the Jerzy Sulima-Kamiński Old Town Bridge – after the warm-up which was carried out by Iga Baumgart-Witan, a double Olympic medalist from Tokyo (2021), a gold medalist in a mixed relay of 4 × 400 m and silver in a women's 4 × 400 m long run. A loop about 5 km long was set on the boulevards above Brda. 116 relays competed for the victory, consisting of players from respective countries. The organizers initially planned to let 75 civilian teams to take off – to item the 75th anniversary of NATO's inception – and 32 military ones – for specified a number of countries admitted to the Alliance. At the last minute, due to their large interest in running, they agreed to launch more teams.
On the first shifts, a fierce fight for first position was fought by soldiers representing the 8th Radioelectronic Combat Battalion and General Command of Armed Forces Types. After the first 2.5 km, these teams were the best and had over half a minute advantage over the teams of the Warsaw Garrison Command and 1st Logistics Brigade I Bydgoszcz. After the first shift to the forehead, the 8th Radioelectronic Combat Battalion (with a time of 15 min 53 s), the second place was taken by the DGRSZ squad (10 min 9 s), and the 3rd DGW (17 min 10 s). After 7.5 km of moving there was inactive a squad of 8th Battalion, but only 6 s failure had to him a rival representing DGRSZ. From the 3rd circular the rivalry leaders were already soldiers from the General Command and they did not give the lead until the finish on the Old Town bridge.
After half a minute, representatives joined in the fight for leadership positions Naval Military Academy in Dęblin. The run finished in 5th position – behind the squad Cyberspace defence Army CommandWho was the only 1 in the squad to have a player. It is worth noting that on the first shift in the squad of the 4th relay, Lieutenant Michelle Garst-Lotka, the first champion of the Polish Army in overcoming obstacles in the physical fitness centre. Major Michał Breszka of the Oaklin LAW, moving on the second shift, was very pleased with the attitude of the 4 subjects who competed with him in Bydgoszcz. “We are the first in the rivalry of military schools, and that is what we would like to stand on the podium of this event in the future, which I hope will permanently enter the calendar of military events”, said the officer and added that his squad was besides the best among the teams representing the air force. We symbolically referred to the disease. Wojciech Pismenka from the 40th Fighter-Bomb Aviation Regiment in Swidwin, who was the first to celebrate Poland's admission to NATO in 1998, said the major.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949, after 12 North Atlantic Treaty states signed. Poland was accepted into this organization on 12 March 1999. However, earlier in 1990, Polish athletes began taking part in sports competitions held under the flag of the global du athletics Militaire (CISM) (Conseil global du athletics Militaire) – an organization that brings together, among others, armies of NATO-owned countries. The CISM organizes military planet championships in various sports disciplines – the first Polish medal won on them on 14 September 1990. They were the first to stand on the podium by cyclists who finished second in the squad race at Arnhem for 70 km.
Poland's admission to NATO was the first to celebrate the young chor. staff. Wojciech Pismenko. elder weather station technician at the 40th Fighter-Bomb Aviation Regiment in Swidwin after completing the 246 km Spartathlon from Athens to Sparta in 1997, announced that he was planning to take the way from Warsaw to Brussels. “Why can’t a soldier of the Polish Army, who has “enter” into NATO, run in there?” he said in an interview with “Polish Armed Forces” Ensign. He kept his word and on September 7, 1998, after reaching Brussels, he blocked a white-red flag among the flags of the North Atlantic Alliance associate states on the lawn in front of NATO headquarters. His moving feat is sick. Pismenko entered the chronicle commemorating the 50th anniversary of the NATO Uprising and the 80th anniversary of Polish aviation.
Results
1. General Command of Types of Armed Forces (St. Łukasz Parszczyński, St. Kamil Młynarz, St. Łukasz Nestorowicz, St. Krzysztof Wasiewicz, St. Grzegorz Pawlak) 1 hr 22 min 35 s
2.1 Logistics Brigade I Bydgoszcz (St. Cpr. Sebastian Gołdyn, St. Wier. Rafał Nalewaski, St. Cp. Waldemar Deron, St. Wr. Andrzej Jaranowski, St. Wr. spec. Krzysztof Gosiewski) 1 hr 28 min 10 s
3. 8th Radioelectronic Combat Battalion (Ws. Kacper Arendt, St. Capt. Maciej Skibski, Ws. Ariel Krykowski, Ws. Mariusz Gąsiorowski, Ws. Damian Wiśniewski) 1 hr 31 min 2 s
4. Cyberspace defence Army Command 1 hours 32 minutes 11 seconds
5. Dęblin Military Academy 1 hr 32 min 58 s
6. Tuesday moving Fun Bydgoszcz 1 hr 33 min 8 s
7. Garrison Command Warsaw 1 hr 33 min 12 s
8. Kotłowski Run squad 1 hr 36 min 20 s
