Canoeing, climbing and parachuting medals

Military in Poznań Malta

St. General peculiar Agent Anna Puławska in the final she lost only to German Pauline Jagsch and fresh Zealand Aimee Fisher, while she gained the same time as Australian Natalia Drob. Defending the title of champion Polk just after the race ended, she could not yet be happy to stand on the podium. On the scoreboard with the results, it appeared that it took 4th position, and until the medal it lacked 0.04 pp. Only after a fewer minutes, after a photofinish analysis, it turned out that Puławska and Drobot obtained the same time.

At the track on the Poznań Malta St. Wier. spec. Anna Puławska competed in 2 finals. In the latter, in the competition K-2 500 m, she competed with St. The Poles defended the championship title won a year ago in Milan. Unfortunately, they failed to defend gold or stand on the podium. CWZS canoes finished the race in seventh position. The same place was occupied by the St. Wire. Jakub Stepun, who sailed in the K-4 settlement at 500 m. The 5th in the C-4 500 m competition was wide. Kacper Sieradan, and sixth in the rank. Julia Olszewska in the final of the singles at 200 m. In the leading 8 of the representatives of the “arm of masters” were placed the st. widest special. Wiktor Głazunow and St. widest. Norman Zezula, who placed eighth in the final of the canadian twos at 500 m.

The another 2 medals for Poland's representation, in the largest sports event organized in our country this year, won in Poznań: gold (in competition K-2 200 m) – Olexia Koliadych and bronze (in K-1 500 m) – Alex Borucki. Over 850 players from 79 countries competed over the medals at the Malta racetrack.

Guests who came to Poznań were impressed by the large organization of the championship, which was besides mostly contributed by the Polish Army. The Central Military Sports squad with the PGE Foundation took care of attractions in the fan zone, CWZS soldiers and the 12th Wielkopolska Territorial Defence Brigade were very active in helping with organizing canoe racers and paracajakers. They besides helped during the medal decoration ceremony. Sportsmen “arms of champions” from ed. special. Justyna Saint-Ersetic and Wide. Damian Lurk they besides took part in the race of dragon boats. The beginning and closing ceremony of the championship was perfected by spectacular parachuting shows with flags performed by parachutists from the Centre for Quality and Rescue Training in Poznań.

Bronze on the wall

St. Fr. Alexander Mirosław in French Laval won the bronze medal of the European championship in sports climbing on time. The typical of the Central Military Sports squad in the last run this year with a time of 6.18 s ahead of her by 0.26 s defending the second title of champion from Polek Natalia Kałucka. The gold medal was won by Italian Beatrice Colli, and the silver Jeliżowieta Ivanowa, who competed as a neutral player.

In his final career – in the European Championships – the Olympic champion achieved the best score in the eliminations – 6.19 p. In competition for promotion to the quarter-finals she won with Italian Agnese Fiorio. In the next circular of the cup phase, Aleksandra Mirosław closed the way to the semi-finals of Capucine Viglione's hosts. However, in a duel for promotion to the final, the CWZS player lost to Ivanova.

W Laval Olympic champion from Paris won her 4th Old Continent Championship medal. The first – silver – won 13 years ago in Chamonix. In 2019, Edinburgh became the champion of Europe, while 3 years later in Munich for the second time she stood on the highest podium of the Old Continent championship.

The bronze medal, as Aleksandra Mirosław wrote in social media, tastes truly special. "I lost the semi-final, and 5 minutes later I had to stand up against the wall again with my head clean, leave behind what had happened just before and just run. And just before that final run, during the presentation, I felt emotions that I had never felt before. That was strong. I stood there knowing that this was the moment" - stressed the typical of the CGM who wanted to finish the race with a good run and a winning race. "And what happened afterwards was even more amazing. Standing ovation, applause, so many hugs and tears, and a minute I will never forget. It's been a large pleasance competing for the last 17 years. There were lots of ups and downs, sometimes a real rollercoaster, but I don't regret anything, and that's the most crucial thing to me. I wouldn't change a single thing that happened along the way. I walk distant with my head lifted up and with quite a few amazing memories that shaped me both as an athlete and a man," Mirosław wrote.

It is worth reminding that in early July St. Alexander Mirosław said goodbye to Polish audience And the planet Cup starts. In the final cup appearance, at the Main marketplace Square in Krakow, she took 4th place. The contestant besides announced at Wawel that next year her farewell military career performance would be a start in the 8th planet Military Sports Games in the United States.

Gold and silver jumped

Two medals were won by representatives of the Polish Army at the 48th planet Championships in Spadoprotection, held in the Slovak town of Lučenec. Major rez stood on the podium. Monika Bekhit and Captain Ewa Wesołowska, paratroopers representing the Poznań Centre for advanced and Rescue Training and Paratroop Training. Both won medals in competition for female landing accuracy. Major Bekhit triumphed with a score of 12 cm. In 7 queues, the score was lower by 2 cm. The bronze medal, with 16 cm, won the Captain Sophie Grill from the Austrian Army. Just behind the podium, about 17 cm, a sergeant was placed. Huili Gao of China.

The competition for podium seats was very breathtaking until the last line of jumps. Before the last one, at the rate of 41 players with a score of 9 cm led a Chinese woman, a sergeant. Yue Li. The second position with 11 cm occupied Bekhit, and ex aequo the 3rd with 13 cm Wesolovska and Gao. Li's fatal jump, for which she gained 18 cm, made the paratrooper from China fall out of the game for a medal. In the final attempt, the regiments aimed at 1 cm from the center and thus advanced to the first and second positions. However, thanks to the flawless stroke, the bronze provided herself with the Austrian Grill. Ex aequo at 22nd position, with a score of 46 cm, finished the rivalry of Captain Irena Paczek-Krawawczak and spit. Sabina Sikora.

In the squad rivalry the Chinese (with a score of 74 points) triumphed before the Italians (87) and the Spanish (91). The regiments placed in 5th position (109). However, the white-red ones were unlucky, as the organizers did not number the results of the last series, in which our representatives obtained the best result, and the Spanish women were poorly jumping and the 4th after six queues of parachutists from South Korea. If the results had not been cancelled due to the failure of the 5th of the Korean players, The Poles would have a bronze medal. – I was afraid the results of the seventh circular of individual competition would be cancelled. Fortunately, the rules of the championship did not give emergence to any changes and I was able to enjoy being played in Lučenc by Mazurek Dąbrowski – says Major Bekhit. It is worth noting that in 2000 in the same Slovak town at the military championship Monika Bekhit (then Filipowska) won silver and Ewa Wesołowska (then Rybacka) – bronze.

Unfortunately, the successes of 26 years ago failed to repeat the male part of the representation of the Polish Army. In 2000, the Poles won the gold medal in the jumps for landing accuracy, and in individual competition the second was Mikołaj Marczyk. This year, the best of Poles – young chor. dir. Rafał Zgierski from the 2nd Reconnaissance Regiment from Hrubieszów – ranked 22nd. On the another hand, the Polish squad took 13th place at the stake of 24 teams. Germany triumphed before the Slovenians and Italy. In individual competition in the jumps for landing accuracy at the rate of 134 players were the best: Czech Bonifác Hájek, Germany Mathias Demmler and Saleh Al Abidi of Qatar. They all achieved a score of 6 cm and ex aequo ranked them first.