Saturday was the penultimate day of athletics competition at the European Championships in Munich. Poles had a chance to win medals in four competitions – the women’s 20 km walk, the women’s 800 m run, the women’s 4×400 m relay and the 3000 m steeplechase race.
Poland with three medals of European Championships after Saturday’s competition. The white-reds are still in the medal spot
The first medal for Poland on Saturday at the European Championships in Munich was won by Katarzyna Zdziebo, who took second place in the 20 km walk, losing only to the Greek Antigoni Ntrismpioti by 0.17 seconds. In July, on the M in Eugene, she won silver medals at 20 and 35 km. “This girl has become one of the greatest Polish sportsmen. This is her year. It’s great that we discovered such a figure – very intelligent, hardworking, ambitious and so brave” -.
The second medal for the white and reds was won by Anna Wielgosz, finishing the 800 m race in third place. This result was a great sensation, and the very promotion of Wielgosz to the final was a great success. British Keely Hodgkinson (1: 59.04) triumphed in this competition, and the silver was won by French Renelle Lamote (1: 59.49). “A year ago, I was eliminated in the qualifying round at the Tokyo Olympics. After that, she had surgery on her knee and wondered if she would end her career. Now Anna Wielgosz makes a sensation, winning the bronze medal at the European Championships in Munich in the 800-meter run” -.
According to the plan, for the medal of “Anioka Matusiski” composed of Anna Kiebasiska, Justyna wity-Ersetic, Natalia Kaczmarek and Iga Baumgart-Witan. The Polish women won the silver with a time of 3: 21.68, and only the Dutch women, headed by Femke Bol (3: 20.87), were faster. Alicja Konieczek was close to winning the bronze medal in the 3000 m steeplechase race, but she was two seconds short.
Germany has reasons to be happy, taking the first place in the classification. They have 14 medals to their credit, including five gold, seven silver and two bronze medals.
The medal classification of the European Championship in athletics:
- Germany – 5 gold, 7 silver, 2 bronze (14 medals)
- United Kingdom – 5-5-8 (18 medals)
- Greece – 4-1-0 (5 medals)
- Netherlands – 4-0-2 (6 medals)
- Spain – 3-3-3 (9 medals)
- Norway – 3-0-2 (5 medals)
- Poland – 2-5-4 (11 medals)
- Italy – 2-2-5 (9 medals)
- Croatia – 2-1-0 (3 medals)
- Finland – 2-1-0 (3 medals).
Source: Sport

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