On Saturday, the Orlen Cup athletics meeting was held in Łódź. Nearly six thousand spectators gathered in the Atlas Arena to watch the best athletes. Many recognized athletes came to Poland, such as the bronze medalist of the world championships with Eugene Andrij Protsenko.
Marek Plawgo’s slip-up during the opening ceremony
During the opening ceremony, individual competitors were announced by Marek Plawgo. The former athlete at some point had a slip-up and revealed that Michael Jackson would also take part in the competition. He wasn’t referring to the dead singer, however, but to Marcell Jacobs, an Italian 100m Olympic champion from Tokyo. Plawgo was stressed by the mistake, but quickly corrected himself. – Oh, this Jackson will follow me – he said after the end of the opening ceremony.
Pia Skrzyszowska, who approached the Polish record and beat the best result of this season in Europe, aroused great emotions during the competition. The Polish woman achieved the result of 7.78 seconds. She won against all rivals, but later admitted that she left the starting blocks too slowly. If it wasn’t for that, he would probably become the new record holder of the country. – I’m in the forefront of the world, I would like to get such an actual world record. The goal is the Polish record, and if I beat it, I will look for an even better result –
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The above-mentioned Jacobs won the 60-meter run, overtaking Dominik Kopeć by three hundredths of a second. In the women’s competition, Ewa Swoboda turned out to be the best, reaching the finishing line in 7.14 seconds.
Source: Sport.PL
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