A blow to the Polish track and field team. A doping mishap before the games?
Norbert Kobielski – according to media reports – was caught using an illegal substance. Will the athlete not go to the games in Paris?
On Monday (July 15), the list of the representatives who will defend the white and red colors during the Olympic competition in the capital of France was published. Among those who have a pass is the best Polish high jumper, Norbert Kobielski. But will the Pole actually compete in Paris?
Media: Norbert Kobielski caught doping?
According to TVP Sport and Onet, the Polish athlete may have serious problems because a prohibited substance was detected during the competition. Kamil Kołsut, a journalist from “Rzeczpospolita”, also wrote about the case, citing PAP.
Kobielski himself allegedly denied that anything was actually the case; the athlete is to prepare for the Games according to the previously adopted plan.
Interestingly, Kobielski was suspended in the past for having a “popular, prohibited substance” in his body.
XXXIII Summer Olympic Games in Paris from July 26
The capital of France has already hosted the Summer Olympics twice in the history of Olympism. Paris hosted the most important sports event a long time ago, in 1900 and 1924. The International Olympic Committee decided that exactly one hundred years after the last time it was held on Parisian soil, the heart of France would once again be the main arena for the Summer Games.
The slogan of the 2024 Olympic Games is: “Wide Open Games”. From Wednesday, July 24 (opening ceremony July 26) to Sunday, August 11, a total of 329 events will be held in 32 sports. A total of over 10,000 female and male athletes will take part in the Olympic competition. Interestingly, in Paris, there will be full equality, exactly 50 percent of female and male participants at the games.
The Polish team won a total of 14 medals at the last Olympic Games, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic). They included four gold medals and five silver and bronze medals.
In Paris, we will see a total of 213 people in white and red colors. 113 women and 100 men, for the first time in history there will be more women at the summer Olympics than men in the Polish team. It is worth adding that the Polish team will also have 251 collaborators, including 110 coaches.
