A Polish woman from Belarus is the best in the world! Amazing history of the athlete

Maria Żodzik has been living in Poland since 2022. More precisely in Bialystok, where-as the late Maciej Petruczenko rightly mentioned in his text from June 2024-she became the natural successor of Kamila Stepaniuk-Limilwińko. That is, record holders of the Polish and indoor world champion (2014).

Maria Żodzik is the best in the world. She erased a nightmare from the Olympic Games

In March 2024, the Żodzik received Polish citizenship from the hands of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda. It is worth adding that the grandparents of the athlete were Poles.

Interestingly, in 2021, the fruition reached for the runner -up of Belarus during the competition in the competition in Minsk.

– I am very happy that the president signed all documents and granted me Polish citizenship. I am proud that I will be able to represent Poland, a country of my ancestors. I hope that matters related to the World Athletics procedures will now be efficient and I will soon start in a jersey with an eagle on my chest. I hope that everything will go smoothly and the fans will see me at the Paris Games in the white and red outfit of the Polish national team-said the Żodzik after granting her citizenship, quoted on the PKol website.

Ultimately, at the IO 2024 athlete was actually performed. However, the Paris party would certainly like to forget as soon as possible. It ended with unsuccessful eliminations, although the jumper high went to the French capital with a solid result of 196 cm. In the Olympic rehearsal, it was only 183 cm.

The performance of Żodzik during the Gorzów Jump Festival looked completely different. The Polish athlete managed to achieve the best result of this year in the world, and additionally improving its life record. Ultimately, it stood 198 cm, which the gear in the first attempt. This is the third best result in the history of Polish athletics.

Who knows, perhaps in Gorzów Wielkopolski, thanks to such a successful performance, the yate will return to regularly gaining subsequent heights. A 28 -year -old athlete certainly has a lot of sporting potential.

Let us add that during the IO 2024 in the colors of the Polish national team she appeared, next to the grower, one more athlete from Belarus, having Polish citizenship. This is Krystssina Tsimanouskaya, a sprinter occurring both individually and in relay runs.