Aleksander Kwaśniewski strongly talks about sport in Poland. He pointed out the main problem
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, apart from his political functions, is also a great sports fan. The former president of the Republic of Poland spoke on the state of the Olympic movement in Poland.
In the case of Aleksander Kwaśniewski, we can talk about quite good sports experience, also during his political career. The former president held, among others, position of head of the Polish Olympic Committee.
Aleksander Kwaśniewski about Polish sport. Important words were said
Not so long ago, we quoted Kwaśniewski’s opinion related to the – then still unofficial – candidacy of Andrzej Duda for the head of the International Olympic Committee. This time, the former President of the Republic of Poland referred to Polish sport in more detail, while summarizing the last 12 months of 2024. An important year, because it is an Olympic year.
Kwaśniewski drew attention to an interesting aspect, giving a slightly different perspective on what was and is happening in Polish sport in terms of the development of the Olympic movement. Unfortunately, not much has changed in the country systemically…
– Let me be honest: the 2004 Games in Athens are symbolic because they were held 15 years after the changes in Poland. By then, the old system in our sport had finally exhausted itself. And we haven’t created a new one yet. The result is that since Athens we have been oscillating around 10 medals at the Olympic Games. This is what Polish sport can do. And I think that if we had won 10 medals in Paris like we did, only Świątek and the volleyball players had won gold, we would have been truly celebrating! I really think that then we would be talking about a very successful Olympics. We lacked the satisfaction we could count on, admitted the former president of the Republic of Poland in an interview for Sport.pl.
Ten medals of the Polish national team at the Olympic Games in Paris
Poland finished the Olympic Games with ten medals in the French capital. Klaudia Zwolińska, a whitewater kayaker, was the first to win the Olympic vice-championship. The Polish epee players then added the bronze medal, gaining success in the team by winning the match for 3rd place against the Chinese after a great fight.
Men responded to the ladies’ successes. The bronze medal was won by the Polish double team: Dominik Czaja, Fabian Barański, Mirosław Ziętarski and Mateusz Biskup. On Friday, August 2, Iga Świątek added the bronze medal. She was the first in the history of the Polish Olympic movement to win an Olympic medal in tennis.
The next two medals were successes in time-climbing, two by Aleksandra – Mirosław with gold and Kałucka with bronze. Natalia Kaczmarek also won a bronze medal on Friday (i.e. August 9), after a great run in the 400 meters final. It was also the first, long-awaited album for Poland, looking at the athletics competition.
The Polish national volleyball team added its eighth medal, Olympic silver, on Saturday. Poles lost to France in the final 0:3. The penultimate medal is the final achieved by boxer Julia Szeremeta, who ultimately won silver in the 57 kg category.
And this one on the last day of the Olympic Games 2024, in track cycling, by Daria Pikulik.
