The first medal of the European championship for Poland! It was a great run

Pia Skrzyszowska was one of the Polish favorites to win a medal during a party in the Dutch Apeldoorn. In 2024, a Polish woman won the bronze medal at 60 m through the fences during the World Indoor Championships. The competition was then played in Glasgow.

In the Friday final, Skrzyszowska was one of the favorites. The Polish woman in her substantial medal achievements, however, has not yet had a disc championship disc in an indoor edition. This changed in 2025. Skrzyszowska in the final reached for the bronze medal.

This is an important medal for the Polish athlete. A few weeks ago, Skrzyszowska was definitely far from the optimal disposition, looking at the results achieved. The medal won in Apeldoorn, improving the best result in the season, is a good stimulus in the perspective of subsequent challenges – with this nearest – world indoor championships. These start on March 21-23, China will be the hosts.

It is worth adding that in the HME 2025 final, the winner of Ditaji Cambundji (Switzerland) broke the European record (7.67), while the second Dutch at the finish Dutch Nadine Visser (7.72) broke the record of her country.

HME: Polish national team with a favorable historical balance

Looking at the story, HME in athletics has been played since 1966. Under the name of the European Indoor Championships, from 1970 (previously the European Indoor Games). The Polish national team has a lot of traditions, checking in fifth in the medal classification of all time. Poland won a total of 215 medals, which was: 68 zlotys, 65 silver and 82 bronze.

The previous HME took place in 2023 in Turkey, more specifically in Istanbul. Two years earlier, i.e. in 2021, the event hosted in Poland, and the place of athletic struggles of the best athletes and athletes of the Old Continent was Toruń. Interestingly, during HME 2017 (Belgrade) and 2019 (Glasgow), Poland won in the general medal classification.