#ALEKSANDRA MIROSŁAW

Photo: (clockwise) Poland's volleyball team, Julia Szeremeta, Iga Świątek, Bartosz Zmarzlik, Jagiellonia Białystok, Aleksandra Mirosław (via PAP and Getty Images)

Polish sports review of the year: New faces emerge in 2024

In a big sporting year that featured both the Olympic Games and football’s European Championships, Polish athletes found success in unexpected areas and failure in more predictable fields.

Team PL arrived back in Poland after scraping 42nd place on the medal table, its lowest position ever. (Photo:

Polish athletes met by cheering fans despite worst Olympic performance since 1956

Poland’s athletes have been greeted by cheering fans at Warsaw’s Okęcie airport, despite delivering their worst Olympics performance since 1956.

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Poles take Olympic gold and bronze in speed climbing

Poland’s Aleksandra Mirosław has won Olympic gold in speed climbing and was joined on the podium by her compatriot Aleksandra Kałucka, who took bronze.

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Lublin gets interactive mural in honor of Polish record-breaking speed climber

An interactive mural in honor of speed climbing world record holder Aleksandra Mirosław has appeared on the side of a tenement block in the city of Lublin, in eastern Poland.