Poland's Olympic champions are coming to Munich
The Polish team for the European Championships, which was announced last weekend at the end of the national championships in Szczecin, will be led by defending Olympic champions Kamila Skolimovska, Szymon Ziolkowski and Robert Korzeniowski.
Robert Korzeniowski (Photo: Kiefner)
Amongst the women, hammer thrower Kamila Skolimovska together with pole-vaulter Monika Pyrek who came third in the World Championships in Edmonton, is the best known competitor with medal ambitions. Another medal hopeful is the 1500 metre runner and fifth at the Worlds, Lidia Chojecka. She is coming with her latest credentials, runner-up of the European cup held in Annecy.The men's team also comprises some aspiring medal winners. The European indoor champions, Pawel Czapiewski, Marcin Urbas and Marek Plawgo would love another go at gold. The favourite in the 50 kilometre walk is the double Olympic gold medallist and world champion Robert Korzeniowski. On the other hand, the hammer thrower Szymon Ziolkowski is not one of the favourites this time as he has failed so far this summer even to reach the 80 metre mark. However, the German hammer thrower, Karsten Kobs, gives a warning about the Olympic and World champion: "In major competitions he is always the one to watch. Also taking part in Munich in the 400 metres hurdles is defending champion Pawel Januszewski. Surprisingly, the Polish have problems with the 400 metres, where initially they had no individual runner but 5 relay runners were nominated including Robert Mackowiak, runner-up in the European Championships 1998.
The Team for Munich
FRAUEN/WOMEN
100 m - Beata Szkudlarz
400 m - Grazyna Prokopek
1500 m - Lidia Chojecka
Marathon - Malgorzata Sobanska
100 m Hürden/hurdles - Aurelia Trywianska, Aneta Sosnowska
400 m Hürden/hurdles - Anna Olichwierczuk, Malgorzata Pskit
Hochsprung / High jump - Anna Ksok
Stabhochsprung / Pole Vault - Monika Pyrek, Anna Rogowska
Weitsprung / Long jump & Dreisprung / Triple Jump - Liliana Zagacka
Kugelstoßen / Shot put - Krystyna Zabawska
Diskuswerfen / Discus Throw - Joanna Wisniewska, Marzena Wysocka
Hammerwerfen / Hammer Throw - Kamila Skolimowska, Agnieszka Pogroszewska
Siebenkampf / Heptathlon - Magdalena Szczepanska
4 x 400 m - Zuzanna Radecka, Justyna Karolkiewicz, Aneta Lemiesz
MÄNNER/MEN
100 m - Piotr Balcerzak, Marcin Nowak
200 m - Marcin Urbas, Marcin Jedrusinski
800 m - Pawel Czapiewski, Grzegorz Krzosek
Marathon - Piotr Gladki
110 m Hürden/hurdles - Artur Kohutek
400 m Hürden/hurdles - Marek Plawgo, Pawel Januszewski
3000 m Hindernis/steeple - Jakub Czaja
Hochsprung / High jump - Aleksander Walerianczyk, Grzegorz Sposób
Diskuswerfen / Discus Throw - Olgierd Stanski
Hammerwerfen / Hammer throw - Szymon Ziólkowski, Maciej Palyszko
Speerwerfen / Javelin - Rajmund Kólko, Dariusz Trafas
Zehnkampf / Decathlon - Krzysztof Andrzejak
20 km Gehen / walking - Roman Magdziarczyk, Benjamin Kucinski
50 km Gehen / walking - Robert Korzeniowski, Tomasz Lipiec, Grzegorz Sudol
4 x 100 m - Ryszard Pilarczyk, Zbigniew Tulin, Lukasz Chyla
4 x 400 m - Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Marcin Marciniszyn, Artur Gasiewski, Rafal Wieruszewski, Robert Mackowiak
