The Polish Long-Distance Orienteering Championships are behind us. They took place on October 14 in Załęcze Wielkie near Wieluń. A five-person team from UKS Tukan Iwiny took part in the competition. In the junior women’s category, the gold medal was won by Angelika Haniszewska. Our athlete defeated her most dangerous rival, Agata Stankiewicz of UKS Orientuś Łódź, by... nearly 7 minutes.
Małgorzata Szeliga she finished fourth in the K20 category (she missed the bronze medal by about 40 seconds), and Marek Wojnowicz placed fifth in M20. Competing in the junior category Bartek Szeliga was eleventh, and Mariusz Wojnowicz seventeenth.
This year, Tukan’s athletes won 6 Polish Championship medals. Angelika and Małgorzata each won two medals, while Bartek and Marek won one each.
(information: Dariusz Pachnik/ii)