The School World Championships in the Jean Humbert Athletics Cup, held in Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic), are now behind us. The Polish team, featuring Bolesławiec resident Kacper Olszewski, finished fourth. The team from China won, England finished second and Turkey third.
The Polish athletes competed in the following lineup:
- Mateusz Jopek – long jump and 100 m
- Kacper Więcław – 200 m and high jump
- Kacper Olszewski – discus throw and 100 m
- Dawid Działoszek – 800 m and long jump
- Kacper Ambroży – 110 m hurdles and long jump
- Adrian Misiołek – pole vault and 110 m hurdles.
The team scored 678 points. It missed the bronze medal by just 9 points. The Polish team was supervised by Tomasz Markowski, a teacher at Gimnazjum Samorządowe No. 2 in Bolesławiec, who is also Kacper Olszewski’s teacher and coach.Tomasz Markowski, being simultaneously Kacper Olszewski’s teacher and coach.
(information: TM/ii)