"We were very touched by the extremely beautiful and noble gesture of our Olympian, so we decided to support the fundraiser for Miłoszek," the company wrote.
Zdecydowaliśmy, że 🥈 z Tokio zostanie u Pani Marii! Podziwiamy i cieszymy się, że mogliśmy dołożyć swoje 💚! 👉 - Żabka Polska August 16, 2021 Zabka announced that they would let Maria keep her medal after all!īyliśmy bardzo poruszeni niezwykle pięknym i szlachetnym gestem naszej Olimpijki, dlatego postanowiliśmy wesprzeć zbiórkę na rzecz Miłoszka.
In the end, they pulled in more than enough cash to cover Miloszek's trip to America!Īnd the goodwill doesn't end there. Not only that, but when her story broke, more people began donating to the fundraiser. It's for him that I am auctioning my Olympic silver medal."ĭays later, a Polish convenience store called Zabka purchased the medal for $125,000, which was more than Maria had hoped to get. Sidelined by a shoulder injury in 2017, she then learned she had bone cancer. The Polish javelin thrower missed her chance at the 2016 Olympic Games by just 2 centimeters. "He already has a head start from Kubus - a boy who didn't make it in time but whose amazing parents decided to pass on the funds they collected. All Olympic medalists work incredibly hard to reach their goals, but Maria Andrejczyk went through some serious struggles before reaching the podium. Andrejczyk has a serious heart defect, surgery is needed," she wrote in Polish.
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