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Polish Olympian auctions silver medal for sick child

Source: Shanghai Daily | 00:20 UTC+8 August 20, 2021 | Print Edition

An Olympic athlete from Poland auctioned her silver medal from the Tokyo Games to raise money for a life-saving operation for an infant boy, and then was told by the buyer that she could keep her prize.

Maria Andrejczyk, a 25-year-old javelin thrower who overcame bone cancer and a shoulder injury to compete at this year鈥檚 Olympics, said she decided to auction her medal to help the boy knowing how much she had to 鈥渇ight against adversity and pain.鈥 The money is for Milosz Malysa, an infant with a heart defect whose family has been raising funds for him to be operated on in the United States. Milosz鈥檚 parents posted last week that the boy was at risk of dying soon without the surgery. Zabka, a popular convenience store chain in Poland, bid 200,000 zlotys (US$51,000) but said it would let the athlete keep her medal. 鈥淲e were moved by the beautiful and extremely noble gesture of our Olympian,鈥 Zabka said. Fans have contributed an additional 300,000 zlotys to help the boy.

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