After the triumph in the eliminations, Fr Aleksandr Mirosław won a bronze medal in the planet Cup competition in sports climbing held in Krakow. In the first event of this rank in Poland, representatives of Indonesia stood on the highest phase of the podium. The final struggles on the wall set at the Town Hall Tower on the Main Square watched respective 1000 spectators.
Fr Aleksandra Mirosław at the planet Cup competition in Krakow, 2025.
The competitions in climbing on time attracted crowds of fans of this athletics to Krakow on the weekend. The planet Cup competition in this discipline was held in Poland for the first time. Among the ladies to the finals advanced Mr Alexander Mirosław and the sisters Natalia and Aleksandra Kaluckie, but yet the medal place was taken by Aleksandra Mirosław.
Way to medals
Qualifications for the finals in the competition of climbing on time dominated the representatives of Poland in the Krakow Main marketplace Square. The best time – 6.26 s – was obtained by Aleksandra Mirosław, and the second was Natalia Kałucka (with a score of 6.48 s). The leading ‘16’ has besides qualified Aleksandra Kalucka (6.85 s), bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics. Patrycja Chudziak placed in 20th position (7.36 s). Among men, qualifications were won by Indonesian Kiromal Katabin, planet Cup ranking leader. The fastest racer on Saturday to the top of the 15-meter wall ran 4.92 pp. no of the White and Reds were eligible for the leading ‘16’. The best of them Marcin Dzienski with a time of 5.51s finished 38th.
The Sunday finals were watched in the centre of Krakow by respective 1000 spectators. Among them were: Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, General in the St. After the first starts of the White-Red fans were satisfied, as they all ended up winning the Poles. Mirosław won with Spanish Carla Martínez Vidal, Natalia Kalucka with Indonesian Pwa Lestari, and Aleksandra Kalucka with Mengli Zhang. In the quarterfinals Mirosław over 6.58 s overtook Chinese Yumei Qin (running 9.21 s), while Kalutki sisters had to compete among themselves – Natalia turned out to be better due to the fact that Ola made a false start. Jimin Jeon of South Korea, whose competitor was American Emma Hunt, was dropped for the same mistake from further competition.
Patrycja Chudziak at the planet Cup competition in Krakow, 2025.
In 6.36 s for bronze
The semi-final women's duels were highly exciting. All contestants defeated the wall in little than 6.60 pp. Indonesia's Dewi ran 6.28 s and won with Natalia Kalutska (6.55 s), while American Hunt with a score of 6.45 s overtaken Mirosław by 0.05 p.m. In a duel for a bronze medal, the typical of the CGM won a score of 6.36 s and most likely defeated Natalia Kalucka (6.64 s). In the final, however, the Indonesian Dewi triumphed. In her first career triumph in the planet Cup ran 6.27 s and overtook Hunt by 1.29 p. On the another hand, 2 Indonesians faced a gold medal. Triumphed Raharjati Nursama before Kiromal Katibin. The bronze medal was won by nipponese Ryo Omas.
“Ola has not avoided a slight mistake, but this is the case in this sport”, commented the consequence of Aleksandra Mirosław st. chor. staff. Robert Banach, coordinator of the Polish Army's representation in sports climbing. Ensign admitted that the competitions in Kraków were very crucial to the Olympic champion and planet evidence holder. – She surely focused on this start rather solidly, so she most likely feels a bit disappointed – he noted. He besides stressed that the cast of the first cup competitions in Poland was unique. "This is most likely due to the fact that everyone wants to prove themselves before the September planet Championships," added the Ensign.
On the another hand, Colonel Mariusz Denkewicz, head of the Central Military Sports Team, assured that everyone was arrogant of the bronze medal of Poland. “You can’t spend your full life on the highest level of the podium,” he said. – It was not a planet championship, it was preparation for them," he added. The officer admits that watching live sports climbing competitions attended by 2 representatives of the “arm of masters” provided him with quite a few emotions. He was very sorry that we were short S. W. spec. Patricia Chudziak to qualify for the leading ‘16’. Patricia was very close to the promotion. He is in good form and I hope to confirm it at the next Chamonix cup competitions," says the head of the CGM.
Fr Aleksandra Mirosław receiving the award at the planet Cup competition in Krakow, 2025.
Corporal Aleksandra Mirosław, Olympic champion from Paris and winner of this year's military games, she besides stressed that for her the start at Wawel was a phase of preparation for the mark event. – This was another halt of preparations for the planet championship, which is at the end of September in Korea. I'm always so happy in retrospect about these faults, due to the fact that it allows me to prepare for the mark event in a given year. In 2024 it was the games, including the planet championship, and next year it will be the European championship," she explained.
Run to the end
After the competition, Aleksandra Mirosław praised their organizers and the atmosphere created by the audience in the Main marketplace Square in Krakow. – Organizationally for me was the top of the top. Everything worked fantastic. The fans added, it was nice, nice. Thank you for coming, too. I am glad that I could execute in front of my own audience, show truly cool fast runs, show people that it is not as easy to win even as you are the fastest of the day. We inactive gotta get to the end – said the Olympic champion.
The next cup competition will be held on 11 and 12 July in Chamonix. Both players of the “Army of Champions” will compete in the competition: Fr. Aleksandra Mirosław and Maj. spec. Patricia Skinny.
