We have the first medal at the XXXIII summertime Olympics in Paris! He was beaten by a mountain scope canoe. Claudia Zwolińska. The typical of the Central Military Sports squad was second in her crown K-1 competition. Polka lost only to Olympic multimedia player and the planet championship Australian Jessica Fox. The bronze medal was won by British Kimberley Woods.
In the final, to which 12 canoes were promoted, the range. Claudia Zwolińska competed the penultimate. This was decided by her second place in the semi-final competition. Before going on the Polish tour, the classification leader was Australian Jessica Fox. 11-time planet champion including three-time in K-1 (2014, 2017, 2018) and four-time Olympic medalist (gold in C-1 with 2021, silver in K-1 2012, brown in K-1 2016 and 2021) way with 23 goals defeated in 96.08 p. A typical of the CWZS sailed 1.45 s slower than a multimediaist from Australia and could already enjoy the medal. And the answer she was waiting for the last ride of the German Ricardo Funk. The defending champion from Tokyo made a fatal mistake and ended the competition at number 11. Polka had silver – the second Olympic medal in the past of Polish mountain kayaking.
Phenomenal final in K1 mountain canoeing! A full deserved silver medal travels to the fence. Claude Zwolińska from @CWZ_SPORTOh, my God! This is the first medal won by a typical of Poland, a soldier of the Polish Army during the Olympic Games in #Paris2024Oh, my God! pic.twitter.com/5agQvM7OaD
— Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish (@KosiniakKamish) July 28, 2024
– I am very pleased to see the beginning of the Olympic medal bag by a soldier-sportsman from “the army of champions”. As commander, I'm very pleased that a water sports typical has won the podium. I believe Claudia didn't say the last word in those games. I am counting on her 2 more successful performances in 2 another competitions – says kmdr Janusz Porzycz, head of the Central Military Sports Team. The commander quietly hoped for a mountain canoeing medal after her large starts in qualification and semi-finals. But he realized that mistakes could happen on the track at any time. “The German master’s title was proven to be so,” added the officer.
In the semi-finals, which ended a small over an hr before the beginning of the final barrier crossings. Claudia Zwolińska confirmed that she would be 1 of the candidates to take the podium seat. Polka after an errorless pass, with a time of 99.84 s, was second. Faster than her, despite 2 criminal seconds, the way only beat Ricardo Funk. A German female who, like Claudia, is besides a professional soldier besides won the semi-final with a time of 97.31 p. The 3rd was the British Kimberley Woods (99.87 s) and only the eighth Australian Jessica Fox (102,38).
The typical of Poland worked well on the track in the Parisian Vaires-sur-Marne already during Saturday eliminations. In the first pass, despite 4 criminal seconds with a time of 96.33 she placed in 5th position. The best was French Camille Prigent (94.67 s), and Fox (95.20 s). In the second pass, the CWZS canoeing device sailed flawlessly – it did not receive punishment seconds for dropping the phalange and in time 93.03 s placed in second position. Only Fox (92.18 s) was faster, and the 3rd position was Prigent (93.25 s).
Claudia Zwolińska is 25 years old. At the Tokyo Games in the K-1 competition she ranked fifth. She is the first Polish to win the planet Cup competition in mountain kayaking. She besides went to the past of discipline as the first typical of Poland to stand on the podium of the “general” of the Polish Academy of Fine Arts – she was the 3rd in 2023. This place provided herself with a large performance in the closing series of competitions on a happy track for her in the Parisian Vaires-sur-Marne.
