In March, the 5th Winter Military Sports Games will begin in the Swiss Lucerne. Polish representation will besides fight for medals, which included 37 players – most athletes from the Central Military Sports Team. “White-Red” will compete in 8 sports disciplines. The place on the podium will be fought, among others, by the Olympic champion Fr Aleksandra Mirosław.
– We have appointed our best soldiers practicing winter sports and another disciplines, which are besides on the program of this year's games. Our representatives will compete in 8 disciplines. I hope that we will return from Switzerland with medals – says Colonel Mariusz Denkewicz, Part of the Chief of the Central Military Sports Team. And points to strong points of Polish representation. – He is an Olympic champion in the sports climbing of Mt. Alexander Mirosław, the world's leading snowboarders of the St. Oskar Kwiatkowski and the winner of 4 medals at the late completed Universiary of the St.
The Polish squad will return to the Olympic military arena after a 12-year break. In Lucerne, the Polish representation will be more many than in the last games in France in 2013. At that time, the Reds competed only in 2 disciplines – the Biathlon and the ski course for orientation.
This time it'll be different. 37 players will compete in 8 disciplines out of the 9 that were included in the games program. Our soldiers will not just compete in alpine skiing. They will besides not appear in 4 disciplines in which classification will be conducted for players with physical disabilities.
The most many group in the typical squad are cross-country runners. In this discipline the Polish Army has put out a full lineup. – We have appointed 10 players to represent us in individual run and mixed relay. The organizers have late changed the limits on the number of athletes who can be reported. Thus, the squad classification of individual races of women and men will number on the consequence of all players, not the top 3 of the 4 runners – says St. chor. staff. Robert Banach, coordinator of the Polish Army representation in cross-country runs. As he adds, in both “teams” we can afford to make advanced investments. – However, it is hard for me to talk about the opportunities erstwhile I do not know the compositions which our most dangerous rivals will put out – reserves the staff. Banach.
For medals in cross-country runs that have been included in the military program of the winter Olympics, among others, they will fight for the medals known for taking off on medium-distance treadmills: St. scale special. Sofia Ennaoui, St. General Martina Galant and St. General spec. Michael Rozs. These 4 will compete in a 4x2 km mixed relay. – We decided to appoint experts for moving average distances on the treadmill. In Switzerland, they'll have 2 miles to go. This distance suits them, and I hope that in the White-Red relay they will show up on their best side – adds Ensign Banach.
On the biathlon way and in the patrol run, which is very crucial for shooting at the biathlon range, 8 representatives of the Polish Army will fight. “Our squad included the best players in Poland. Many military representations are besides based on the best biathlonists from their countries. Our athletes have been showing up for the planet Cup competitions recently. Before them, a start in the planet Championships, after which you can say more about their current disposition – admits the sick. Remigius Nowak, coordinator of the Polish Army representation in the biathlon.
In addition, in Switzerland, 7 players will represent Poland in ski runs, 4 in competition in Para-ski (ski jumping for landing accuracy and slalom giant), 3 in snowboarding, and 2 players will fight for medals on the climbing wall, 2 athletes will compete in the high-mountain skiing and 1 in the ski gear for orientation.
All representatives of the Polish Army will debut on the arenas of the military winter Olympics. However, the squad included athletes who already participated in the summertime military games. The evidence holder is young paratrooper Rafał Zgierski, who represented Poland at the 3 planet Military Sports Games – in 2011 in Brazil, 2015 in South Korea and 2019 in China. From the current representation at the winter games in China Wuhan besides took part: St. Mar. spec. Aleksandra Lisowska, St. Wier. spec. Izabela Paszkiewicz and St. Wier. spec. Michael Rozs. But he's sick. Remigius Nowak competed in the 1999 orientation runs in Croatia.
Before the representatives of winter sports began fighting for the medals of the military games, since 1954 they compete for seats on the podium of the planet Military Championships under the aegis of the global Council of Military Sports (Conseil global du athletics Militaire – CISM). Starting with the 28th edition of the competition, since 1986, women besides compete for trophies. Representation of the Polish Army in military championships in skiing and biathlon debuted in 1994. At that time, the only medal – gold – won in the ski run for 10 km Margaret moved from the Military athletics Club Legia Zakopane. As of 2010, military winter Olympics have besides been held. The first were held in Aosta Valley, Italy. 3 years later, French Annecy hosted the games. From the Polish squad closest to the medal were the biathlonists at the time – they took the 5th place in the sprint squad classification and were seventh in the patrol race. In individual competition at the most – at the 15th position – Cpr. Krystyn Palka was placed. Of the White-Red ones, the 11-man Polish biathlonist was best placed. Krzysztof Swimming – finished 35th.
In 2017, the winter struggles took place in Sochi. And the 4th edition of the competition in Germany due to the COVID-19 pandemic did not come to fruition. The White-Reds competed at the winter games twice (in Sochi for political reasons they did not participate) and stood on the podium only in 2010. St. Wide. Krystyna Pałka won gold in a biathlon sprinkling and along with her colleagues a gold puck in the squad classification. Polki besides scored bronze in the patrol run.
Composition of the Polish Army representation at the V Winter Military Sports Games
biathlon
Wide. Konrad Badacz
Wide. Jan Guńka
st. width. Joanna Jakła
st. sr. special. Anna Mąka
S.A. Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec
Wide. Natalia Sidorovich
Wide. Marcin Zawol
S. W. spec. Kamila Zhuk
Cross-country
General Mateusz Borkowski
ed. special. Sofia Ennaoui
St. Wide Martina Galant
Wide. Matthew Duck
Mł. Chor. Szymon Kulka
st. mar. spec. Aleksandra Lisowska
S. W. spec. Angelika Mach
S.A., peculiar Officer Izabela Paszkiewicz
St. scale spec. Michał Rozmys
ed. special. Krystian Zalewski
skis
st. width. Dominic Bury
Wide. Kamil Bury
Wide. Monika Hojnisz-Old
S. W. spec. Isabella Marcisz
Wide. Monika Skinner
General Wojciech Skorusa
st. width. Maciej Staręga
ski gear for orientation
Chor. Remigius Nowak
Portuguese
St. Chor. Staff. Arthur Chudyba
St. Chor. Staff. Peter Dziergas
St. scale special. Kamil Wójciak
Mł. chor. dir. Rafał Zgierski
mountain skiing
General Tomasz Jakła
Lt. Iwona Januszyk
snowboard
S.A. Aleksandra Król-Walas
St. General Oskar Kwiatkowski
st. width. Michał Nowaczyk
sports climbing
S. W. spec. Patrycja Chudziak
Mr Alexander Mirosław
