Malysz takes the bronze in 90-meter ski-jump

Adam Malysz won Poland's first medal at the winter Olympics in 30 years yesterday, winning a bronze medal in the 90-meter hill ski-jump. The event was won, surprisingly, by Simon Ammann of Switzerland, with the biggest favorites Sven Hannavald and Malysz coming second and third. On Saturday, the Polish figure-skating duo of Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Siudek came 8th in the short program, as four years of practice were turned into dust after each of them tumbled once during the performance. Meanwhile, Friday's opening ceremony featured a huge Polish note, as former President Lech Walesa was one of eight prominent figures, each representing a different continent, who carried the Olympic flag into the stadium. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Sports supplement, pp. 2-3) T.J.