Olympic champion Otylia Jędrzejczak proves she has a heart of gold too

Otylia Jędrzejczak, Poland's sensational swimmer who has won three medals at the Olympics, is planning to auction the most precious one, her gold, to support children with leukemia. Jędrzejczak got the idea even before the Olympics, after reading the book "Oscar and the Lady in Pink" about a boy dying of leukemia. She said she made the final decision to give up the 200 meters butterfly gold if she won it while receiving her silver medal for the 400 meters freestyle. However, before the race she told no one but her coach, Paweł Słomiński, about the plan. The coach responded: "Are you crazy?! I'm never going to raise enough money to buy your gold medal at the auction!" Jędrzejczak also said that she read another very important book before the Olympics, Lance Armstrong's autobiography. She is planning on holding on to her medal for a while and putting it up for sale around December. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Olympics supplement) T.J.