Poles with high medal count in Zurich

Poland's track and field athletes at the European Championships in Zurich, Switzerland have sported the country's best medal table result in 48 years, reported sport.pl. Forty-eight years ago in Budapest, Poles earned 15 medals finishing only behind the German Democratic Republic in the medal count. This time around, the nation's best athletes captured 12 medals (2 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze). This year's championships saw Poland in sixth place in the medal count, which takes into consideration the amount of gold medals won ahead of the other medals. Winners included Anita Włodarczyk in the women's hammer throw and Adam Kszczot in the men's 800 meter run. The 800 meter final saw three Polish competitors, with Kszczot predicting a gold prior to the championships.