Polish hopes rest on ski-jumper Malysz as Winter Olympics begin today
Sixteen thousand good luck messages have been sent to Polish ski-jumper Adam
Malysz, ahead of the start today of the XIX Winter Olympic Games in Salt
Lake City. The messages were passed on to Malysz from readers of Gazeta
Wyborcza. Altogether 30 Polish athletes are taking part in winter sports
events ranging from figure skating to the biathlon. Malysz is considered
Poland's most likely candidate for a medal, after last year winning the
ski-jumping World Cup. "My goal in Salt Lake City is a medal and I am going
to fight for it. But I can't promise anything," Malysz said before leaving
for the US. (Gazeta Wyborcza, Sports Edition, pp. 2, 3) M.T.K.
