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Women's 4x400m team wins silver for Poland at IAAF World Championships

Polish team set a new national record. Adam Warżawa/PAP

Poland's women's 4x400 m relay team took home the silver medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.

Lewandowski wins bronze for Poland at IAAF World Championships

Poland's Marcin Lewandowski placed third in the men’s 1500-metre final at the 2019 IAAF World Championships Doha, Qatar, on Sunday.

Paweł Fajdek wins hammer throw gold for Poland

Poland's Paweł Fajdek won hammer gold with a throw of 80.50m at IAAF World Athletics Championships, Doha 2019, Qatar on Wednesday.

Poles storm home to take crown in European team athletics championship

The victory in the two-day event was the first time the Polish team had won the title.

Life of star pre-war athlete known as the ‘Golden One’ explored in fascinating new book

Among her achievements, Halina Konopacka, who always wore a red beret while competing, and had a model-like body shape, took Poland to its first Olympic gold in 1928.

It’s a stairway to SEVEN as Poland storms into first place with seven medals at athletics championships

Fortune favoured the team from the outset with the plucky Poles sweeping up in shot put, pole vault, long distance and relay.

PM praises athletes' golden performance

Poland’s athletes win three golds and a silver at European indoor championship.

From gold to diamond: Athletes through to the Diamond League finals

The finals of the most prestigious series in athletics will be held on August 30th in Zurich and August 31st in Brussels.

We are the champions! Poland sweeps to glory in European Athletics Championships

With two sets of gold and silver, Poles began the tournament in Berlin on a high.

Poland sets world indoor record in 4x400-meter relay

Poland set a world indoor record in the men's 4x400-meter relay on Sunday at the world indoor athletics championships in Birmingham.

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Art & Culture

Collection of sketches and drawings reveal little-known side of film director Andrzej Wajda

Despite having a string of award-winning films to his name, the director’s first love was painting and the new exhibition entitled the ‘Japanese Notebook’ presents a collection of his drawings depicting the interesting and unique mysteries he came across during his time in the land of the rising sun.

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Exclusive

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

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