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Going for gold: Poland scores best international athletics results for 56-years

Poland’s athletes are celebrating after bagging 14 medals – three gold, six silver and five bronze – at the European Athletics Championship in Munich. RONALD WITTEK/PAP/EPA

The national squad bagged 14 podium finishes at the European Athletics Championship in Munich, among them three gold medals leaving the country sixth in the overall rankings.

Pole wins world hammer throw title

Poland's Paweł Fajdek is the new hammer throw world champion after winning gold at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, while another Pole, Wojciech Nowicki, came away with a silver medal.

Tokyo 2020: is Team PL on track for glory?

As the Olympics enters its final few days, we bring you the highs and lows of Poland’s week.

Poles take gold, two bronzes at Tokyo Olympics

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki won gold for the hammer throw at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo on Wednesday with a throw of 82.52m while teammate Pawel Fajdek threw the hammer 81.53m to take bronze, and a second bronze was won by Patryk Dobek in the 800m.

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.

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Hero Polish porter who fought off London Bridge terrorist collects bravery award from Princess Anne

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne presented Łukasz Koczocik with the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, which recognises exemplary acts of courage.

The first report:

  • British combat aircraft arrive in Poland
  • Ruling party leader describes opposition as 'German'
  • Poland's embassy in Turkey condemns terrorist attack in Ankara
  • Over million people attended opposition rally in Warsaw, Tusk says
  • PM vows Poland's average salary to rise to over EUR 2,000 in four years

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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