Monika Ewa Michalik - Bronze medal for Poland!This is fourth Bronze medal for Poland this Olympic Ga
Monika Ewa Michalik - Bronze medal for Poland!This is fourth Bronze medal for Poland this Olympic Games.Monika Ewa Michalik won in plushie throw Wrestling (Women’s 63 kg). Tho she lost her first fight, with Risako Kawai (Japan) - as it later turned out the new Olympic Gold Champion - she was allowed to fight in repassages, and won two fights on her way to Bronze Medal. She’s a very acclaimed wrestler, the Olympic Medal being the only one missing from her collection. She fought at three Olympic Games, in London she was close - back then she lost the final fight, with a Russian wrestler, and was placed 5th. This games she was overjoyed to have a second chance, but when she learned that it’s again gonna be a Russian in a final fight, the memories surgged in and she cried. But this time story went differently. Michalik “put all her life and might into this 6 minutes“ and now, at the age 36, she’s an Olympic Medalist. Great spirit and determination.Congrats for well deserved win! See the final fight here. -- source link
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