Double world silver medallist Katarzyna Zdzieblo and Olympic 50km race walk champion Dawid Tomala are the standout names on Poland’s team for the European Race Walking Team Championships in Podebrady on 21 May.
Zdzieblo won silver medals in the 20km and 35km race walk at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon before repeating with silver in the 20km race walk at the Munich 2022 European Athletics Championships.
Zdzieblo will be focusing on the 20km race walk in Podebrady and she looks set to improve on her ninth-place finish from the 2021 edition which also took place in Podebrady. And it will be something of a family affair this time around as she will be joined on the Polish team by her younger sister Anna.
Tomala, who won gold in the last ever staging of the 50km race walk before its discontinuation at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, will be stepping down in distance to contest the inaugural 35km race walk in Podebrady.
Poland has won three gold medals at the European Race Walking Team Championships although none since 2000. Legendary four-time Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski won the 20km race walk in 1996 and 2000 and Tomasz Lipiec who won the 50km in 1998.
The full Polish team can be found here.
The European Race Walking Team Championships will be streamed live on 21 May on the European Athletics YouTube channel.