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Short track: Poland's Maliszewska earns European silver on home ice

16.01.2023 00:05
Poland's Natalia Maliszewska has claimed the silver in the women’s 500 metres at the 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships on home ice in the northern Polish city of Gdańsk.
Polands Natalia Maliszewska celebrates winning the silver in the womens 500 metres at the 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships on home ice in the northern Polish city of Gdańsk on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
Poland's Natalia Maliszewska celebrates winning the silver in the women’s 500 metres at the 2023 European Short Track Speed Skating Championships on home ice in the northern Polish city of Gdańsk on Saturday, January 14, 2023.Photo: EPA/Tibor Illyes

The Netherlands’ Suzanne Schulting was crowned European champion on Saturday, outracing Maliszewska in the final.

Italy's Arianna Valcepina took the bronze.

Maliszewska's silver was her fourth European championship medal in the event.

In 2019, she won a European championship title in the 500 metres in the Dutch city of Dordrecht. In 2020, she claimed the bronze in Debrecen, Hungary, and in 2021, she finished runner-up in Poland's Gdańsk.

Maliszewska in November 2018 became the first Polish short-track speed skater to win a World Cup event.

In February 2019, she became the first Pole to win an overall World Cup title in the sport.

Last year, Maliszewska was one of Poland's medal hopes at the Beijing winter Olympics. But she was ruled out of the 500m event in China due to COVID-19 and then failed to make her mark in the women's 1000 metres and 1500 metres after being eliminated in the heats.

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Source: PAP