The event, which begins on Friday, features a robust Polish squad of 52 women and 44 men, including top contenders like 400-meter specialist Natalia Kaczmarek and elite sprinter Ewa Swoboda.
The team also boasts previous European gold medalists, such as hurdler Pia Skrzyszowska and hammer thrower Wojciech Nowicki, who are expected to shine again. At the last championships in Munich, Poland won an impressive 14 medals – three gold, six silver, and five bronze medals.
Kaczmarek, Nowicki, and Skrzyszowska are among favorites for podium finishes.
"I think that a double-digit number of medalists is kind of the limit," Tomasz Spodenkiewicz of popular sports news outlet Athletic News told state news agency PAP.
The championships, which kick off on Friday and continue until June 12, are expected to deliver high-quality competition despite the looming Olympics.
“It will be an interesting and high-level championship,” Spodenkiewicz said. “It is not the most important event of the season, and there’s been some withdrawals, but five European athletes ranked the best in the world will take part. They are Armand Duplantis, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Femke Bol, Karsten Warholm and Jaroslava Mahuczich.”
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Source: PAP