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Post by tufta on Feb 2, 2009 12:33:19 GMT 1
Polish handball team won 3 place in world championships, after Croats and the French. As usual, I didn`t watch a single match. Not even footage in the news. But I have seen photos on the net and read matches were very dramatic. so you missed the German Killer Coach ;D So did I btw, but one of my colleagues who is German sent me a clip link. The Killer Coach is the guy with the moustache. He is disappointed his team lost. The guy in a light blue shirt he is approaching in 1:10 sec of the film is a referee. pl.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Lxpj5YjEk ;D  |
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 2, 2009 22:15:12 GMT 1
so you missed the German Killer Coach ;D So did I btw, but one of my colleagues who is German sent me a clip link. The Killer Coach is the guy with the moustache. He is disappointed his team lost. The guy in a light blue shirt he is approaching in 1:10 sec of the film is a referee. pl.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Lxpj5YjEk ;D Yes, I missed him but what are friends for? ;D ;D ;D ;D Now I can admire his great looks. He seems to be a bit mental. |
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Post by gigi on Feb 22, 2009 15:55:08 GMT 1
Extreme speed sport in Poland lake district LAKE SNIARDWY: In the middle of Poland's largest lake covered by ice, a hundred or so speed demons fly across the frozen surface in special sail boats on blades. Sleek and built to race, the narrow boat hulls are fixed on a base of three gleaming blades and sports sails like those used in windsurfing to harness wind power and roar across frozen water. "It's the speed that gives you an adrenaline rush," says Tomasz Zakrzewski, ranked number fourth in the world in the DN class ice boat racing. Sailing on ice is his passion. "Among the disciplines that use wind and sails, it is the fastest. We sail at three times the speed of the wind," he said on a recent day when despite low winds, ice boats were cruising at 100 kilometres (62 miles) per hour. "The manoeuvres have to be made very quickly, much faster than on a conventional sail boat and its much more exciting," he says. Flying may be the best word to describe the high-speed sport where the unofficial record hovers around 140 kilometres per hour. "The Poles are Europe's leaders in the sport. During the last DN-class championships in St. Petersburg from January 16 to 23, four of the top five competitors were Polish," says number four Tomasz Zakrzewski. His brother Lukasz won the silver in the competition. Zakrzewski was one of dozens of ice boaters who competed in the Mazurian Cup, Poland's leading ice boat competition held in late January on the 114-kilometre surface of the shallow and fast freezing Lake Sniardwy. He placed sixth this week at the 2009 IDNIYRA World Gold Cup Championships held in Traverse City and Torch Lake, both in the US state of Michigan. His brother Lukasz took fifth spot. Clad in protective goggles and crash helmets, ice boat competitors also wear neon-coloured life jackets just in case the ice cracks. "It's the rule but there's no danger -- the ice sheet is more than 20 centimetres (nearly eight inches) thick," explains Grzegorz Hammerszmidt, an ice boat coach in Poland's northern-eastern lake resort town Mikolajki. "A 12-centimetre sheet of ice is enough to let kids go fly on it," says Hammerszmidt, who coaches children as young as seven in ice boating, or ice yachting, as the sport is also known. Prior to World War II, pilots in the German air force or Luftwaffe practised the discipline as part of their aerodynamics training on the Mazurian lakes in what was then East Prussia, now north-east Poland. "The speed that can be reached on the lakes allowed the pilots to become accustomed to the wind and master its currents," explains Hammerszmidt. In 1966, Dutchman Wim Van Acker acquainted Poles with the DN class ice boat invented in the United States in 1937 and named after the Detroit News, a newspaper in the Michigan port city of the same name, which ran a competition for a model iceboat. Global warming poses perhaps the greatest danger to the future of ice boating. thearynews.com
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Post by locopolaco on Feb 22, 2009 18:53:43 GMT 1
how cool. thanks gig.. i had no idea that these skate boats were here too.. never seen anything on them here.. traverse city too.. i may have to take a trip up there next winter.. maybe bring my pops too as he grew up playing on these. he's get a big kick out of it, i believe.
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 24, 2009 11:40:50 GMT 1
Kubica Poland's richest sportsman
thenews.pl
23.02.2009
Formula 1 racing driver Robert Kubica comes top of a list of the top
100 most wealthiest sportsman in Poland.
The tabloid Super Express, which publishes the list for the eight
year, says that Kubica, who came third in the 2008 F1 overall
driver's championship last year, earned a cool 14 million zloty, or
3 million euro.
Second richest Polish sportsman is Tomasz Kuszczak, the reserve
goalkeeper at Manchester United, who pocketed around 10 million
zloty even though me made few first team performances.
Sebastian Janikowski, an American football player for Oakland Riders earned almost eight million zloty.
The top 100 list includes 61 football players, nine speedway racers,
nine volleyball, five basketball and four tennis players, 2 track-
and-field athletes, 4 handball players, two sailors; one boxer, one
Formula 1 driver, one American football player, one ski jumper and
one `strongman'.
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 14, 2009 20:50:43 GMT 1
The Curious Case of Andrew Golota EastsideBoxing. com By Geoffrey Ciani: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt, is the ridiculous story about a man who ages backwards. I recently saw this film, which was inexplicably nominated for thirteen Academy Awards. Frankly, I was rather underwhelmed by it. It was extremely slow, terribly paced, far too long and, more to the point, it was boring as hell. I think it is fair to say that the movie is overrated, and most people I know who also saw it tend to be in strong agreement. The next night, while in the midst of watching some older boxing matches from my private collection, my thoughts slowly began drifting towards movies like Raging Bull, Rocky, and Million Dollar Baby. This got me thinking, "Which current boxer's life story would make the most entertaining movie?" As soon as this notion entered my head, I glanced up the television and watched as Riddick Bowe slumped over, writhing with pain, after being hit with a solid blow to the groin. As he crumbled to the canvas, his twisted face became the personification of agony. Eureka! The Curious Case of Andrew Golota! Golota's life story is so bizarre and unusual that it would surely make for an outstanding motion picture. Few people in the sport have provided so much entertainment value both inside and outside the ring. The Polish pugilist was so unpredictable that one was always sure to tune in, but never sure what he was going to do next. Just when you start thinking things could not get any more peculiar or extraordinary, Golota would find new and innovative ways to prove you wrong. This is the stuff Hollywood stories are made of. The script would essentially write itself. Consider the unusual circumstances which caused Golota to flee Poland before pursuing a career in professional boxing. I can see it now, as the screen fades in to a hazy smoke-filled disco in Wloclawek, Poland. The disco ball inside the venue is revealed to the sounds of clinking glasses, laughter, and merriment. As the camera pulls out, we see a sea of Poles dancing the night away to the tune of `Funky Town'. Just then, poor drunken Piotr Bialostocki bumps into a giant of a man, equally inebriated. Perturbed, Bialostocki demands that the bigger man move out of his way, and when he refuses, he challenges the larger man to a fight. Little does he realize, the enormous figure before him is none-other than Andrew Golota, winner of the 1988 Bronze medal at the Seoul Olympics. Bad move for Piotr. After the altercation, a weary black-eyed Bialostocki is left dazed and confused, wearing nothing but his BVD's and a single shoe. This was because Golota and a few of his buddies had removed the rest of his wardrobe and duly deposited it in a trash can outside. The incident resulted in assault and robbery charges against Golota which carried a penalty of up to five years in prison. Humiliated by the ordeal, Bialostocki raises to his feet as we cut to an opening credit montage sequence which shows the Undisputed Champion of Barroom Brawling flee from Poland. This is only the beginning. His bizarre and unpredictable nature seemed to follow him everywhere, especially inside the squared circle. In a 1995 bout with Samson Po'uha, Golota inexplicably resorted to vampirism, when a barrage of Po'uha punches caused Golota to dig his fangs into the neck of his unsuspecting foe. In between rounds, Golota allegedly told his trainer, "I had to bite the motherf@#ker! ". A year later, on HBO's "Night of the Young Heavyweights" , Golota would use his head like a battering ram during a bout he was clearly winning with Doc Nicholson. It was one of the most blatant and vicious head butts I have ever witnessed. During the course of that same year, Golota was twice disqualified for delivering repeated low blows in contests against Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe. Repeated fouls by Golota at the end of their first fight caused retaliatory measures from Bowe's corner which triggered the infamous riot at Madison Square Garden. In 1997, Golota was escorted to his championship fight by Atlantic City police under mysterious circumstances, before being bludgeoned by Lewis in a mere 95 seconds. Two years later, he built a seemingly insurmountable lead against top rated contender Michael Grant, only to quit in the 10th round after being floored by a bombardment of punches. A year later, he would quit after just two rounds against the legendary Mike Tyson. It was one of the saddest and most unfortunate incidents the sport had ever witnessed, as Golota was doused with debris from angry fans. A few years later, Golota made a successful comeback bid in which he found himself on the short end of the stick in two extremely controversial decisions in title fights against Chris Byrd and John Ruiz. As unusual as his antics were inside the ring, they were equally bizarre outside the ring. In 2002, Golota was arrested in Juliet, Illinois for impersonating a police officer following a routine traffic stop. In 2006, he was hit with illegal weapons charges and was alleged to have sexually assaulted a woman in his home. Additionally, he had a notorious driving record and several accidents over the years, one of which forever hindered his best asset inside the ring, his jab. He was sued several times for automobile accidents, and he once sued his own doctor over an improper injection of lidocaine administered prior to his fight with Lennox Lewis. In the midst of all this chaos and craziness, it is often easy for observers to overlook the fact that Golota was an outstanding prize fighter. He was amazingly talented, possessed really good power, and had deceptively fast hands for such a big man. He was living proof that it takes more than talent to succeed in a difficult sport like boxing. In an odd twist of fate, as his physical skills began deteriorating with age, his mental stability began improving. The crux of this transformation happened in Golota's swan song fight, just over a year ago, against fellow Chicago-based pugilist, Mike Mollo. Golota looked old and slow against Mollo—a shell of his former self. Physically, he was no longer the same fighter who twice dominated Riddick Bowe. Against Bowe, Golota was a talented fighter with an A-level skill set, but mentally, he did not have the heart and courage to see things through. His entire career from that point onward was one of redemption—one to prove he had the mental make-up of a prize fighter. Against Mollo, he ultimately got that redemption, because despite lacking the physical skills that once made him one of the most dangerous heavyweights on the planet, he had finally found himself. With his eye completely shut closed for most of the fight, Golota dug down deep and for the first time in his career, he showed heart and courage in overcoming adversity. Sure, Golota would go on to fight later that year in a forgettable performance against Ray Austin which saw him get injured. In that respect, it is a shame that he did not retire immediately after the Mollo fight to provide the story-book ending for our blockbuster movie in the making. Regardless, that would be a fitting point to end our script about the life story of the enigmatic Andrew Golota—with his eye swollen shut, and his hands raised in victory, we fade to black and so ends our story—which is a hell of a lot better than how The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ended!   |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 29, 2009 20:29:19 GMT 1
Polish hooligans started fights with Irish fans before the national teams` match in Belfast, N. Ireland. Riot police had to step in. A few pubs were demolished by Poles who hadn`t had a chance to buy tickets. Today a dozen Polish immigrants` houses in Belfast were attacked by enraged Irish.  news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Northern-Ireland-And-Poland-Fans-Fight-In-Belfast-As-Two-Teams-Comptete-In-World-Cup-Qualifier/Article/200903415251275?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15251275_Northern_Ireland_And_Poland_Fans_Fight_In_Belfast_As_Two_Teams_Comptete_In_World_Cup_Qualifier 
Rival fans fought with each other and clashed with riot police in sporadic confrontations across Belfast throughout the day.
The Bedford Street bar was badly damaged when chairs were thrown through the window and the Tates Avenue area close to the ground was sealed off as police came under attack from fireworks, traffic cones, bricks, bottles and other missiles.
A number of homes were also targeted in what police described as racially motivated incidents.
While Northern Ireland has a sizeable resident Polish population, police believe the troublemakers on the Poland side were a "hard core" element who do not live in the country and travelled to the game without tickets.
Local police commander superintendent Chris Noble said he was concerned about reprisal attacks against the local Polish community.
"We believe there was a hard core of Polish nationals who came to the game without tickets but with a very clear intent to cause trouble and disruption to genuine supporters and local residents," he said.
"We believe these troublemakers are not local; they have travelled to Northern Ireland with the express purpose of causing trouble.
"Unfortunately their actions may well have put the safety of law abiding and local Polish residents in jeopardy.
"I would appeal to all right-minded people to assist these neighbours and unite with them to condemn this type of behaviour and isolate the perpetrators of this type of criminality."Poland's nordic snow queen meets President
thenews.pl
25.03.2009
President Lech Kaczynski has honoured world champion Nordic ski queen Justyna Kowalczyk with the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Resituta, one of Poland's highest honours.
Kaczynski was in attendance at her Sunday victory in Falun, Sweden at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and immediately telephoned her following the event to congratulate her.
The Presidential Chancellery stated that the President bestowed the medal upon the athlete for "extrodinary athletic achievements and for service in propagating physical culture."
The Order of Polonia Restituta was established in 1921 and breaks down into five classes, the Knight's Cross being the lowest of them. The Order can be awarded to both citizen and foreign civilians and previous recipients include American military commander Omar Bradley, Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman and former Yugoslavian President Yosip Broz Tito.
Kaczynski has bestowed the Order 40 times during his cadency as President.     
Justyna Kowalczyk won her race…again
2009-03-10,
Justyna Kowalczyk showed her class again, because she won the last 10 kilometers race in Lahti Polish star had 22.4 seconds in reserve what means that she “knocked out” her all rivals. “I did it…just like that” – said Kowalczyk after the race.
Kowalczyk was asked about her chances of winning the Crystal Globe. “I think it is too early to say about my chances. I will do all the best to become first Polish winner, but my rivals, for example Virpi Kuitunen, are very strong. There will be a fierce fight till the end” – said Polish champion.
It is fourth win of Kowalczyk this season. Polish star went up by one place and she is on the second place at the moment. Another Polish racer Sylwia Jaśkowiec was 40th (2.03,6 loss).. |
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 4, 2009 20:28:58 GMT 1
Poland routes San Marino 10-0 in World Cup soccer qualifier
The Canadian Press
4/1/09
KIELCE, Poland — Euzebiusz Smolarek scored four goals and Rafal Boguski added two more Wednesday to lead Poland to a 10-0 rout of San Marino in a World Cup qualifier.
Boguski opened the scoring in the first minute, slotting home a low cross from forward Robert Lewandowski from five yards.
Smolarek netted his first in the 18th to make it 2-0 before Boguski scored again nine minutes later with a right-footed shot from 15 yards. Lewandowski then headed past San Marino goalkeeper Federico Valentini just before halftime.
Poland kept up the pressure after the break, and Ireneusz Jelen knocked in a loose ball at the far post in the 51st to make it 5-0. Jelen should have added an another a minute later after latching onto a through ball and racing in on goal, but the Auxerre striker sent the ball over the cross bar.
Smolarek headed in a third goal in the 60th and midfielder Mariusz Lewandowski scored three minutes later. Smolarek then added two more - in the 72nd and 81st - before substitute Marek Saganowski scored just before the final whistle to complete the rout.
The win gives Poland 10 points from six matches in Group 3.
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Post by tomek on Apr 7, 2009 10:53:03 GMT 1
match with Irelansd was horible. Polish team played like kids and they lose game. Next ,match with San Marino is 10 zero. What is wrong with their?
Fans in Poland have hord life.
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 13, 2009 18:10:53 GMT 1
Exclusive: Showing Racism the Red Card
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Peter Gentle
The Krakow Post
Brazilian-born Roger Guerreiro has encountered racism in Poland / photo PZPN
Over 250 delegates from all over Europe met in Warsaw on March 3 and 4 for the United Against Racism conference to discuss how to kick prejudice out of football stadiums.
The conference - staged by UEFA, the players' union FIFPro and the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) network - also gave the Polish FA and NGOs the opportunity to show what they are doing to tackle the problem, as the country prepares to co-host the Euro 2012 Championships with Ukraine.
The afternoon session on March 3rd was taken up with workshops and discussions led by professional football players themselves. Pape Samba Ba of the second division MKS Znicz Pruszków, based near Warsaw, told the conference that sometimes the racist chanting at games can get so bad it becomes almost unbearable. "In one game the referee was doing nothing to stop the abuse. It got to a stage where I could not take any more," he said.
Legia Warszawa's Brazilian-born Roger Guerreiro - who received Polish citizenship last summer, qualifying him to play for Poland during Euro 2008 - said: "I have had the misfortune of encountering racism on the pitch and off it. Racism is an issue related to culture and upbringing. Children watching television can see anti-racist messages. We must all join forces to do something about it. The role of the footballer is very important to raise awareness, especially among young people."
Italy, Spain and Eastern Europe are perceived as the remaining hotspots for racist abuse being mixed in with the usual exuberant chanting at football games.
A BBC documentary last year raised fears that black players could encounter more than just strong tackles in Poland during Euro 2012.
"What I found during an investigation into the problem in Poland was truly shocking," said the BBC's reporter Mihir Bose. "I found racism that was strident and in your face in a way it never was in Britain, even in the very bad old days of English football in the 1970s and 80s. And this is the country that will co-host Euro 2012," he warned.
The documentary shows racist graffiti outside the Legia Warszawa ground, a club that was banned from European competition last year after fans invaded the pitch during an away game in Lithuania. Bose claims that neo-Nazi symbols are regularly displayed at matches in Poland and told the story of how a third division player, despite scoring two goals for his team, was beaten up by the team's fans just because he was black.
Both the Super Express and Dziennik newspapers disputed the BBC documentary' s slightly apocalyptic message, and much of the evidence it provided. But, as the United Against Racism conference heard earlier this month - attended by Secretary of State of the Sports Ministry Adam Giersz and new President of the Polish FA (PZPN) Grzegorz Lato - the problem does still exist in Poland.
And the problem is, sadly, not a new one. Poland's first high profile black player was Nigerian born Emanuel Olisadebe, who, like Roger, received fast-track Polish citizenship so he could play for Poland during the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in 2002. For Olisadebe, who had been playing his club football at Legia Warszawa, that's when the trouble started.
He told African Soccer magazine of an incident when Legia were playing away at Lublin: "I took the ball to the corner flag and all of a sudden it was as if it was raining bananas. Around 50 of them came raining down on me. [..] I had been in Poland for three years and nothing like that had happened to me before."
The following year, during the national side's rather dull, friendly game against Iceland, the bananas reappeared.
Never again?
President of the Polish FA, former international representative Grzegorz Lato, told the United Against Racism conference that the PZPN, in cooperation with the Ministry of Sport, has a number of projects underway in Poland to make sure there are no embarrassing incidents during Euro 2012. These mainly revolve around "raising awareness" and education campaigns directed at fans of clubs and the national side.
But the PZPN response to the racist chanting and banana throwing antics of a minority of Polish football fans has been very similar to its response to the deeply entrenched and widespread corruption and match fixing within Polish football - initially, they denied it existed.
When the anti-racist campaigning group Nigdy Wiecej (Never Again) wrote a report for the Extraordinary Congress of the International Football Federation (FIFA) on racism in the game, held in Buenos Aires in 2001 - which called for the Polish government and PZPN to do much more to stamp out the racist abuse and symbols at football games in Poland - the then president of the Polish FA, Michal Listkiewicz, said the involvement of the NGO was "a scandal." He said the report was "embarrassing" but "nobody took it seriously" and that the Never Again delegate at the congress was just "a silly girl."
But as Euro 2012 gets nearer, PZPN are under more pressure to reassure people that Poland is doing its bit to boot the racism - and corruption - out of play.
Rafa³ Pankowski, a sociologist and Never Again's spokesman at the conference in Warsaw this March, pointed out in one of the discussion sessions that although action should be taken by the clubs, the causes of racism in football stadiums can be found outside the turnstiles, not inside.
"Racism is a reflection of society and was not created in the stadium," he said. "Football is a positive force in society and we must live up to the challenges of the past and of the future too."
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Post by Bonobo on Apr 20, 2009 20:59:35 GMT 1
Polish glider pilots are one of the best. In recent international championship in Slovakia they won a few top prizes. www.tvn24.pl/-1,1596488,0,1,polacy-szybowali-najlepiej,wiadomosc.html Category Open 1. WO Janowitsch Wolfgang AUT Ventus 2C/18m 6212 2. PL Staryszak Karol POL ASG 29/18m 58493. LB Maciulis Vytautas LTU Nimbus 4 5590 4. WB Schwenk Uli DEU ASH 25 EB 28 5479 Category 15 meters 1. RP Kawa Sebastian POL SZD 56 Diana 2 64652. BB Wojcik Lukasz POL SZD 56 Diana 2 58553. JBI Mracek Roman CZE LS 8/15m 5767 4. T1 Bartczak Przemyslaw POL LS 8/15m 57065. HB Liaugaudas Darius LTU LS 8/15m 5530 6. LOT Duda Leszek POL LS 8/15m 55177. FV Levin Felipe DEU Discus bM 5421 8. SK Herczynski Krzysztof POL Duo Discus 5412Sebastian Kawa  www.pribinacup.sk/2009/pilots/SP-3724/   See more photos. Views are astounding... www.pribinacup.sk/2009/photos/?gal=day08_2009-04-18/2009-04-18_landings_by_Elfo&P=2The championships site www.pribinacup.sk/2009/ |
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Post by Bonobo on May 2, 2009 18:31:18 GMT 1
Where are the things going on in Chicago, or even the rest of the Midwest? I know Chicago has many things for these day's. Mike Here you are. "I'm The Polish Boy and always will be"
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
By: Iga Babinska
Polish News, IL
The ring was empty. Feelings of excitement and anticipation filled the room at the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Il. Cheering, laughter and loud conversations about the previous fight were echoing throughout the building.
Finally, the MC announced the next battle. He invited Mariusz, The Polish Boy, Tarnowski onto the stage. The crowd roared.
When The Polish Boy, an amateur MMA heavyweight fighter, stepped onto the ring, the Polish part of the audience began chanting loudly. Even though it was a Saturday before Easter, over 100 people showed up solely to support their friend, Mariusz Tarnowski, to many of them known simply as Maniek. "Maniek, Maniek, Maniek" and then "Polska, Polska, Polska" were the only words heard on the floor.
Shortly after, Tarnowski's opponent, Barry Morovitz, entered the stage. A quick but firm shake of hands and the fight began. Kicking, hitting, blocking, slapping—nearly everything was fair game.
After three rounds, the battle was over. The crowd of nearly 2,000 people, in majority supporting The Polish Boy, impatiently awaited the verdict of three judges who were closely watching the arena for the past nine minutes.
Just moments later, Tarnowski's hand was raised high and the winner announced. Screams of joy and congratulations, in both English and Polish, seemed to be endless.
"I was in shock. In a very positive state of shock. I didn't know what was going on," remembered Tarnowski, 25, a Polish immigrant, sipping an iced coffee on a warm Sunday afternoon, only a week after his fight. "Picture this: someone is raising your hand and suddenly everything around you is spinning. All eyes are fixed on you.
You feel as if you are standing in the middle of a stadium full of people. It's really beautiful. Your heart rate goes up, even more so than during the fight itself. I would happily do it all again."
Mariusz Tarnowski, who came to the U.S. only 1.5 years ago, had his first amateur Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight on April 11. After six months of hard training, Tarnowski's five coaches set a date for his very first battle in America.
„I was ready for my first fight before; due to some technical difficulties, its date has been changed though. I knew that I would be fighting as soon as January or February," Tarnowski explained.
The Polish Boy dreamt of fighting in the American league of MMA since he was a teenager. Back in Poland, he was training boxing. Before that, as a young boy in elementary school, he ran long distances and played soccer. Sport always played an important role in his life.
„Sport is my passion," Tarnowski admitted, smiling. "I always wanted to learn boxing. I tried to get some training in Poland, wherever I could. But in Poland there aren't that many possibilities. "
Tarnowski decided to make his dream of joining MMA in the U.S. come true. To him, the level of fighting seemed much greater in the States than in Poland. Moreover, the league was better structured and more professional.
A couple of months after his arrival to the U.S., Tarnowski joined the Karate Academy and began his training, which he continues to this day.
"He started in November and was very humble and eager to learn. I am very proud of his growth as a student and martial artist. He understands respect, patience and discipline. Most fighters today miss those qualities but in Mariusz his training will get him very far," said Sensei Brian A. Tesoro via email.
Every day Mariusz runs for miles, does push-ups, sit-ups and other cardio exercises for a couple of hours. In addition to exercising, he works on nights and weekends as a guard in a Polish nightclub.
"Mariusz is a very driven person," said Jakub, Jaga, Babinski, an amateur hip-hop artist and Tarnowski's friend. "He is very goal-oriented. There was a time, quite recently, when he didn't have a full-time job. He decided to eat less and limit his spendings to a bare minimum so he could afford his training."
The Polish Boy has a dual personality, according to many of his friends. He is never aggressive or violent outside of the ring. On the contrary, he is calm and does not believe in fighting being a solution to problems.
"He is very different at home than on the ring. He is very nice and delicate. He's a great boxer and at the same time a very romantic guy. That rarely happens. He is truly a wonderful person," said Iwona Skowronska, 27, Tarnowski's fiancée, gently hugging her future husband.
"Mariusz is a beast in nature and in training but genuinely a great guy," said Sensei Tesoro via email.
Despite his hard situation and twisted past, The Polish Boy was able to fulfill one of his greatest desires—he started his career as an MMA fighter.
"I think I wanted to prove myself. I have started many things before, without ever ending them. Maybe because I wasn't mature enough. The fact that I fought in MMA lifted my spirits. My first fight was a dream come true. I'm very happy I could do it," Tarnowski said.
Tarnowski is now healing wounds after the battle and planning his summer wedding. He is moving to Canada in a couple of months. He hopes to continue his career over there.
"I would like to be a professional MMA fighter one day and fully commit myself to it. I will continue training, getting better and working on my record," The Polish Boy revealed. With a spark in his eyes, he added, "Even though I suffered some injuries, I hope to do it all over again. There is nothing that can stop me."   --------------------------------------------------------------------- Poland's Marta Pihan-Kulesza wins bronze at gymnastics World Cup
Canwest News Service
April 19, 2009
Miranda Meyer of Edmonton finished fifth on balance beam on Sunday to conclude her overseas debut at a World Cup gymnastics competition in Maribor, Slovenia.
Kristina Goryunova of Russia won the gold medal with 14.350 points, Claudia Ana Silva of Brazil was second at 13.550 and Marta Pihan-Kulesza of Poland was third at 13.300.
Meyer had one fall and placed fifth at 12.550 with a routine that had the highest start value of the eight finalists. She was also fifth in qualifying on Friday.
``Her goal at this competition was to gain some international experience,' ' said Meyer's coach Michel Arsenault. ``She made a very strong impression. She was the youngest competitor and showed that she is progressing really well.''
On Saturday, Canada's other entry Laurie-Eve Pepin-Gagne of Candiac, Que., finished eighth in the uneven bars final.
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Post by Bonobo on May 24, 2009 16:51:40 GMT 1
Polish female climber on Kanchenjunga
news.Poland. com
2009-05-20
Kinga Baranowska climbed the third highest peak in the world (after Mount Everest and K2), called Kanchenjunga (8565 over sea level). She is only the fourth woman to climb this difficult mountain.
The climb has been officially confirmed by Jerzy Natkanski from the Kukuczka Foundation, sponsor of the expedition. The 33 years old climber had already climbed on six peaks over eight-thousand meters: Mansalu (8156 over sea level), Cho Oyu (8201), Brod Peak (8047), Nanga Parbat (8125) and Dhaulagiri (8167).
Kanchenjunga, situated in Nepal, is sometimes called SewaLungma in the local Limbu language. Original translation means – "The Five Treasures of Snow", because it contains five peaks, which represent five repositories of God: gold, silver, gems, grain and holy books.  
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Post by Bonobo on May 31, 2009 15:21:33 GMT 1
Tennis-Women' s world rankings
May 25 (Reuters)
Women's tennis world rankings on Monday
(previous week's rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Dinara Safina (Russia) 9801 points
2. (2) Serena Williams (U.S.) 7838
3. (3) Venus Williams (U.S.) 7237
4. (4) Elena Dementieva (Russia) 6931
5. (5) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6720
6. (6) Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 5640
7. (7) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 5091
8. (8) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 4892
9. (9) Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 4526
10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4370
11. (11) Nadia Petrova (Russia) 3840
12. (12) Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 3411
13. (13) Marion Bartoli (France) 3189
14. (14) Flavia Pennetta (Italy) 3135
15. (15) Zheng Jie (China) 2745
16. (16) Amelie Mauresmo (France) 2664
17. (17) Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 2607
18. (19) Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) 2355
19. (20) Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 2345
20. (18) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 2220
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 8, 2009 20:54:28 GMT 1
Profile of an adventure sailor - Natasza Caban 'Natasza Caban' . She is beautiful, very beautiful.
On first sight you could think she is a cover-girl for a fashion magazine, a slick high-heeled business chick from New York or a party girl in the fast set in London.
The even features, the long lustrous hair, the slim perfect figure could make her any of these -
But no, she is doing none of it - instead she is sailing round the world, solo.
..and she's nearly finished, with only one more ocean crossing to go.
Natasza Caban is a thirty-two year old Polish girl, who just loves sailing - so much so that she started when she was five, following her big sister into sailing in the lakes close to the Baltic sea in Poland, then moving up into the open waters outside of her home town of Ustka.
Natasza and the flag of Poland - .. .
She and her sister Agnieszka continued sailing together, crossing the Atlantic once, but while Agnieszka returned to sail in Mediterranean waters, Natasza's adventurous spirit started to take her round the world of sailing. A dismasting incident in 2000 on the way back from Hobart put her into hospital, but did not stop her.
She started sailing with other single handers - Brian Caldwell, who was formerly the youngest American round-world solo sailor, and with Australian John Biddlecombe.
By the time she was 22, she started dreaming about sailing round the world herself, but it took another eight years to bring the dream to fruition.
Sparksman & Stephens 34 - already proven as a sturdy ocean yacht - .. .
She departed Honolulu in July 2007, just after her 30th birthday, in a Sparksman and Stevens 34, already well established as a good single hander and a very sturdy boat.
(Australian David d....k, who still holds the record (maybe just about to be broken by Californian teen Zac Sunderland) as the youngest person to sail around the world, used just such a boat, as did Jesse Martin, another Australian, who still holds the non-stop unassisted round-world record.)
How Natasza acquired the boat says a lot about her determination and persistence. She first helped to deliver the Fremantle-built yacht from Australia to Honolulu.
'She waited there,' says Natasza, 'having different owners.
'Then I was looking for a boat, and struggling to find finances. Later, I did a delivery from San Diego to Hawaii, and she was still there!'
Natasza Caban sailing - .. .
However, the boat was owned by another Australian, Mike Steward. She convinced Mike to let her begin preparing the boat even before she had the money to buy it.
'He was the first person to give me a hand. He believed in my dream, and I am very thankful to him. My next bit of luck was that Horizon Sails made sails for me, and I worked for two months, 20 hours a day to make it happen.'
Natasza admits that she did not have enough money - or the time - to complete all the preparations that she wanted.
'I only did what was important because the hurricane season was not far off and I had to get started.'
So on July 27, 2007, Natasza set out from Honolulu to Vanuatu. Since then, she has travelled to Papua New Guinea, Darwin, Cocos Keeling, Reunion Island, along the coast of South Africa, then across the Atlantic Ocean via St Helena, and has just now passed through the Panama Canal.
Natasza’s route so far - .. .
She has just one more leg to go to join that very small contingent of women who have sailed solo round the world.
Good luck for your last leg Natasza. Sail-World will be bringing you more news from Natasza as she nears the end of her voyage.
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Post by valpomike on Jul 8, 2009 21:33:23 GMT 1
And she is HOT !!!!!
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Jul 14, 2009 21:05:53 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 24, 2009 13:49:15 GMT 1
Polish sportspeople have won 8 medals at the world athletic competition. One even set a world record in hammer throw. Anita Włodarczyk 
Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland has broken the women's hammer world record in Berlin today at the World Championships. She threw her hammer 77.96 meters.
She also has many other athletic accomplishments:
Results from Berlin World Championships W hammer throw.
It was the third World record set during the 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Wlodarczyks previous record was set this month in Cottbus (77.20m).
German, Betty Heidler improved her own national record in the 6th round of the competition. 77.12m is 5th result in a world all-time top list. Previous world record holder (77.80m in Tallinn 2006) Tatyana Lysenko threw today 72.22m and got 6th place.
Anita Włodarczyk in major championships:
1. 6th European Athletics U23 Championships, Debrecen 2007 - 9th 62.11m
2. Olympic Games 2008 - 6th 71.56m
3. European Throwing Cup in Los Realejos 2009 - Gold 75.23m
After the second throw - the world record, I was quite sure that the others will not get close to it, so I just kind of took a rest. I am glad that even the German Heidler had the biggest support in the home crowd, I was able to find enough energy to show my best. I was also watching the Usain Bolt in the relays if it was going to be the World Record and then I just enjoyed the time. Maybe it was a surprise that I threw a new WR but after the first attempt I knew I can throw very far. My family came from Poland to support me but maybe they were little bit upset that I did not try even for more. I realized that I am in the best shape of my life.
(to the audience) You are just about the limit!
(to the media)This competition was phenomenal, fantastic with a WR, a NR and so many PBs. This medal does definitely also have a golden gleam! I lost gold, but I won the silver medal. This was the best competition of my life. I was not surprised that Wlodarcyk threw so far. I am so proud of myself, of the audience and the people who supported me. After my fifth throw - which already was good - I knew that I could do even better. This was sooo cool. My last threw felt really good, so amazing! When Wlodarcyk broke the WR, I was not bothered. For me it was important to do my own competition, I needed to do my own thing, to finish my own thing. I am happy for Anita. It was so great to go into the ring and to know that I was going to do it right, that I was going to be able to show what I am capable of. There is nothing that puts up to this. This is the top!
Finally it happened. I believed I could get a medal since the beginning till the end of the competition. I am satisfied with my performance because the 2nd place was really little bit too far for me. I want to dedicate this medal to my both coaches and I am really in hurry to pick my cell phone and to call my husband, who could not come here to support me. I must say that all my disappointments are worth this medal. I will celebrate with my fanclub which is waiting for me here.
Another one 
Pole vaults to gold in Pole Vault
thenews.pl
17.08.2009
Anna Rogowska has won gold in the women's Pole Vault competition at the Berlin Athletic World Championships.
Rogowska vaulted to gold with a 4.75 metres jump, with Monika Pyrek, also from Poland, and American Chelsea Johnson sharing silver with vaults of 4.65 meters.
Poland's domination of the Pole Vault topped off a great evening for the nation's athletes. Hammer thrower Szymon Ziolkowski earlier won the silver medal.
Ziolkowski's silver, and Anna Rogowska and Monika Pyrek's gold and silver in the Pole Vault bring Poland's medal tally to five.
Ziokowski's second round throw of 79.30 meters was his season's best. He was beaten to first place by Slovenia's Primo¿a Kozmusa (80,84) but pipped Russian Aleksiej Zagornyj's 78.09 for silver.
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Post by Bonobo on Aug 30, 2009 20:46:11 GMT 1
Polish sportspeople have won 8 medals at the world athletic competition. One even set a world record in hammer throw. [/i][/quote] Poland won 5th position in the ranking. Not bad. berlin.iaaf.org/results/medals/index.html1 UNITED STATES (USA) 10 6 6 22 2 JAMAICA (JAM) 7 4 2 13 3 KENYA (KEN) 4 5 2 11 4 RUSSIA (RUS) 4 3 6 13 5 POLAND (POL) 2 4 2 8 Germany is 6th, Mike. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by valpomike on Aug 30, 2009 21:31:59 GMT 1
Germans are in last place, all the time, in my book.
Mike
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Post by gigi on Sept 1, 2009 15:48:57 GMT 1
Germans are in last place, all the time, in my book. Mike Except for cars???  |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 1, 2009 15:53:47 GMT 1
Yes, I drive a German car, a Benz, I like it, but I am sure there are many as good, or better, out there.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 13, 2009 22:17:12 GMT 1
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Post by valpomike on Sept 14, 2009 18:58:01 GMT 1
Only because they are better, and most of, because they are POLISH.
Mike
Way to go Poland, show them who is best.
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 21, 2009 21:02:44 GMT 1
Beenhakker dismissed after Poland's World Cup dreams end
DPA
9/10/09
Warsaw - Poland's coach Leo Beenhakker was dismissed late Wednesday after his side slumped to a 3-0 defeat in Slovenia, thereby all but ending any hopes the Poles had of qualifying for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year. The president of the Polish football association (PZPN) Grzegorz Lato had said after the match on television that the game against Slovenia was Beenhakker's last in charge.
"This was his last match. We must thank him," he said.
In the post match press conference the Dutchman seemed surprised by the decision.
"I take full responsibility for the results, but I wish the president had informed me personally, and not told the TV first. That shows more about him than about me. I intend to go out the front door with head held high."
Lato apologized Thursday for his statement, saying "pressure, stress, nerves" were to blame.
The Polish football association head said he would meet Beenhakker to settle final matters, and that the coach still had a contract until the end of qualifying rounds.
"I regret my words, which I said hotly, but I'm also a human and I want Poland to play in the World Cup," Lato told TVN 24. "I should have told him first, then told you journalists. "
Beenhakker had become the first foreigner to coach Poland in 2006 and had taken the side to the finals of the European Championships in 2008.
Lato praised the trainer Thursday for his work, but said that something had "burned out" between Beenhakker and his team.
"Mr Beenhakker did a heck of a job with Polish football ... You'll remember he lead Poland's historic entry into the European Championships, " Lato said at Warsaw's Okecie Airport after returning from Slovenia.
But Lato called Poland's 3-0 defeat "one of the weakest games by our representation in the last decade."
Lato said it was the "right time" for another trainer to prepare the Polish team for the Euro 2012 football championships, which Poland is co-hosting with Ukraine.
"It will for sure be a Polish coach," Lato added.
Their World Cup qualifying campaign has been disappointing though and with two matches left to play they are in fifth place in Group 3 and need a minor miracle to still finish second to at least qualify for the play-offs.
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Post by locopolaco on Sept 21, 2009 23:32:46 GMT 1
Beenhakker dismissed after Poland's World Cup dreams end
DPA
9/10/09
Warsaw - Poland's coach Leo Beenhakker was dismissed late Wednesday after his side slumped to a 3-0 defeat in Slovenia, thereby all but ending any hopes the Poles had of qualifying for the World Cup finals in South Africa next year. The president of the Polish football association (PZPN) Grzegorz Lato had said after the match on television that the game against Slovenia was Beenhakker's last in charge.
"This was his last match. We must thank him," he said.
In the post match press conference the Dutchman seemed surprised by the decision.
"I take full responsibility for the results, but I wish the president had informed me personally, and not told the TV first. That shows more about him than about me. I intend to go out the front door with head held high."
Lato apologized Thursday for his statement, saying "pressure, stress, nerves" were to blame.
The Polish football association head said he would meet Beenhakker to settle final matters, and that the coach still had a contract until the end of qualifying rounds.
"I regret my words, which I said hotly, but I'm also a human and I want Poland to play in the World Cup," Lato told TVN 24. "I should have told him first, then told you journalists. "
Beenhakker had become the first foreigner to coach Poland in 2006 and had taken the side to the finals of the European Championships in 2008.
Lato praised the trainer Thursday for his work, but said that something had "burned out" between Beenhakker and his team.
"Mr Beenhakker did a heck of a job with Polish football ... You'll remember he lead Poland's historic entry into the European Championships, " Lato said at Warsaw's Okecie Airport after returning from Slovenia.
But Lato called Poland's 3-0 defeat "one of the weakest games by our representation in the last decade."
Lato said it was the "right time" for another trainer to prepare the Polish team for the Euro 2012 football championships, which Poland is co-hosting with Ukraine.
"It will for sure be a Polish coach," Lato added.
Their World Cup qualifying campaign has been disappointing though and with two matches left to play they are in fifth place in Group 3 and need a minor miracle to still finish second to at least qualify for the play-offs.
seems like a mistake to me.. he hasn't been on the job long enough to really get the team turned around.. we shall see though.. i hope it works out as i can't stand it when PL exits all the competitions n the first freaking round.. grrr.. |
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 23, 2009 20:22:19 GMT 1
seems like a mistake to me.. he hasn't been on the job long enough to really get the team turned around.. we shall see though.. i hope it works out as i can't stand it when PL exits all the competitions n the first freaking round.. grrr.. Some major changes should be introduced into soccer in Poland. Players are lame, coaches don`t know how to work with lamers, fans fight instead of supporting, referees and club executives are corrupted. Total bog. That is why the last time I was truly interested in soccer was in 1980s. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Waste of time. |
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Post by valpomike on Sept 23, 2009 21:48:30 GMT 1
These are the things that make the game great, live with it.
Mike
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Post by Bonobo on Sept 23, 2009 22:16:44 GMT 1
These are the things that make the game great, live with it. Mike ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Hmm, my preferences for a good game are a bit different..... |
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Post by locopolaco on Sept 26, 2009 2:41:26 GMT 1
seems like a mistake to me.. he hasn't been on the job long enough to really get the team turned around.. we shall see though.. i hope it works out as i can't stand it when PL exits all the competitions n the first freaking round.. grrr.. Some major changes should be introduced into soccer in Poland. Players are lame, coaches don`t know how to work with lamers, fans fight instead of supporting, referees and club executives are corrupted. Total bog. That is why the last time I was truly interested in soccer was in 1980s. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Waste of time. that's because Lato was a better player then he is a chief of the sport's sanctioning body. he's firing of Beenhakker is a major misstep.. if he truly cares for PL soccer, he better get it right. wasn't this kind of crap supposed to have been cleaned up with the recent restructuring of the organization? |
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