Polish Olympic hammer throw heroine dies

Poland’s 2000 Olympic women’ss hammer throw champion Kamila Skolimowska died aged 26 suddenly in Faro, Portugal, on Wednesday a colleague of her’s Szymon Ziolkowski. “Kamila arrived in a wightlifting room and was taken ill and lost consciousness,” he told Polish press agency PAP.

“We managed to revive her and call an ambulance.

“The ambulance was taking her to a medical centre. However, en route to the centre she had another attack.

And despite the best efforts of the medical team they were unable to revive her and she died,” added Ziolkowski, who was there to attend a training camp with Skolimowska.

Skolimowska was the youngest Olympic champion in 2000 and also garnered two minor medals at European Championships level and appeared in the 2008 Olympic final, though, she failed to register a valid throw.

WARSAW, Thursday, AFP