Maria Andrejczyk, Polish Javelin Thrower, Auctions Off Tokyo Olympics 2020 Silver Medal To Fund Heart Surgery of Eight-Month-Old Boy
Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk has auctioned off her Tokyo 2020 silver medal to help fund heart surgery for an eight-month-old boy in the USA. Polish convenience store Zabka paid for the medal and gave it back to her.
Maria Andrejczyk, Polish Javelin Thrower, who won a silver medal at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics 2020, auctioned off her silver medal from the Games to help fund an 8-month-old boy's heart surgery. Andrejczyk confirmed Polish convenience store Zabka won the auction with their donation and later insisted that she keeps the medal.
Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk auctioned off her Olympic silver medal to help send an 8-month-old boy to Stanford University for heart surgery.
Polish store chain Zabka won the auction with a bid of $125K, then returned the medal to her 🥈 pic.twitter.com/taZkhb7Mpz
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