Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk has auctioned off her Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medal to fund urgent heart surgery for an eight-month-old baby.
The 25-year-old finished first in qualifying for the final at the Summer Games but was outthrown by just under two meters by China's Liu Shiying to earn the silver -- her first Olympic medal. However, in a Facebook post last Wednesday, Andrejczyk explained that she was auctioning off her Olympic medal to raise funds for eight-month-old Miłoszek Małysa to have life-saving heart surgery.
After starting the auction off at 200,000 zloty , she announced on Monday via Facebook that Żabka, a Polish supermarket chain, won the auction with a bid of $125,000."It's with the greatest pleasure that I give to you, Żabka, my medal which for me is a symbol of struggle, faith and the pursuit of dreams despite the many challenges," she wrote."I hope for you it will be a symbol of the life of which we fought for together.
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