Flat trackesrs The 27-year-old made Poland’s Olympic squad having finished 5th at the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul last year and 10th at the 2023 Athletics World Championships in Budapest later in 2023 before recording his personal best of 2.33 metres at the Eugene Diamond League final event in September.
While the opening ceremony will take place along the river Seine in the French capital on Friday kicking off the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the men’s high jump qualifying rounds will not be held until Wednesday, 7 August, with the men’s high jump final taking place three days later on Saturday, 10 August.
When British skaters Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the Olympic gold medal in ice dance at Sarajevo 1984 with 12 perfect 6.0s from every judge, for their interpretation of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, an important member of their team was singer-actor Michael Crawford. Crawford, who had played Frank Spencer in British sitcom Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and the title role in the musical The Phantom of the Opera, had become a mentor to the pair in 1981 and went on to help them create their Olympic routine. Crawford said he “taught them how to act”. He was present with their trainer Betty Callaway at the ringside at Sarajevo as they created one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
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