Dała nam olimpijskie srebro. I mówi otwarcie: trzeba uciec z Polski

Dała nam olimpijskie srebro. I mówi otwarcie: trzeba uciec z Polski

Daria Pikulik won a silver Olympic medal, but she has no intention of sweeping her dirty laundry under the carpet. “What would I do if it weren’t for my own money? Start a fundraiser on Facebook?” the 27-year-old cyclist takes us behind the scenes of the daily struggle for survival that Polish sport and Polish associations bring. “You’re at the Olympics. Everyone is on bikes that have been prepared for years especially for this event, for tens of thousands of euros, in tight suits, and I’m all red and suffocating. And right at the start I feel inferior, my head is spinning. I feel like some old man,” she says in a very honest interview with Przegląd Sportowy Onet. And she leaves no doubt: if she hadn’t left Poland two years ago, this success wouldn’t have happened.– I have a medal, but I also have my five minutes, which I want to use to finally change something in Polish cycling – says the Polish medalist in the omnium competition in track cycling without any bluntness. And she lists the cardinal sins of Polish sports associations
We also talk about the surprising award she learned about on Monday. “It’s my dream come true,” she tells us. At the same time, she is very surprised at how much one day and one medal can change. On Sunday morning, few people believed in her.
Daria Pikulik doesn’t usually compete on the track, but on the road, in the colors of the American professional group Human Powered Health. She is well on her way to becoming one of the stars of the women’s peloton. “The money I earn now is unimaginable to me,” she admits

Sebastian Parfjanowicz, Przegląd Sportowy Onet: Before you won a medal in Paris, you poured out your complaints about the Polish Cycling Association in front of the cameras. Your coach Sylwester Szmyd said that it was unnecessary. That such things should not be done at such a time.

Daria Pikulik, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in track cycling : I need to talk to my coach about this because I know it wasn’t the best moment, but I’d like him to understand me. Because I had so much regret and so many emotions that I had to get them out. Maybe if I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have had a clear head on Sunday to go for a meda

Dała nam olimpijskie srebro. I mówi otwarcie: trzeba uciec z Polski

Daria Pikulik won a silver Olympic medal, but she has no intention of sweeping her dirty laundry under the carpet. “What would I do if it weren’t for my own money? Start a fundraiser on Facebook?” the 27-year-old cyclist takes us behind the scenes of the daily struggle for survival that Polish sport and Polish associations bring. “You’re at the Olympics. Everyone is on bikes that have been prepared for years especially for this event, for tens of thousands of euros, in tight suits, and I’m all red and suffocating. And right at the start I feel inferior, my head is spinning. I feel like some old man,” she says in a very honest interview with Przegląd Sportowy Onet. And she leaves no doubt: if she hadn’t left Poland two years ago, this success wouldn’t have happened.– I have a medal, but I also have my five minutes, which I want to use to finally change something in Polish cycling – says the Polish medalist in the omnium competition in track cycling without any bluntness. And she lists the cardinal sins of Polish sports associations
We also talk about the surprising award she learned about on Monday. “It’s my dream come true,” she tells us. At the same time, she is very surprised at how much one day and one medal can change. On Sunday morning, few people believed in her.
Daria Pikulik doesn’t usually compete on the track, but on the road, in the colors of the American professional group Human Powered Health. She is well on her way to becoming one of the stars of the women’s peloton. “The money I earn now is unimaginable to me,” she admits

Sebastian Parfjanowicz, Przegląd Sportowy Onet: Before you won a medal in Paris, you poured out your complaints about the Polish Cycling Association in front of the cameras. Your coach Sylwester Szmyd said that it was unnecessary. That such things should not be done at such a time.

Daria Pikulik, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in track cycling : I need to talk to my coach about this because I know it wasn’t the best moment, but I’d like him to understand me. Because I had so much regret and so many emotions that I had to get them out. Maybe if I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have had a clear head on Sunday to go for a meda
Dała nam olimpijskie srebro. I mówi otwarcie: trzeba uciec z Polski

Daria Pikulik won a silver Olympic medal, but she has no intention of sweeping her dirty laundry under the carpet. “What would I do if it weren’t for my own money? Start a fundraiser on Facebook?” the 27-year-old cyclist takes us behind the scenes of the daily struggle for survival that Polish sport and Polish associations bring. “You’re at the Olympics. Everyone is on bikes that have been prepared for years especially for this event, for tens of thousands of euros, in tight suits, and I’m all red and suffocating. And right at the start I feel inferior, my head is spinning. I feel like some old man,” she says in a very honest interview with Przegląd Sportowy Onet. And she leaves no doubt: if she hadn’t left Poland two years ago, this success wouldn’t have happened.– I have a medal, but I also have my five minutes, which I want to use to finally change something in Polish cycling – says the Polish medalist in the omnium competition in track cycling without any bluntness. And she lists the cardinal sins of Polish sports associations
We also talk about the surprising award she learned about on Monday. “It’s my dream come true,” she tells us. At the same time, she is very surprised at how much one day and one medal can change. On Sunday morning, few people believed in her.
Daria Pikulik doesn’t usually compete on the track, but on the road, in the colors of the American professional group Human Powered Health. She is well on her way to becoming one of the stars of the women’s peloton. “The money I earn now is unimaginable to me,” she admits

Sebastian Parfjanowicz, Przegląd Sportowy Onet: Before you won a medal in Paris, you poured out your complaints about the Polish Cycling Association in front of the cameras. Your coach Sylwester Szmyd said that it was unnecessary. That such things should not be done at such a time.

Daria Pikulik, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in track cycling : I need to talk to my coach about this because I know it wasn’t the best moment, but I’d like him to understand me. Because I had so much regret and so many emotions that I had to get them out. Maybe if I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have had a clear head on Sunday to go for a meda