President Andrzej Duda is still in Paris, where he went to celebrate the opening of the Summer Olympics. On Saturday, he appeared in the Olympic Village, where he showed off his table tennis skills. He later shared his account of the event on social media. Some time ago, former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also showed off his table tennis skills.
President Andrzej Duda appeared in the Olympic Village just one day after taking part in the spectacular opening ceremony of the most important sporting event in the last four years. A report was published this afternoon on the social media of the Presidential Chancellery. The entry was accompanied by photos showing that our head of state felt like a fish out of water with an oar.
Andrzej Duda played table tennis in Paris.
As we mentioned in the post on X, It has now been 100 years since the Polish national team first participated in the Olympic Games. However, at that time there were only 81 athletes, but this year there are more than 200.
– We have won 298 medals so far in all the Games. We hope that the 300-medal mark will be significantly exceeded during these Games. “We would like to get as many gold medals as possible,” President Duda told the accompanying Olympic athletes and other people gathered.
The President visited the Olympic Village. He showed his sports skills.
The media reports that although Andrzej Duda was in Paris for a relatively short time, he did manage to try out another field, basketball, in a slightly different way. After the opening ceremony of the Polish House, the president took part in a competition to keep a ball rolling on a pen and also tried to score an impressive goal. It worked only the second time. – Once, we won the Krakow championship with our school team. – Hang on.
Table tennis wins the hearts of politicians
It is worth noting that some time ago he picked up a ping pong paddle. Former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawieckiwho enjoyed this way at the table tennis tournament as part of the 17th Gazeta Polska Club Meeting.
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Moreover, the head of the United Right government trained table tennis at the Borza club in Wrocław as a child, and as a youngster he was among the top eight in the country. His coaches then claimed that he had a promising future ahead of him. However, he chose a different path, and today he plays table tennis only as a hobby.
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