Episode 1: Adam Małysz And Małyszomania Inside Polish Sports podcast

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Hide behind the Foul Poles everyone! Because this is part 1 of a two-part story of Poland's best known pugilist export. The man who when toe to toe, sometimes too literally, with some of the all time great heavyweights. Even despite his flaws, we Poles will always have a special affection for "Andrew". This is Andrzej Gołota, from his Olympic exploits in Seoul, through his first bout with the law and emigration to Chicago to dominating Riddick Bowe twice and being humbled by Lennox Lewis. Part Two of the story(1998-2013) next week.…

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Episode 4: Meronk's LIV and Let Die 45:36

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Irish Dave is back for a recap of the major stories in Polish Sports. Since we last talked Iga Świątek had her run in the Australian Open ended by the eventual champion, Madison Keys. Considering the personal crisis she experienced in recent months, a semi should be considered a massive success. Also don't ever call Melbourne the "happy slam", because how can Tennis players be happy in those temperatures thousands of miles from Europe AND without easy access to grog? Robert Lewandowski scored another five goals in the past three weeks, helping Barcelona keep their noses up in both the LaLiga title race and Champions League bracket. Arkadiusz Milik meanwhile should be thankful he's still injured because we as a nation only ever see him for the national team shoot over the bar(Maybe he can replace Harrison Butker for the Chiefs). At least what they're earning is not blood money, compared to the $4 million that Adrian Meronk got for winning the LIV Golf season opener in Riyadh, the biggest Polish golfing success to date. Why has Poland only taken to Golf recently you might ask? A large part of it is that the courses are nowhere close to anyone. Who knows though if in five years' time Meronk's tournament wins will help Golf exceed Ski Jumping in popularity(which would please Dave because he hates the latter). God knows that would be a welcome change because so far this season none of the Polish jumpers have finished on the podium. But still their situation is not as bad as that of the Men's national Handball team, whose head coach has been sacked, top player left without notice and who beat the Americans in their last World Championship consolation round game in an arena with less fans than insects.…

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Episode 3: Wembley '73 30:10

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This week we take a look back at Polish Football's greatest ever night 52 years ago beneath the Twin Towers of the old Wembley. It was when Kazimierz Górski's Eagles led by Brian Clough's favourite clown Jan Tomaszewski put the Three Lions on their tails and started a decade of glorious success. Ever since we have dreamt of emulating that night and tried unsuccessfully to repeat it. This is the story of how Poland qualified for its first World Cup finals since the war by humiliating England not once, but twice. This is the story of the Wembley Miracle of 1973.…

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Episode 2: Weekly Roundup 41:30

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Join me and Irish Dave for our weekly round-up of all the hottest stories in Polish Sports This week Robert Lewandowski is staring father time in the face and we discuss whether he should return to Poland for his last dance. Iga Świątek may be dominating her opponents in the Australian Open, but has her legacy forever been tainted by her doping suspension? Will we ever hear the full story? We then dive into a discussion about the Polish Olympic Committee and more broadly compensation globally for medalists before touching on the sad story of champion weightlifter Agata Wróbel. Finally Kuba tries to explain the woes of Polish Men's Handball before Dave interrupts and explains nobody cares about Handball.…

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Episode 1: Adam Małysz and Małyszomania 30:12

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