23 May 2012

Olympic participation in danger for Polish Tomasz Kowalski

Olympic participation in danger for Polish Tomasz Kowalski

Poland’s best hope for an Olympic medal in judo Tomasz Kowalski has been injured in a motorcycle accident and may have to skip the London Games. The Polish Judo Association President Wieslaw Blach confirms that 24-year-old Tomasz Kowalski and 30-year-old teammate Tomasz Adamiec hit a car Sunday while riding on a motorcycle in northern Poland. Kowalski, who won a silver medal at this year’s European Judo Championships, suffered serious injuries to his pelvis and lower leg. Blach says Kowalski’s chances of competing in London were slim because of the accident. Adamiec was only slightly injured.