Historic Silver for Kacper Tomasiak in Predazzo. On Tuesday, Poles Compete in Mixed Team Event

Polish winter sports are celebrating a great success after Kacper Tomasiak won the silver medal on the normal hill in Predazzo on Monday. This is the first medal for Poland at these Games and a historic achievement on Italian soil. However, the young Olympic silver medalist does not have time for long celebrations, as on Tuesday at 18:45 he will be at the start of the mixed team competition. The Polish team, besides Tomasiak, includes Anna Twardosz, Pola Bełtowska, and Paweł Wąsek. Experts predict a fierce fight for the podium, pointing, among others, to the strong German team with Selina Freitag in its lineup. 24 medal — for Poland in the history of the Winter Olympics was won by Kacper Tomasiak However, Tuesday morning brought worse news from the cross-country tracks. In the classic sprint, held as part of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, Polish representatives failed to advance past the qualifiers. Both Monika Skinder and Izabela Marcisz in the women's competition, and Dominik Bury in the men's competition, ended their participation at an early stage, not advancing to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, on the ice track in Milan, mixed relay teams are competing in short track. The Poles, who won the bronze medal at the World Championships in this event a year earlier, hope to join the medal zone, competing with powerhouses such as Canada and Italy. The last successes of Poles at Winter Olympics held in Italy took place over half a century ago. In 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Franciszek Gąsienica-Groń won bronze in Nordic combined, and four years later in Squaw Valley (not in Italy, but often mentioned together in a historical context), medals were won by speed skaters. Tomasiak's silver breaks the long-standing drought in this region of Europe. February 10 is rich in medal events. Besides ski jumping, fans will see the final of the mixed doubles curling, where the teams of the United States and Sweden will compete. Competitions are also ongoing in alpine skiing, where women, including the favored Mikaela Shiffrin, are fighting for medals in the combined event, and freestyle skiers are competing in the slopestyle event. The Games are entering a decisive phase, and the schedule is packed to the limit.[{"dataISO": "2026-02-10T09:15", "data": "February 10, 09:15", "wydarzenie": "Cross-country skiing: sprint qualifiers (no advancement)"}, {"dataISO": "2026-02-10T10:30", "data": "February 10, 10:30", "wydarzenie": "Short track: women's 500 m"}, {"dataISO": "2026-02-10T13:10", "data": "February 10, 13:10", "wydarzenie": "Short track: mixed relay finals"}, {"dataISO": "2026-02-10T18:45", "data": "February 10, 18:45", "wydarzenie": "Ski jumping: mixed team competition"}]