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The Polish Olympic Committee, the Association of Graphic Designers and the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw have just announced the launching of the entry submissions to the International Poster Competition. The event is organised as part of the celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Polish Olympic Committee and refers to the rich traditions of Polish sport poster.

On Saturday, 11th of May the “Flame of Peace Relay for the 2nd European Games Minsk 2019 organized by MEGOC reached Warsaw. The Flame was lit in Rome on 3rd of May at the Ceremony in the Ara Pacis to mark 50 days until the Opening ceremony in the capital city of Belarus. The flame travels by car around the Old Continent accompanied by the motorcade of Belarusian bikers from Minsk.

Olympic champion and IOC member Irena Szewinska is hailed by leaders of Poland, the IOC and the IAAF for her life in sport. Szewinska died June 30 in Warsaw after treatment for cancer. She turned 72 in May.

Polish Olympic Committee would like to inform that the funeral ceremony of Mrs Irena Szewińska will be held on July 5th 2018 at 14:45 at the Powazki Cemetery, Powazkowska street.

The Polish Olympic Committee is deeply moved and grieved by the passing away of Mrs Irena Szewińska after a serious and long-lasting illness. The Polish Olympic Family went into desperate mourning.

On the first day of the 39th Seminar of the Association of European Olympic Committees and the IOC in Belgrade, the Polish speed skater Karolina Bosiek won the third prize in the competition "The Award of Piotr Nurowski for Young Winter Sport Players".