LONDON– Poland competed in Olympic beach volleyball for the first time and on prime time television in America had a giant victory. The Polish duo of Mariusz Prudel and Grzegorz Fijałek beat veteran USA tandem of Gibb/Rosenthall. Beach Volleyball is getting plenty of attention.
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Peter Burling and Blair Tuke, sailing the 49er high performance skiff, opened the day with a race win, clocking boat speeds of up to 20kn downwind.
“The breeze built a lot in the first race and we were a little bit over powered but the whole fleet was” said Peter after racing.
Catholic and veterans’ groups in Poland are protesting against a concert by Madonna because it falls on the anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.
Some are urging ticket-holders to boycott Wednesday’s show, which comes 68 years after the city’s failed revolt against Nazi occupation began.
Organisers of the concert have agreed to show a short clip about the events of 1944 before the performance.
W surowych podziemiach kamienicy, na nierównej podłodze stoją stare, metalowe łóżka przykryte białymi prześcieradłami z czerwonym krzyżem. Obok zainscenizowano niewielką salkę operacyjną.
