Maria raising funds for the child’s treatment from the Olympic medal auction

KATHMANDU: AUGUST 20 – Maria Andrejic, a Polish athlete who won a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics, has put her medal up for auction for the treatment of a child.

She has put the medal up for auction to raise money for an 8-month-old baby’s heart surgery. A total of 125,000 dollars has been collected from the medal auction.

Milosek Malysa, a Polish boy with serious heart problems, needed surgery. His family has stated that about 5 crore Nepali rupees is needed for his treatment. Of which, only half of the amount has been raised so far. Following the family’s appeal, Maria put her medal up for auction. Maria’s medal was bought by Polish supermarket chain Zabka Polska for 125,000 dollars.

His family is heading to the United States for treatment after a European country refused to treat the child. He is being treated at Stanford University Medical Center in California.

The medal goes to Maria

After purchasing the medal, Zabka said that he would not keep the medal and gave the responsibility of security and care of the medal to Maria. The company’s decision is now being discussed and praised everywhere. “We are very happy with Maria’s move,” Zabka wrote. We are also happy that we were able to help Maria. ‘

Maria won a silver medal in the women’s javelin throw at the Tokyo Olympics. She won the medal by throwing a javelin of 64.61 meters in the final. She lost her chance to win a medal by only 2 cm at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In 2018, Maria herself was cured of a serious illness. She had symptoms of Osteoma. This is a bone tumor. However, she had surgery in 2019. After that, she competed in the Olympics and won a silver medal.