The Profesor Cwetan Gaszewski set all the conditions. They were hard. But not for our Mariusz Podgórski. Untill then, there was no one who was so close to beat the Bulgarian Champion. The Pole, the 4th player of the World Championships 2011 have already succeeded in the SENECK HAND, but the level of this event, the class of the starting players was much better. This year they were real leaders including the hosts – Slovakians, Hungarians and Kazakhstan team.

In -75 kg class our representative had a hard time. Such good players including the Professor on the vanguard. Podgórski resisted Gaszewski so hardy, that ever the Bulgarians cheered him. In the first duel, the Bulgarian, being afraid of the Pole’s attack decided for a contra and tiring up of the opponent. However it was so close for Podgórski to hit Professor’s hand to the pad. That was a nervous duel.

In the fight for the cup-final, where the Pole also met the Bulgarian there were many fouls. The Belgium referee did not rise to the challenge and evidently decided in favour of the opponent.

The material being an evidence of that is accessible in our recording, so see it. The Pole was so close to win.

Gaszewski had to reach for the most hidden parts of his sports knowledge to beat our player. At the end of the tournaments the Professor came to our team and congratulated Mariusz Podgórski for a really long time on his attitude. Our representative – instrad of being proud of his fight – was disappointed that he did not win. He was analyzing the recordings for several times with Igor Mazurenko. According to Igor, the fight was great. But probably both arms are needed to cope with Gaszewski. .. as of yet, it should be noticed that the Great Champion had to tense himself to Mariusz. That’s an evidence of the progresses the Pole made. And he is not alone...

PeSzy