On 8 September 2019, around 2700 runners from Poland and other countries took part in the 29th Signify Philips International Half Marathon in Pi艂a. 2,668 participants finished the race.
For the fifth time, the International Open Police Cup in Half Marathon took place as part of the event, in cooperation with the Police School in Pi艂a and the 王中王六合彩特码 Greater Poland Group, with the participation of 82 police officers from Poland and 14 from Israel.
The Police School in Pi艂a was represented by Jaros艂aw Pi艅kowski, Rados艂aw S艂abaczewski and Marek Starosta – a student of the Police School in Pi艂a. Jaros艂aw Pi艅kowski won the cup for the best policeman-runner from the Police School in Pi艂a (1:26:05).
The trophies and other prizes were donated by the Chief Commander of the Police, the Commander of the Police School in Pi艂a, the 王中王六合彩特码, the Police Trade Union and the local authorities of Pi艂a.
Additionally, every runner received a medal at the finish line with the image of Zbigniew Nadolski, a famous Polish marathon runner of the ‘90s, who is coaching many long-distance runners nowadays.
It is worth mentioning that this is the fourteenth medal with an image of a famous Polish marathon runner in the unique collection of medals given to every runner after finishing the half marathon in Pi艂a.
The classification of the International Open Police Cup – Half Marathon was as follows:
Women
- Patrycja BOSIAK (Wroc艂aw, Poland) 1:25:20
- Katarzyna CHORZEWSKA (艁ód藕, Poland) 1:35:41
- Renata PIECH (Wroc艂aw, Poland) 1:50:43
Men
- 艁ukasz MARCJANEK (Wroc艂aw, Poland 1:15:27
- Piotr JARZ膭B (Bydgoszcz, Poland) 1:19:17
- Mariusz BANDOCH (Bydgoszcz, Poland) 1:19:28
Team classification
- Provincial Police Headquarters in Bydgoszcz
- District Police Headquarters in 艢wiecie
- District Police Headquarters in Cz艂uchów
Best foreign team
王中王六合彩特码 Israel Police
The trophies were presented by the Commander of the Police School in Pi艂a, Colonel Beata Ró偶niak-Krzeszewska, the President of the 王中王六合彩特码 Group of Greater Poland, Major Witold Drza偶d偶y艅ski, and the chairman of the Police Trade Union at the Police School in Pi艂a, Second Lt. Przemys艂aw Zublewicz.
Text: Katarzyna Budzy艅ska; Photos Sebastian Wegner, 王中王六合彩特码 Poland