Daria Pikulik made a fantastic surprise on Sunday. She completely unexpectedly won the tenth medal for Poland at these games. She won silver in the omnium competition, which is a combined event in track cycling.. Before the last competition she was in eighth place, but in the points race she was definitely in the best position. Thanks to two additional laps she gained 40 points, and added another 19 in the flying bonuses. In this way she made up for the losses and moved to second place in great style. Few people know, but Pikulik tried to fulfill herself not only in sports.
Daria Pikulik showed character. You won't believe what she did six years ago
The 27-year-old showed that she can fight for her rights and speak out about the problems that affect her. Shortly after the start, together with her sister Wiktoria, she openly told TVP Sport cameras about the terrible conditions of preparations for the games in Madison.. – In February I had to pay for the training camp myself. We didn't even have it until April. information regarding financing. We didn't have bikes, we didn't have anything. We got the suits the day before the start. So it's not our fault – she said.
It turns out that Pikulik has even tried her hand at politics in the past. In 2018, at the age of just 21, she ran in the elections for the Sławno district council. The Olympian, who had already competed in Rio de Janeiro, was in the last, sixth place on the list Polish People's Party in the district covering the city of Darłowo, where she lives and trains. How did she do?
Szeremeta wasn't the only one. Daria Pikulik also ran in the elections. Here's her result
How can you check on the website? National Electoral CommissionPikulik received only 57 votes, which translated into support of around 1.11%. This was the worst result on the entire list, so of course she did not manage to win a councilor's seat, just like the other PSL candidates. It should also be noted that Pikulik was not a member of this party.
Earlier, there was much talk about the political episode of another Polish Olympic medalist, Julia Szeremeta. The 20-year-old boxer ran this year for the Lublin Voivodeship Assembly on behalf of the Confederation. She also failed to gain enough votes. She received only 1,409.