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Maria Andrejczyk won the silver medal 🥈 in the women's javelin throw at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Having survived bone cancer herself, the 25-year-old auctioned off her Olympic medal to fund a crucial heart operation for 8-month-old Miłoszek Małysa. Andrejczyk told Eurosport her medal win “brought her enormous happiness and she wanted to pass that happiness on” to a young child. "The true value of a medal always remains in the heart. A medal is only an object, but it can be of great value to others. This silver can save lives, instead of collecting dust in a closet. That is why I decided to auction it to help sick children,” she said. A Polish convenience store chain won the auction and will fund the young boy's surgery in the U.S. Andrejczyk said she was happy to share her medal, which was "a symbol of faith and perseverance in the face of great obstacles.” In the end, the company let Andrejczyk keep her medal. According to SuperExpress, the Polish Olympian is a faithful Cath...

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