Archive · 1 Oct 2025
Kozakowska Wins Gold After Hospitalization at Para Athletics
Roza Kozakowska, a Polish athlete, became very sick from the heat and needed to go to the hospital.
Doctors helped her with fluids and medicine.
Even though she was still sick, she really wanted to compete in the club throw.
She went back to the stadium and threw the club so far that she won the gold medal and broke the record!
Other athletes also broke records.
It was a big day for sports with many amazing accomplishments!
Roza Kozakowska collapsed due to dehydration, vomiting, and heat stroke and was hospitalized.
She was treated at Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi with fluids and antibiotics.
Kozakowska returned to the stadium and competed in the club throw event.
She won a gold medal with a new championship record of 29.30m.
Multiple world records were set by other athletes during the championships.
- Who
- Roza Kozakowska, and other athletes at the World Para Athletics Championships.
- What
- Kozakowska won a gold medal in club throw despite hospitalization; other world records set.
- When
- Tuesday morning, during the World Para Athletics Championships.
- Where
- New Delhi, India.
- Why
- Kozakowska suffered from severe dehydration, vomiting, and heat stroke, yet competed and won.
- Athlete
- Roza Kozakowska
- Nationality
- Polish
- Event
- World Para Athletics Championships
- Medal
- Gold
- Medical Issue
- Dehydration, Vomiting, Heat Stroke
- Club Throw Distance
- 29.30m (Championship Record)
- Hospital
- Safdarjung Hospital
- Other Records
- 18 World Records Set
