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Olympic silver, heart of gold

Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski talks about donating the silver medal he won at the 2016 Rio Olympics to help three-year-old Olek Szymanski 鈥� who has retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer 鈥� to go to New York for treatment.

First broadcast: Sportshour, World Service, 3 September 2016.

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