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Polish Javelin Thrower Auctions Silver Olympic Medal to Pay for Boy's Heart Surgery

Polish javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk auctioned off her silver medal she won at the 2020 Olympics in order to pay for an eight-month-old Polish boy's heart surgery. The Polish store chain u017babka Polska won the auction with a bid of $125,000.

"It didn't take me long to decide, it was the first fundraiser I entered and I knew it was the right one," she said via social media, according to Daily Mail. Miloszek has a serious heart defect and is in need of surgery."

But u017babka Polska, a convenience store chain, wasn't done there.