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Climber Ola Kalucka claims Olympic place by beating twin sister
- Ola edged out Natalia to take second Polish spot
- ‘I was so happy, but so sad’
Ola Kalucka remembers sitting at breakfast with her twin sister, Natalia, on the morning of the final Olympic qualification round for speed climbing last month. Both had enough points to make the Polish team in Paris, but only one could.
“It was hard because I knew that I needed to fight my sister,” Ola says. “We were crying, because we were highly aware that it was going to be a bittersweet evening for us.” Although Natalia, the world champion, was five points in front on the morning of the finals in Budapest, Ola finished ahead of her and secured a place in the Olympics.
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