IAAF World ChampionshipsAug 25, 2015 by Gordon Mack
Hammer Thrower Gets Hammered: Pays Taxi With Gold Medal
Hammer Thrower Gets Hammered: Pays Taxi With Gold Medal
Throwers sure know how to party.
The Independent is reporting via Chinese media outlet Tencent that Poland’s Pawel Fajdek, fresh off his hammer throw victory in Beijing, paid for a taxi ride home using his gold medal as currency after getting drunk from a night out celebrating.
Fajdek reportedly woke up the next morning realizing what he had done and immediately called the police and filed a report for his lost medal.
Luckily the Chinese officers were able to track down the taxi driver and Fajdek was able to recover his medal.
UPDATE: Pawel responds to report of using medal for taxi ride. Turns out he was not 'drunk' and simply left the medal in cab by accident. See his Facebook post below:
UPDATE: Pawel responds to report of using medal for taxi ride. Turns out he was not 'drunk' and simply left the medal in cab by accident. See his Facebook post below:
Drodzy czytelnicy tego posta :) na wstÄ™pie zaznaczÄ™, że nie można zgubić rzeczy o której wiemy gdzie siÄ™ znajduje ;)...
Posted by Paweł Fajdek on Tuesday, August 25, 2015