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Aleksandra Miroslaw won Poland's first gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday in the women's speed climbing, having already broken her own world record twice, and a recently unveiled mural in her hometown will now need to be updated.
Miroslaw set the previous record of 6.24 seconds last year, and the two-time world champion's achievements were the inspiration behind a life-sized mural by artist Michal Cwiek, which had its official opening two weeks ago.
"The inspiration was Aleksandra herself, a girl from my city, Lublin. A petite girl who can run up a 15-metre wall in just over six seconds," Cwiek told Reuters.
"The best speed climber in the world about whom many people still don't know. I thought that transferring her climbing route on a 1:1 scale on a building in the city would be extremely interesting and effective.
"At the same time it would show people in a tangible way the scale of difficulty of what this girl is doing."
Miroslaw set the previous record of 6.24 seconds last year, and the two-time world champion's achievements were the inspiration behind a life-sized mural by artist Michal Cwiek, which had its official opening two weeks ago.
"The inspiration was Aleksandra herself, a girl from my city, Lublin. A petite girl who can run up a 15-metre wall in just over six seconds," Cwiek told Reuters.
"The best speed climber in the world about whom many people still don't know. I thought that transferring her climbing route on a 1:1 scale on a building in the city would be extremely interesting and effective.
"At the same time it would show people in a tangible way the scale of difficulty of what this girl is doing."
