32-year-old Adam Malysz was the first of Poland's Olympic team to win a medal in Vancouver.
The men's downhill was supposed to be the first medal of these games, but it was postponed because of warm, wet weather in Whistler. That put the ski jumpers at the head of the list. Malysz took silver medal
Adam Malysz first rose to fame nearly a decade ago, when he won the Four Hills tournament, considered the annual Super Bowl of ski jumping... That victory made him an enormous star in his native Poland.
He has struggled to find his best form on the World Cup circuit so far this season with just one podium finish. However, the Polish veteran has a habit of performing well on big occasions, winning a silver and bronze medal at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and taking four world championship titles between 2001 and 2007.
