Polish athlete Piotr Malachowski has donated the silver medal he won in the discus at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, helping a young cancer patient travel to New York for treatment.
According to Jovan Buha of ESPN.com, Malachowski announced on his Facebook page on August 19 he had donated his medal to Polish charity foundation Siepomaga to be auctioned off.
Per BBC Sport, Malachowski explained the silver medal will mean more to Olek Szymanski, a three-year-old with retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer.
"My silver medal is worth a lot more than a week ago," the Olympian said.