Justyna Święty-Ersetic has been a star of Polish athletics since 2015, when she took a brozne with the 4x400m Polish ladies’s workforce in Praha 2015 European Indoor.
On the European Indoors, Justyna gained 400m bronze medal within the 400 m in 2017 and silver within the 400m in 2021. In 2015, bronze, 2017, gold, 2019, gold, Justyna was a member of the wonderful Polish ladies’s 4x400m relay groups.
A seasoned dash racer, Justyna gained gold in 2018 at 400m as a person after which gold in 2018 and silver in 2022 within the 4x400m relay on the European Athletics Out of doors Championships.
With six medals at World Indoor Champs, all within the 4x400m relay, Justyna took silver in 2016, 2018, and 2025, and bronze in 2022 and 2026!
At World Outside, Justyna helped her workforce to silver in 2019, bronze in 2017, and bronze in 2025 on the 4x400m relay! Rewatch these races, watch Justyna race, and get her workforce into a greater place.
Add to that gold in Blended 4x400m within the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and silver in W 4x400m at Tokyo, and you’ve got a bemedaled athlete!
It’s with that pedigree and love of the game that Justyna tells her followers why she is ending her season. She desires to compete at her finest and is coping with some difficulties, so she desires to return again to the game she loves.
This author has seen Justyna compete indoors and open air and loved seeing her in Torun in 2019. We want Justyna a whole restoration and stay up for seeing the doyen of Polish ladies’s 4x400m racing for over a decade race as soon as once more!
Justyna Święty-Ersetic on IG: (translated from Polish on IG)
“Typically the toughest choice is to decide on your self… Sport is a big a part of my life. It’s my ardour, my place, and one thing that brings me pleasure, however this time I’ve to set a boundary and select myself. Nothing is extra vital to me right this moment than my well being and well-being.
In my life, I’ve already been in a really darkish place as soon as. I fought exhausting to get out of it, and I promised myself that I might by no means once more ignore the indicators that my physique and thoughts ship me. This isn’t a straightforward choice. It hurts, as a result of I understand how a lot coronary heart I put into each coaching session and each race. However I additionally know that no competitors is extra vital than well being.
I like sport, and I consider that this isn’t a goodbye, however merely a pause. I need to stand on the monitor once more with pleasure, a smile, and the sensation that I’m there as a result of I really need to be. I need to expertise these feelings once more with you and provide you with—and above all, myself—causes to be proud.
That’s why I’ve made the choice that you simply gained’t see me on the monitor anymore this season. I would like time. A second to handle myself, regain my peace, and are available again stronger. Thanks to everybody who’s with me and understands this choice. Your assist means extra to me than I can categorical. This isn’t the top. See you within the subsequent season.
That is the unique put up in Polish for our Polish readers:
Justyna Święty-Ersetic na IG: “Czasami najtrudniejszą decyzją jest postawić na siebie… Sport to ogromna część mojego życia. To moja pasja, moje miejsce i coś, co daje mi szczęście, ale tym razem muszę postawić granicę i wybrać siebie. Nie ma dla mnie dziś nic ważniejszego niż moje zdrowie i samopoczucie, dlatego nigdy więcej nie zignoruję sygnałów, które wysyłają mi moje ciało i głowa. To nie jest łatwa decyzja. Boli, bo wiem, ile serca wkładam w każdy trening i każdy begin. Ale wiem też, że żadna rywalizacja nie jest ważniejsza od zdrowia. Kocham sport i wierzę, że to nie jest pożegnanie, tylko pauza. Chcę jeszcze nieraz stanąć na bieżni z radością, uśmiechem i poczuciem, że jestem tam, bo naprawdę tego chcę. Chcę znów przeżywać te emocje razem z Wami i dawać Wam, ale przede wszystkim sobie powody do dumy. Dlatego podjęłam decyzję, że w tym sezonie nie zobaczycie mnie już na bieżni. Potrzebuję czasu. Chwili, żeby zadbać o siebie, odzyskać spokój i wrócić silniejsza. Dziękuję każdemu, kto jest ze mną i rozumie tę decyzję. Wasze wsparcie znaczy dla mnie więcej, niż potrafię wyrazić. To nie koniec.Do zobaczenia w kolejnych sezonach “
