On Friday morning, the Meczyki.pl portal announced in the article “Babiarz removed from the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games. “Will be replaced by a legend” that the journalist will not comment on the ceremony. We asked the public broadcaster about this issue. – Przemek Babiarz has known since the meeting with director Sygut that he will not comment on the closure. All the headlines today that he was “punished” for are simple manipulation – Jakub Kwiatkowski, director of TVP Sport, told Wirtualnemedia.pl.
Babiarz will not comment on the ceremony
Meczyki.pl adds that Przemysław Babiarz will be replaced by Dariusz Szpakowski, who will comment on the closing ceremony of the games together with Jarosław Idzi. Director Kwiatkowski he denied this information. The closing event of this year’s Summer Olympics will take place on Sunday at the Stade de France stadium. It starts at 9 p.m.
Przemysław Babiarz was suspended for comments made during the broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremony. The comments were made shortly after John Lennon’s song “Imagine” was sung. “A world without heaven, nations, religion, and this is the vision of peace that embraces everyone. This is a vision of communism, unfortunately,” Babiarz said.
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He returned to comment on athletics
More than 150 people, including TVP employees and famous athletes, signed an open letter to TVP authorities regarding the reinstatement of Przemysław Babiarz to work during the games.
A few days later, the journalist flew to Warsaw to meet with TVP CEO Tomasz Sygut and TVP Sport CEO Jakub Kwiatkowski. It was decided that Babiarz would return to Paris, from where he still commentates on the Olympic athletics competitions. He did not return to comment on the swimming competition, and was replaced by Szymon Borczuch.
