Zuzanna Kula - gold and two world records. A Pole set the seal of excellence on The World Games 2025

Photo: Zuzanna Kula © 2025 Zuzanna Kula. Published on Wyspa TV with the author's permission.

On Saturday, 16 August 2025, the sporting map of the world had one focal point: Chengdu. It was there, at The World Games 2025, that Polish athlete Zuzanna Kula delivered a display of strength, precision, and character that will remain in the collective memory of fans for a long time. Victory in the powerlifting event and the setting of two world records completed the picture of an almost perfect performance, the kind that needs no embellishment, because it stands on every detail of execution.

Photo: Zuzanna Kula © 2025 Zuzanna Kula. Published on Wyspa TV with the author's permission.

Powerlifting is a sport in which drama does not come from loud declarations but from millimetres of technique and seconds of tension. First comes focus, hands clamping down on the bar, the rhythm of breathing subordinated to the movement pattern, coolness in the head when the weight demands total presence in the “here and now.” Then the referees’ signal, force channelled through the entire kinetic chain, and the moment of decision. In Chengdu, Zuzanna Kula moved through these states like through a well-known score: step by step, without theatrical gestures, but with the consistency of an athlete who knows she is having a day worthy of history. Gold became the natural consequence, and the two world records the seal of quality.

Are Poles exceptional? This line often sounds like a slogan. In Zuzanna Kula’s case, it can be substantiated by a concrete way of practising sport. The Polish training ethos in strength sports is a blend of craftsmanship and modesty: fewer words, more work; fewer fireworks, more repeatability. When this blend is joined by modern knowledge of recovery, technique, and competition strategy, we get the effect that we see in Chengdu in its purest form.

Photo: Zuzanna Kula © 2025 Zuzanna Kula. Published on Wyspa TV with the author's permission.

The World Games is one of the most important festivals of sports recognised by the Olympic movement, where the absolute world elite of their disciplines compete. Gold won on such a stage is not merely a medal for the display case. It is a stamp of credibility: confirmation that the result was forged under the highest rigour, under international supervision, and in a competition that gathers the best of the best. Two world records underscore the stature of this achievement: they are proof that the Polish athlete not only defeated her rivals but also raised the global standard.

Successes in strength sports have a special power of influence. They teach patience, humility toward the process, and the belief that a detail, such as the angle of foot placement, the tempo of the descent, or the grip, can decide great things. The story of Zuzanna Kula is material for a narrative that inspires not only athletes and coaches but also the younger generation: it shows that behind the “impossible” stands a method, and behind “talent” a long list of painstaking, unglamorous steps.

Photo: Zuzanna Kula © 2025 Zuzanna Kula. Published on Wyspa TV with the author's permission.

For the Polish community at home and abroad, this result has an additional dimension. It is a shared experience of pride that bridges past and present: the legacy of a strong Polish school of strength sports with a modern, informed approach to training.

Gold and two world records open a new chapter and raise the bar. For the athlete herself, this means the need for a wise plan: recovery, selective competition scheduling, maintaining health, and mental freshness. For the community, this moment offers an opportunity to promote the discipline, encourage young people to take up sport, and develop training programmes that teach patience and respect for work.

Photo: Zuzanna Kula © 2025 Zuzanna Kula. Published on Wyspa TV with the author's permission.

If we speak of “Polish exceptionalism,” it lies precisely in our ability to translate individual victories into collective impulses for growth. Not briefly, to the beat of a single news cycle, but over the long term in club programmes, in conversations with children on training floors, in a sporting culture that prioritises ethics, health, and agency.

Zuzanna Kula won gold at The World Games 2025 and two world records. The story from Chengdu is much more than a triumph at the table. It is a tale of how work, composure, and craftsmanship can build a result that speaks for itself and resounds as on that Saturday evening in Chengdu: quiet before the attempt, loud after success.

Wyspa TV Editorial Team