According to storypick.com, the infant named Olek is suffering from retinoblastoma, a cancer case that affects the eye which has affected him for the last two years. The patient’s mother wrote to Piotr for help and support and the Olympian readily accepted and decided to auction off his medal. He also appealed to people on his Facebook account to help him save Olek.
“If you help me, my silver medal may turn out to be more precious than gold for Olek” His efforts reportedly raised enough money for little Olek’s treatment and he said: “My silver medal is worth a lot more than a week ago. It is worth the health of little Olek.”