– God willing, I will win once the Four Hills Tournament, but if not, it is difficult – said two years ago Stoch. He was going to Oberstdorf as firm favorite in four World Cup competitions before the 62nd edition of the tournament by winning 360 points for two wins and two second places. It was enough to repeat these results in Germany and Austria, alongside Adam Malysz would be the second Polish triumphed event. But in Oberstdorf Kamil it was 13th in Ga-Pa seventh and commuting to Innsbruck, he knew that the chances of victory were gone.
The Pole then have two reasons to sports depression. Almost Austrian World Cup debutant Thomas Diethart jump jumps and was the winner of the event. Everything happened for a little over a month before the Games in Sochi, you might worry about the weakening position Stoch. Pole remained calm to life in the most important start to go down in the history of the sport two gold medals.
On Tuesday in Oberstdorf at the start of the 64th edition of the TCS Stoch could think about it, that many forms of crisis managed to survive. Poles jumped badly. In the first series was lost Stefan Hula, Maciej Kot and Peter Vein has even dropped on the boules. The second series was promoted only Stoch, though long trembled, looking at the list of lucky losers. Narrowly missed a duel with German Andreas Wank, but among the lucky losers endured in third place. In the general classification it gave him only 23 position. It became clear that for the first time in five years Pole will compete in the Tournament for a place in the top ten. The second jump was also average, helped to maintain the position.
The crisis Polish jumpers reached the bottom. Never before Lukasz Kruczek’s tenure was not so bad. After a disastrous start to the season PZN apoloniusz tajner president he argued that the Four Hills Tournament trainer solve the problems. Kruczek had to deal with problems as soon as the Polish ski jumpers will work out the losses to the forefront in the number jumps cast on the snow. Zaśnieżono Great Rafter, where the team trained on days starts. Reports from Zakopane were encouraging, according to the report of trainers, our athletes were in form, need only time to prove it in contests. Time passed and nothing changed. Prior to TCS staff it got new suits, again began conjuring reality, but the effect of this in Oberstdorf was again imperceptible. We must acknowledge that the team Kruczek is in terrible shape, and even its leader more helpless than ever. Asked by a journalist Eurosport, which were lacking in his first jump, Stoch said ironically that distance. The jumpers are extremely vulnerable to declines difficult to explain disposal, if someone like Gregor Schlierenzauer – winner of the 60th and 61st TCS – Tuesday did not make it to the second round, jumping as Poles.
Everything happened in the shadow of an exciting fight for victory in the competition. After the first round it seemed that would be unattainable World Cup leader Peter Prevc. Freund fifth ahead by as much as 7.4 points, but as it turned out, gusts of wind in the second series and the decisions of judges favored a German. The wind blew the skis, which used the Austrian Michael Hayboeck and Freund, ahead Prevc flights beyond the limit of 135 m. When Slovenia became on the runway, dmuchało him in the back, so pressed to outrun received only 130 m. Great wrote for this 43-year-old Noriaki Kasai, who landed in fifth place. In the second round he lost a lot of defending champion Stefan Kraft.
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