World Cup in Kuopio Poles shine in qualifying. Worse competitions – Newspaper Krakow

Kamil Stoch won, and in the top ten were still four other Polish representatives. Too bad it was only qualified for today’s competition in Kuopio (beginning in the chair. 19).

The fact that the competition is much harder to shine charges Lukasz Kruczek have learned – once again this season – a moment later. In the “drużynówce” which was carried out on the hill Pujio instead of canceled on the last Saturday of the competition in Lahti, they took 6th place. Only once in this edition of the World Cup they managed to be higher – in Zakopane, where he took third place.

hardest test of the difference between the trial and the relevant felt Andrzej groaning. 20-year-old jumper from Dzianisz in the first series jumped only 100.5 m and immediately set us in a difficult position. It is difficult, however, have to blame him, after all, only collects the experience of the World Cup. On the best side showed Dawid Kubacki. Conductor Peter and Stefan Hula stains or not given, but was not crazy.

The Poles competed without Stoch, who Kruczek gave the rest. Fighting the crisis, two-time Olympic champion strongly recently tested their patience and mental toughness.

– It is very poorly and did not even want to go into details, because I do not even know exactly the details of which have come in – joked bitterly after completely failed Sunday in Lahti. Twenty-four hours later in Kuopio in training … he jumped 63 meters and then fired in qualifying with a jump of 128 meters. Predicting what might happen today, it’s pure guesswork.

– In qualifying I jumped at ease, without the pressure. For the competition I set a positive – Stoch said yesterday in an interview with the portal skijumping.pl.

Regardless of the results of today’s competition, Stoch for the next World Cup competitions – to Almatov – do not go. Together with hula and Clement Muranka will prepare the country to compete in the Vistula (March 4-5). Instead of Kazakhstan they will start Maciej Kot, Jakub Wolny and Jan Ziobro.

In Kuopio class for itself again were Norwegians. Germans ahead by more than 50 points, and the Japanese nearly 122! Abyss. Daniel Andre Tande defeated the occasion of a new hill record. He landed on the 136 meter and 0.5 meters improved outcome Japanese Masahiko Harada before bagatelle 18 years.

Results

Qualifications: 1. Kamil Stoch 127.1 points (128 m); 2. Taku Takeuchi (Japan) 126.2 (129.0) and Jurij Tepes (Slovenia) 126.2 (127.5); 4. Peter Vein 124.4 (128.5); 5. Andrew groaned 124.3 (129.0); 6. Robert Kranjec (Slovenia) 123.1 (130.0); 7. Stefan Hula 120.1 (125.0); 8. Joachim Hauer (Norway) 119.4 (124.0); 9. Simon Amman (Switzerland) 117.8 (126.5) and Dawid Kubacki 117.8 (126.5) … 22. Clement Muranka 109.6 (122.0).

Team competition: 1. Norway 1,057.2 points (Gangnes 127.0 points / 130.0 m, Tande 136.0 / 132.5, Fannemel 128.0 / 126.0 , Forfang 129.0 / 131.5); 2. Germany 1002.8; 3. Japan 935.4; 4. Austria 932.1; 5. Slovenia 930.1; 6. Poland 899.5 (groaning 100.5 / 116.5, vein 126.0 / 122.0, Kubacki 121.5 / 123.5, Hula 124.5 / 121.0).