Big disappointment from the World Cup. The Poles lost in the team event

All our leaders took part in the team competition - David Kubacki, who won bronze in Friday’s competition on the big hill, Kami Stoch, who finished fourth, and Piotr Zyla, who was ninth yesterday, but won the gold medal on the regular hill. . The white-red quartet was supplemented by Alexander Znischol.

World Championship in Planica: Kamil Stoch and Piotr Zyla did their job

Kamil Stoch was the first Pole on balance beam. The champion from Zomba showed a beautiful and long jump of 136 meters, which put us ahead of Slovenia and Germany, but behind Norway. After the first tests, Norway was ahead of Poland and Austria. The difference in points was so small that other teams, such as Slovenia and Germany, also counted in the fight for medals.

Halfway through the first lap we saw the gold medalist from the normal hill - Petr Zhyla. True, “Vevier” failed to repeat the success at a large facility, but he finished the competition in the top ten. The Pole went to the team competition very motivated, but during the flight he had a lot of problems and his skis dangled, which led to a decrease in style marks. The Pole jumped 131.5 meters, thanks to which the white-reds overtook the Slovenes. After two jumps, Austria was first, Norway second and Slovenia third. The Poles rolled down from the podium to fourth place.

He destroyed a little less, but David Kubatsky made up for a few points

The third jump was made by Alexander Znishhol, who is clearly different in form from the other three. To count further in the fight for medals, the Polish representative could not spoil his attempt. The 28-year-old athlete jumped only 122 meters, which means that the white-reds took fifth place after Slovenia, Austria, Norway and Germany and lost 17.4 points to the podium.

The last Pole was none other than David Kubacki, who needed to make up for lost points in order to still count in the competition. The bronze medalist overcame a distance of 137 meters from a large slide, which allowed the Germans to catch up. Before the final series, we were only two points behind our Western neighbors, and 14.1 points behind third place.

Top five after the first series:

1. Slovenia (597.6 points)

2. Norway (587.8 points)

3. Austria (587.0 points)

4. Germany (574.9 points)

5. Poland (572.9 points)

Final Series: The Poles Slightly Missed

Slovenia, Norway, Austria, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Japan and the USA reached the final. Kamil Stoch jumped 135 meters to put Poland ahead. Next, Markus Eisenbichler jumped 130.5 meters from a log lowered two steps at his own request. This attempt gave the opponents a place behind the white-reds. After the first round of jumps, the Norwegians were in first place, ahead of the Austrians and Slovenians. The White-Reds were 12.3 points behind the third place.

Second on balance beam was Piotr Zhyla, who of course wanted to make a much better jump than in the first series, and that’s exactly what happened because Vevir landed 133 meters, which allowed Byalo-Chervona to increase their advantage over the Germans, but , unfortunately, the top jumped much better, which meant that we lost 17.5 points to the third Austrians. Although Oleksandr Zniszhol improved significantly in the second attempt - he cleared the distance of 131.5 m, in the end, before the last jump of David Kubatsky, we were 17.1 points behind to reach the podium.

David Kubacki did his best to cover the best distance in the last attempt. Thomas Turnbichler put everything on one card and decided to lower the bar of the world vice-championship by two steps. Kubacki jumped only 128.5 points, which, unfortunately, did not bring us a podium. As a result, Slovenia became world champions, followed by Norway in second place and Austria at the lowest step of the podium. The White-Reds finished fourth in front of the Germans.