Polish jumpers totally disappointed throughout the season, while, as soon as they appeared in Planica, they began to look great. During Thursday qualifications it was hard to believe, but three were in the top ten. He jumped the furthest Kamil Stochwhich reached 234.5 m (6.). The highest was classified for this Piotr Ży³awhich landed on the 227th subway and took fifth place. The ninth was Paweł Wąsek, who jumped 214 m. The only one who did not win qualifications for the main competition was Dawid Kubacki.
An amazing jump was destroyed in the test series. But he fired
Already on Friday at 15 The individual competition in Planica will start. Just before him there was a trial series. We saw 40 competitors on the starting bar. He was the first of the Poles Jakub Wolnywho recorded a nightmare attempt and landed on just 162. Shortly after him, Kamil Stoch appeared on the beam. And he did not disappoint, because he reached 207.5 he took the third place at the time.
Piotr Żyła also made a very good attempt, who jumped a meter closer to a three -time gold Olympic medalist and came in fifth place. Alex Insam still remained the leader, who jumped 234 meters last day and set a new record of Italy. This time it was “only” 220.5 m, but it was enough to overtake rivals. The next of our players was, of course, Aleksander Znamczoł, who wanted to rehabilitate fans for this unsuccessful season.
And he did what everyone was waiting for. After an incredible jump at a distance of 223.5 m, he took the lead and gave a signal that he would fight for victory this weekend. The last of ours on the beam was Paweł Wąsek, who could not be satisfied with what he showed. He finally reached 201.5 he took only 20th position.
The winner of the trial series was Domen Prevc, who jumped 233 meters. Ryoyu Kobayashi (231 m) came second, while the third Stefan Kraft (226 m). The leader of the World Cup Daniel Tschofening, who was the fifth (225 m) and the deputy head of the World Cup Jan Hoerl (213 m – 13) did a bit less.
Here are the short results of the trial series before the Friday individual competition in Planica:
- 1. Domen Prevc (Slovenia) – 233 m
- 2. Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan) – 231 m
- 3. Stefan Kraft (Austria) – 226 m
- 4. Aleksander Znamczoł – 223.5 m
- 5. Alex Insam (Italy) – 220.5
- 5. Daniel Tschafenig (Austria) – 225 m
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- 17. Kamil Stoch – 207.5 m
- 19. Piotr Żyła – 206.5 m
- 30. Paweł Wąsek – 201.5 m
- 39. Jakub Wolny – 162 m