In the classification of the Nations Cup, Poland maintained a high second position for a long time, losing only to Austria. After an average weekend on Kulm, we almost lost it to Norway. We did not even intend to defend the modest two-point advantage. On Friday, Poland did not field a mixed team, because our ladies did not go to Willingen, so we gave them to the Norwegians for free. Now our situation has gotten even worse.
Fatal performance of Poles in Willingen. Big losses in the Nations Cup
Before the Sunday competition in Willingen, the Poles were already losing 707 points to the leader Austria and 215 to the second Norway. The fourth Slovenia had 172 points behind us. Unfortunately, after the first series, the mood in the Polish team could not be good. and Jakub Wolny finished the race in the far 48th position. The 39th Paweł Wąsek also failed to advance to the final series.
In this situation, the remaining three were fighting for the points of the World Cup, and at the same time for the classification of the Nations Cup. The problem is that only 8th Piotr Żyła ranked in the top ten. Dawid Kubacki, 21st after the first series, was completely disappointed. He jumped only 127 m (point K on the Muelenkopfschanze is 130 m). Aleksander Zniszczol, 28, was even worse.
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Destroyer and Kubacki improved a bit in the second series. They were promoted to the 17th and 25th places, respectively. Only Piotr Żyła gave reasons to be happy. The 140-meter flight looked impressive, but allowed to overtake only one rival. Our direct opponents in the Nations Cup classification did much better. Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud triumphed again, and his compatriot Daniel Andre Tande was third. The Slovenians also did well. 5th was Ziga Jelar, right behind him was Domen Prevc, and the top ten was closed by Timi Zajc.
In this situation, our loss to Norway increased to 335 points. In turn, the lead over Slovenia narrowed to 81 points. Still leading, the Austrians escaped us on 787 points.
The classification of the Nations Cup after the competitions in Willingen:
- 1 Austria 3904 points
- 2 Norway 3452, loss: -452
- 3 Poland 3117, -787
- 4 Slovenia 3036, -868
- 5 Germany 2412, -1492
- 6 Japan 1028, -2876
- 7 Italy 282, -3622
- 8 Finland 267, -3637
- 9 U.S. 192, -3712
- 10 Switzerland 129, -3775
Source: Sport.PL
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