Stoch eloquently commented on Thurnbichler’s decision. He hasn’t spoken to the coach yet

Kamil Stoch will not start next week in the World Cup competition in the American Lake Placid. The 35-year-old was withdrawn after failing to make it through qualifying in Willingen. , although Stoch himself as well

Kamil Stoch did not qualify for the competition and stays at home. “I haven’t forgotten how to jump”

The three-time Olympic champion referred to the matter in an interview with Skijumping.pl. During it, he betrayed who had the last word. “It was the decision of the coaching staff. It is true that I have not yet had the opportunity to talk to the coach, but in the current situation I believe that this will be the best solution and it will definitely be good for me – he said.

In this situation, Stoch will go home, and the rest of the team will go to the United States. There are still 20 days left until the target event, i.e. the World Championships in Planica. – I believe that a moment of rest, breathing, calm down will have a really positive effect. It’s not like I forgot how to jump. I was in the same situation last year and I hoped it would never happen again – added the jumper, referring to the break that took place before the Beijing Olympics.

Stoch took a risk and paid for it with a poor attempt. “I felt like this could happen today”

The player from Ząb also declared that he does not complain about his health or physical preparation. So the problem seems to be the mental sphere. – It seems to me that it is the effect of overloading, not so much physical as mental. It’s just that I give myself too much, I have a lot of ambition. With every good competition or good jumps, I add myself, sometimes unconsciously, and there comes a moment when I suddenly start to achieve worse results – he explained.

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Kamil Stoch was eliminated in the qualification after a very short jump of 100.5 m. He took 51st place. He revealed what was the reason for such a weak attempt. – I kind of felt that this could happen today, because we used a very extreme solution, where I was supposed to feel extreme in a certain element of the jump and it was a cart or a carriage. Either it will work or it will end the way it did. If I did it right, it would be really cool, but I wasn’t up to the task.”