How did the Polish jumpers fare during the opening 70th qualification in Oberstdorf? The whole staff is best assessed on the basis of. And this one has not improved since the previous competition: Poles had the sixth result and lost as much as 55.6 points to the best Norway.
Polish jumpers again without much improvement. “They lost the overall picture of their performances”
Some individual attempts by the team players during training could give the feeling that not everything looks bad: Dawid Kubacki still in the second training looked good in the context of his figure in flight, Piotr Żyła gave a quite long jump – 126.5 meters – in difficult conditions. The most worried was Andrzej Stękała, who, completely lost in his attempt, was not promoted to the competition, and Kamil Stoch, who showed three similar and quite average jumps. and then admitted he has a problem with his left shoe which he plans to change for Wednesday.
– You focus on details unnecessarily, looking for a problem in individual players, then in the entire team, staff, and then in the equipment. Your jumpers have lost the overall picture of their performances – assessed the journalist of the Slovenian radio Val 202, Bostjan Rebersak, who in recent weeks spoke not only with the staff of Robert Hrgot, but also with Dawid Kubacki. – After qualifying, Dawid told me that he was satisfied with himself and that he was satisfied with the result. I know he means progress from the last results that he would actually see him elsewhere. But in your position, I would like it to echo from what he said. It seems to me that under Stefan Horngacher, Poles were more determined. Now they can be satisfied with small steps, and in my opinion this is not a good direction – he described.
The journalist referred to the situation from Slovenia at the beginning of the 21st century. – Do you remember Matjaz Zupan? He was fine in Slovenia too, but then the level went down. He left, but after a few years he returned and has not changed. He made us listen to ourselves when he said it was okay, even though we saw a setback. And then Goran Janus came and taught us to be unsatisfied, he was able to improve the results with the same feeling. I don’t see that in Michal Doleżal. I do not challenge him as a trainer, but I doubt that the reasons for the weaker disposition should be seen in the equipment or some specific mistake in the preparation. In my opinion, it is primarily a question of the psyche – explained Rebersak.
Stoch warned by a rival in pair. He asked the journalist to “attack” the Pole
However, this is just one of many opinions about jumping. One thing has not changed for the time being: the jumpers do not look well against the top so far, so they may also have problems in their KO pairs in the first competition of the 70th TCS. Most of them found themselves in those that can be considered the most even in the entire stake or the most difficult to pass.
The worst-case scenario cannot be ruled out – the one in which none of the Polish jumpers will advance to the final series of the competition. On the other hand, promotion is also quite a real possibility in the event of at least three, if not four matches. We decided to ask Richard Schallert, the current coach of the club, that is Tsuchiya Home Ski Club, who, in his opinion, has the best chance of being promoted to the second round.
37. Kamil Stoch – 14. Prices Prevc. Schallerta type: 50:50
The KO pair for the competition in Oberstdorf – Kamil Stoch (left) will face Cene Prevc (right) Screen Eurosport Player
The most equal match between Kamil Stoch and. The Slovene is the ninth competitor and the Pole the eleventh competitor in the general classification. After jumping from Tuesday at Stoch’s, you can see that he has not shown everything he can yet. but he came back motivated for qualifying and presented himself great – he covered Stoch by nine meters, and he jumped only in slightly better conditions.
– It will be a very balanced fight. I think I will put a draw here. I know that someone has to enter the final series of the competition, but Kamil hesitates with the form, and Cene can make a jump again. They are both high in the overall standings, so I know how close they are likely to stay. I will not choose one of them – Richard Schallert described for Sport.pl.
Interestingly, the 25-year-old Slovene does not approach the competition with great respect. Instead, he tried to accost his opponent. – I talked to Cene after qualifying, but I also wanted to keep Kamil for a minute to talk to him for a moment about something other than jumping on special material for the radio. I told Cene, who was standing with me in the mixed zone, when I noticed Kamil that I would stop him for a moment, and he, laughing, suggested: “Ask him if he is afraid of me”. Kamil heard it already and he came to Cene, he said with a smile that he treated this duel like everyone else and he would like to make the best jump. And that Cene must focus on the same – Bostjan Rebersak quotes for Sport.pl.
Only two Poles will beat their rivals? Mustache and Free without great chances according to Schallert
27. Yevgeny Klimov – 24. Piotr Żyła. Schallert’s type: 40:60
The rival of Piotr Żyła (on the right) in the KO pair in Oberstdorf will be Evgeniy Klimov (on the left) Screen Eurosport Player
Richard Schallert referred to the fight with Yevgeny Klimov as “an interesting duel with pointing to Żyła.” – I can see that he still makes some mistakes, but I think he should come out victorious in this competition. The difference may be minimal, as in qualifying, but I see a Polish jumper in a better situation – argued Schallert.
28. Dawid Kubacki – 23. Manuel Fettner. Schallert’s type: 60:40
The KO pair for the competition in Oberstdorf – Dawid Kubacki (left) will face Manuel Fettner (right) Screen Eurosport Player
Dawid Kubacki – Manuel Fettner sees the same. – Here, too, it seems to me that the Polish competitor has the advantage. I would love to see David at the top again, I saw how he was getting tired. You can see a little progress in his jumps, let it only get deeper. I appreciate Manuel Fettner, but here the difference in levels may be the greatest in favor of the Polish jumper – he said.
However, these are the only two matches in which, according to Schallert, the Poles win. In the next two, he points to Killian Peier and Stephan Leyhe, who would defeat the respective Paweł Wąska and Jakub Wolny. – The free one hit Leyhe, who jumped weaker only in qualifying, and he was not very stable in recent weeks, so I bet on the German. Peier is one of the favorites of the 4-Hills-Tournament and even if he hits a solid Narrow, he has a much better chance. He jumps great, very repetitive. Who knows where it will go, pointed out Richard Schallert.
38. Stephan Leyhe – 13. Jakub Wolny. Schallert’s Type: 70:30
The KO pair for the competition in Oberstdorf – Stephan Leyhe (left) will face Jakub Wolny (right) Screen Eurosport Player
46. Paweł Wąsek – 5. Killian Peier. Schallert’s type: 20:80
The KO pair for the competition in Oberstdorf – Paweł Wąsek (left) will face Killian Peier (right) Screen Eurosport Player
Therefore, according to Richard Schallert, he will score a maximum of three, and certainly two Poles out of five competitors in the competition. In the case of this worse scenario, it would be the worst competition for the Polish team in six years and the competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen from the last season of Łukasz Kruczek. Then only Kamil Stoch and Stefan Hula scored points.
And how will it actually be on Wednesday? Certainly the lottery, because similar conditions are announced as on Tuesday: rain and wind blowing from different directions. . Live coverage on Sport.pl and in the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.
Source: Sport
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