First competition on Sunday and first training sessions on the Olympic normal hill in Zhangjiakou on Thursday. We measure the time between the last jumps in the World Cup and the first ones at the Olympics, revealing further details of the equipment war in jumping.
Horngacher reported on the Poles. Stoch’s eloquent comment
On Friday in Willingen, the Poles jumped great. Kamil Stoch won the training and prologue, and Paweł Wąsek, fourth in the prologue, seventh and ninth, also did very well.
Lottery, windy competitions played on Saturday and Sunday did not confirm the outbreak of the Poles’ form. But our former coach is very afraid that just before the Olympics, Poles have become strong rivals for the Germans he leads. And, as we already wrote on Sport.pl, the Austrian made an official protest against the shoes of our players after Friday’s jumps. As a result, on Saturday, Piotr Żyła and Stefan Hula were disqualified.
From that moment on, a storm broke out. The equipment inspector on behalf of the Poles recognized that the shoes of the Poles are new, and the new equipment should be reported and examined by the FIS by May 1 at the latest. Polish staff ensures that these are old shoes with modifications made in the back part. And that these modifications did not make the shoes illegal. Nevertheless, the representative of the world federation banned the use of footwear.
– For me, the biggest surprise in the whole thing is that Horngacher turned against the former team headed by Doleżal and Stoch – Werner Schuster, the former coach of German jumpers, assessed for Sport.pl.
He first referred to the case, which on Tuesday, together with his teammates, had already reached the Olympic Village in Zhangjiakou. The 34-year-old is usually reluctant to comment on such controversy. This time, however, he did not refrain from making a sharp comment. – What Stefan Horngacher did is a bit childish. It is reported in kindergarten, not between adult people – said the three-time Olympic champion in an interview with Filip Czyszanowski from TVP Sport.
Poles do not agree with the FIS decision. Mute use new overlays
Piotr Żyła also expressed his opinion about the whole confusion. – When I found out that I would not be able to use the new shoes, I wanted to go to Beijing, good ones were – confessed the world champion from last year.
“The actions of the Germans may have consequences at the Olympics, because not only Poles are shocked by the Austrian’s behavior. We hear that practically all teams have started to complete” hooks “that can be used at the Olympics. Especially since not only Poles suffered. Horngacher declared war. also to jumpers who use Slatnar skis. We hear that the Austrian demanded to stop the competition and measure all skis. Mika Jukkara tells us that the ski measurement will take place, but before the first competition in Beijing ”
. The World Cup boss replied that the FIS had the best experts in the field and they said the shoes did give such an advantage. Our staff protested, emphasizing that no FIS specialist has examined the shoes, and only they were assessed “by eye”.
We also reject Jukkara’s argument that any modification to the equipment should be notified by May 1 at the latest. It’s because
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