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 is wrong and so is the controller. It’s not about aerodynamics
On Friday in Willingen, the Poles jumped great. he won training and prologue, and the fourth in the prologue, the seventh and the ninth were doing 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.
We have already written on Sport.pl that the Austrian made an official protest against the shoes of our players after Friday’s jumps.
And that on Saturday Mika Jukkar disqualified ¯y³ę and Stefan Hula for shoes, and originally he wanted to disqualify all Poles, including Stoch, Kubacki and Wąsk.
The equipment inspector on behalf of the FIS 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.
As we hear, the shoe in the back part has more sponge and sticks out from the leg by 3 centimeters. There is no point in the law that would not allow this. But Jukkara says it’s a major modification that has not been reported. That’s why I don’t want to agree to it. However, we do not want to yield.
What are the benefits for Polish jumpers of the modified Nagaba boot? We hear that it’s not about better aerodynamics at all. So says Horngacher, followed by Jukkara. Yes .
Better position, better control of the skis. “Piotrek is fixated”
Our staff tested the modified shoes in the wind tunnel a year ago. Polish staff has studies showing that these shoes do not give an advantage in terms of aeorodynamics. On the other hand, they provide more stability on the inrun and help the jumpers to take the optimal position. And then they give a lot in the first phase of flight. – Piotrek is completely fixed on these shoes. He especially emphasizes that in them he is great at skiing right after he leaves the threshold – we hear. Apparently they also offer greater security. They especially protect against calf injuries.
He was convinced of the vein for shoes with a modified back a year ago. and Kamil Skrobot collaborated with Nagaba in the implementation of the project and the shoes were made before the World Cup in Oberstdorf. In the end, we didn’t use them there, we decided not to show them until now.
We have tunnel studies and the FIS is eyeing it up
After the Saturday disqualification of Żyła and Huli, Nagaba sent a letter to FIS assuring that, as a manufacturer, it could provide the wind tunnel tests. World Cup boss Sandro Pertile replied that the FIS had the best experts in the field and they said the shoes did give that 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 submitted by May 1 at the latest. It’s because .
The mood in the Polish team is militant. We recognize that the FIS simply does not allow us to apply the novelty that the Germans would certainly have allowed. It looks like we will be fighting for a license to use “seven-mile” shoes until Saturday’s qualifying session.
Source: Sport
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