became the Olympic champion on the normal hill in. The Japanese overtook Manuel Fettner. But for us the most important information is that Dawid Kubacki won the bronze medal! This is his first individual Olympic medal. Kamil Stoch finally took the sixth place.
Kubacki clearly moved. “My voice is breaking”
Kubacki was clearly touched after the competition. He wiped his tears while decorating the flowers. – I don’t know how I did it yet. My voice is breaking. I didn’t know if I was going to go here at all. Perhaps the situation was not as tense as with Piotrek, but still. Really, what has happened this season from the beginning … I worked and it didn’t go. I am happy that this work has paid off today. I made my best two jumps at the moment I needed them. And I will leave with an individual medal. It is beautiful – he said clearly touched in an interview for Eurosport.
This season for our jumpers was catastrophic. Kubacki is only 37 in the overall World Cup ranking. – Honestly, there was no doubt that I had to keep working. I never doubted that. There were moments when I was not sure that it would finally start. I had this certainty maybe during the first four or five competitions. There were various turbulences. It could have happened several times, but when it didn’t go any further, I didn’t at all times believe one hundred percent that it would move. I knew that I had to work and that more than one beautiful moment awaited me and the team. And I guess I was right – emphasized the bronze Olympic medalist.
After the first series of the Olympic competition, the Pole was ranked eighth. In the second, after a brilliant jump of 103 meters, he moved up to third place. – I do not know if I am a specialist in attacks in the second series. It’s hard for me to judge. I attacked today but didn’t believe it until the last minute. There was a situation again that Piotrek stood near me and said that there would be a medal. I did not believe it. If I were to lead Kamil to jump, maybe. However, when Manuel jumped over me and was about to jump, I felt that he would do well and he would have a medal. I kept my fingers crossed for it. I knew there were two more players at the top, so I wanted Kamil to jump far enough to lead. Then we would have a sure medal. However, I had to wait a while and it paid off, the 31-year-old reported his feelings.
The journalist reunited Kubacki with his wife. Everyone heard. “They listen to us”
From Kubacki’s point of view, the greatest emotions were during Peter Prevc’s jump. Slovene was second after the first round. – Piotrek said there would be a medal, and I told mine that there would be no. I thought he had exceeded a penny as I watched. Well, I found that if he exceeded it, it will not be. These were the quick calculations. He had a big advantage. When it was displayed that 99.5 m, the lamp of hope was on. The rest is already avalanche. Then a man does not register it so well anymore – added the world champion three years ago.
– I think it is one of the most important successes in life. Certainly, an individual medal at the Olympics is something that pleases the heart, admitted the two-time Olympic medalist. Moments later, a surprise struck him. Eurosport journalist Kacper Merk put on Kubacki headphones and connected him with his wife.
– Honey, I congratulate you very much. I’m very proud of you. We all kept our fingers crossed for you. I wrote to you in the morning that it would be your day, Marta Kubacka told him. – Thank you honey. I love you too. You can enjoy there. We won’t talk any more, because they’re probably listening in on us, ”Kubacki laughed at the end.
Source: Sport
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