“I can be a beast.” Ryoyu Kobayashi fired after the competition

For us, the most important news is for. As in the case of Kobayashi, it is the Pole’s first Olympic medal. – I don’t know how to do it yet. My voice is breaking. I am happy that this job is paying off today. I did my best two jumps at the moment I needed to. And leave with an individual medal. This is beautiful.

Ryoyu Kobayashi confident before and after the jump that gave him gold at ZIO 2022. “I was able to believe in myself”

The competition on the normal hill was held on Sunday, February 6th. jumped 104.5 meters in the first series, for which he received 145.4 points, ahead of the rest of the stake by 6.2 points. The score after the second jump gave him 275 points, a result 4.2 points better than the Austrian Manuel Fettner, second in the final classification. Kubacki scored 265.9 points.

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Ryoyu Kobayashi is mostly subdued, this time he gets emotional. The Olympic gold medalist compared to the “beast”, which, according to the Japanese, means being ready to attack at the most important moment. As you can see, this is exactly what it is in Beijing. – I was sure that my performances would allow me to stand on the podium at the Olympics. So it’s good that I was able to believe in myself – Kobayashi added after the jump.

Kobayashi’s confidence was already visible before the competition. He later admitted that this was why he gave up the trial series before the first round. Kobayashi already had a “good visualization” of his jump and as you can see, it paid off. Perhaps this is the result of work that Kobayashi will do since the last Olympics W (2018) ended the individual competition in 7th place.

The Japanese said that those professions allowed him to see his shortcomings. – Today’s performance reminds me that it helped me grow. I had two good jumps on the normal hill, so I want to base it on the next competition – he said.

The next competition will take place on Monday, February 7. Then the teams will compete in a mixed teams competition. Before us is also the final of the men’s competition on the large hill, which will take place on Saturday, and two days later the final of the men’s team competition will take place.