Snowboarders tipped the jumpers: this is where it works. Poles are testing. It will be useful for the competition

• An extra half inch of slack in the suit
• Slightly better permeability of the material from which the suit is made
• Shoes for which there has been so much trouble lately
• Skis with structures allowing faster and more stable access to the threshold

These are all small but essential details of modern ski jumping. The race for technological novelties rushes and only accelerates. And although at the Olympics in Beijing, the teams of jumpers are still trying to get ahead of their rivals.

One board was going, so maybe two will go

The staff of the Polish team is currently working on something that absolutely does not threaten any of our jumpers. Because the International Ski Federation does not control what the competitors’ skis are lubricated with. .

On Sunday he won a bronze medal on the normal hill. A few hours earlier, the team checked whether our ski jumpers should be covered with grease for the Olympic competition, which was highly appreciated by Polish snowboarders.

The snowboard team of alpine riders led by Oskar Boma also competed in Zhangjiakou. Already during the trainings, among others, Aleksander Król, Oskar Kwiatkowski and Michał Nowaczyk, who later. The team of jumpers decided that it is worth checking whether the lubricant selected for our snowboarders on the same snow and in the same resort will not turn out to be the best for Kamil Stoch and his colleagues.

“When it is very cold, he did not make a big frenzy”

– I wanted to test this grease in order to have peace of mind. In the evening, when it is very cold, he did not make a big frenzy, but the fact that the snowboarders lent it to us is nice – says Kamil Skrobot, servicemen of the jumpers’ team.

The grease from snowboarders with jumpers remained. It may turn out that he will do the best when the weather changes. The official protocol says that during the first Olympic competition, the air temperature was between -12.5 and -14.5 degrees Celsius, and the snow temperature was -14 degrees. On Saturday, during the individual competition, it will be a few degrees warmer on the large hill. Just like on Monday, when the team will be played.

You don’t put it on, you won’t go. Million!

Lubricants for various weather conditions are a mandatory purchase for the Polish Ski Association for each of the staff. – Lubricants for jumpers cost several thousand euro per season. And this is nothing compared to how many lubricants are needed and consumed by the runners – Jan Winkiel tells us – We spend a million zlotys on lubricants for runners, jumpers, snowboarders, alpine skiers and duo runners – the secretary general of the Polish Union has calculated for us Ski resort.

– It’s nice that we, people from different backgrounds, help each other. I guess this is the spirit of sport and the spirit, finishes Kamil Skrobot.