The Friday trial series is behind us. . Stefan Hula was replaced by Paweł Wąsek. It is an Olympic debut for a jumper born in 1999. How was he doing in the last training session before qualifying?
W ± sec jumped only 115 m and in addition landed without a telemark. The Olympic debutant took 20th place. It was even worse. The three-time Olympic champion landed on the 116th meter, but took 22nd place. The top fifteen was closed (118.5 m). The best of the white-and-reds turned out to be eighth after the jump to 122.5 m.
The trial series was won by Stefan Kraft – 127.5 m. The Austrian was ahead of Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud (132 m) and German Markus Eisenbchler – 127 m.
The biggest surprise was the very weak jump of the Olympic champion from the normal hill, Ryoyu Kobayashi, who was only 30 .. The Japanese jumped 116.5 m. Interestingly, his brother Junshiro was right behind him – 120 m.
Qualification for the Saturday competition is scheduled for Friday at 12 o’clock. The competition will start on Saturday at noon. However, a team competition will be held on Monday. You can find reports from all jumps on Sport.pl and the Sport.pl LIVE mobile application.
You will find the schedule of all disciplines.
“I miss what’s best about jumping.” Stoch’s sincere confession
Kamil Stoch did not impress on Thursday, when he took 18th, 18th and 10th place. On Saturday, the Pole will defend the title won in Pyeongchang four years ago, but he can see for himself that there is a problem.
– The effect is still far from what I thought it would be. It makes me nervous. It doesn’t take away my motivation, but it takes away something I can’t name. Everything is fine, I’m glad to be here, but I miss what’s best about jumping, that is having fun in the air -.
And he added: There is no good energy in flight, no cruising speed. All the time I feel that I am a bit behind skis and am slowing down. As long as I am here, as long as I stand on my own, I will not give up and I will try to find something that will help me. Which will allow me to enjoy these jumps a little more.
Source: Sport
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