Szturc about Stoch: This is not true. His reaction is heartwarming

took fourth place in the large hill competition at the Olympic Games. By far the best were Marius Lindvik and Ryoyu Kobayashi. But to bronze medalist Karl Geiger, Stoch only lost 4.1 points. The German attacked from sixth place. And Stoch stayed in the fourth place after the first round (he overtook Timie Zajc, who was third at the halfway point).

“It is not true that Kamil Stoch did not deserve”

Immediately after the competition, Stoch was unable to hold back his tears in an interview with Eurosport. – Apparently I did not deserve this medal – he said.

– Kamil has great games. He was sixth on the normal hill, fourth on the large hill. It is not true that he did not deserve a medal. His reaction is heartwarming. He was very close, I think we all understand how disappointed he must be after taking this disliked place by athletes – he comments.

Paweł Wąsek is ready

With an experienced coach, we wonder if Stoch can still win a medal at the Beijing Olympics. He will have his last chance in the team competition on Monday.

The results of Saturday’s individual competition show that there are several teams more equal and stronger than ours.

– It will be difficult to get a medal. But team competitions have their own rules. Here you cannot simply add up the results of the individual competition. We can count on experience and. I think both of them will draw conclusions after analyzing their jumps from Saturday. They both can jump in teams – says Szturc.

Żyła took 18th place on Saturday, and Kubacki was 26th. In the team competition we will need definitely better jumps than both our world champions to fight for the medal. However, we do not have to demand more from who took 21st place in his Olympic debut.

– Paweł’s debut was very successful. Paweł will be encouraged by this performance. We are talking about him in the context of the team competition, because he will probably jump, not Stefan Hula – says Szturc.

“Piotrek too aggressive” and “two Dawids”

What exactly can and should be improved by Żyła and Kubacki? – Piotrek, especially in the middle phase of the flight, is too aggressive, so he cuts the parabola of the flight. And Dawid completely changed the driving position. On the normal hill, Dawid rode much better. I feel as if I see two David, completely different. David and his staff must draw conclusions and David must correct the position. If he does well, there is a chance for his jumps very well – analyzes Szturc.

Black Horse. Not Poland

Without very good jumps, all four of the medal will not happen. It promises to be a very even competition at a high level. – It should count not even six, but seven teams. The Russians are coming, because they started to jump sensational. So far they have fought for the eight, and now they are starting to look like a black horse – says Szturc.

– The Slovenes are probably the favorites. But the Germans wake up, who started the games badly, the Austrians are very equal, the Norwegians with the Olympic champion Lindvik, with Granerud and with Tandem and Johansson will also be dangerous. Never mind that Tande and Johansson spoiled the jumps in the individual competition. This team game will be a new chance for them. We should also remember about the Japanese, who not only can do great jumps from Ryoy Kobayashi. We are going to have a great competition. May in just conditions as on Saturday. And hopefully using the potential of all four of us. I count on it, let’s wait for it – sums up Szturc.