Kamil Stoch is the best on the normal hill and Kamil Stoch is the best on the large hill. King of Sochi. Car. Or let’s leave such comparisons and simply state the fact – at the Olympic Games in 2014, Kamil Stoch was the greatest. And it was then that the madness around Kamil was the greatest in Poland.
“Various people used to come here”
Bronisław Stoch, Kamil’s father, an eloquent man with an interesting view on many things, we once asked about this madness. The question was: “You probably watched the greater madness around Kamil after the Olympics in Sochi, not after [Kamil wygrał wówczas wszystkie cztery konkursy, czym wyrównał historyczny wyczyn Svena Hannawalda]? “
– Definitely. We were learning then, how to endure it all, how to correct it, so as not to exceed our own limits of endurance, and not to react badly to people. You know, different people used to come here. Different journalists, from different magazines and from different political options -.
Meeting without media. “According to Kamil’s wish”
– It was then that Prime Minister Donald Tusk was your guest – we noted.
– He visited us, but in accordance with Kamil’s wish not to associate him with any political option, with any party, we agreed to a meeting, but without the presence of the media. Oddly enough, the prime minister respected this, which impressed us very much. I believe that politicians, however, do not like to act without emotional benefits, and in that situation the then prime minister behaved with style – my father told us.
On February 15, 2014, he first spent with all of Stochów’s neighbors, watching the Sochi competition broadcast with them. Two thousand people gathered in front of the big screen on one of the local slopes. Everyone celebrated, because Kamil was in the lead after the first round, and in the second he defended himself, despite the fact that he attacked brilliantly. Stoch was 1.3 points ahead of the Japanese. He became the third double Olympic champion after Matti Nykaenen (Calgary 1988) and (Salt Lake City 2002 and Vancouver 2010).
– Big day. I am very happy that I could watch these jumps with Kamil’s dad – Prime Minister Tusk said. And it was after the competition that he visited the Stochów family in their home.
What did the checkerboard on the helmet mean? “Let’s not turn left or right”
It was a time when politicians and journalists tried to stick their ideas to the more and more successful Stoch from time to time. When Kamil decided that he would jump with the symbol of an air chessboard on his helmet, there were those who claimed that in this way the champion was paying tribute to the pilots of the presidential Tupolev, which crashed in Smolensk in 2010.
– Kamil has always resisted it, explaining that it is a tribute to the history of our aviation, but that it is, above all, a combination that beautifully combines jumps and aviation. It was a fantastic, great idea and let’s leave it that way, let it function in consciousness, not if interpreted in a strange way. Let’s not turn left or right -.
“When people died, you feted”
He also appealed. “Kamil, please, keep your fingers crossed! Talk about murdered people. Maybe paint a tiny Ukrainian flag with a kire next to our chessboard? Talk to other sportsmen. Don’t be angry, but it’s a bit like a confession. you celebrated victories “- the musician wrote in a letter published in” Do Rzeczy “.
Kukiz expected Stoch to side with Ukraine in the face of aggression against it. But the sports champion has always been politically neutral. And thanks to this, although he is still successful, we rarely see attempts to involve him in public life. And attempts to appropriate it by one or another environment.
Source: Sport
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