Saturday’s ski flying competition was held in absolutely bizarre conditions in. The judges’ decisions, who used the length of the in-run in an incomprehensible way, were of great importance. As a result, some players were deprived of a good performance. Stefan Kraft did the best in these circumstances.
Stefan Kraft trembled for victory. The judges spoiled the spectacle in Oberstdorf
he was definitely in the lead after the first round. The bronze medalist of the globe championship in flights from Vikersund soared to 232 m, from the 15th starting beam. The second, with a loss of 11.3 points, was the Slovene Timi Zajc (222.5 m; the 15th beam), and the third was his compatriot Żiga Jelar (232 m; the 17th beam).
The fourth place was occupied by the champion from the week before (217 m; 15th beam), the fifth next Slovene Anze Lanisek (217 m; 15th beam), and Kamil Stoch (223 m; 17th beam) finished the top six. Right behind the jumper from Ząb, Piotr Żyła (223.5 m; 17th beam) was placed.
The judges who nervously and incomprehensible changed the length of the inrun did not show off in the second series. The wind was changing too. Because of all this, Stefan Kraft, after flying 207 meters, had to tremble about winning for the fourth time this season. Ultimately, he won by 1.7 points ahead of Żiga Jelar. The Slovene in the final jumped 220 meters and overtook his compatriot Tim Zajc (207 m).
He made Polish fans a lot of fun. The Wiślanin flew the farthest in the second series. It was measured at 228.5 meters and thus moved to the 5th place. This is his second best result this winter. Kamil Stoch did not do so well in the final, but 204 meters allowed him to take the 12th position. The Pole may, however, speak of bad luck, because after a great jump, the judges shortened his in-run by 2 beams.
The competition for the pupils turned out to be excellent. A total of five of our jumpers scored points. Apart from the aforementioned two, there were also 18 Dawid Kubacki, 25. Jakub Wolny and 26. Andrzej Stêka³a in the 30.
Source: Sport
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