Ski jumping: No podium for Poles in Four Hills opener
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
30.12.2018 21:00
Poland’s Dawid Kubacki finished fifth and countryman Piotr Żyła was sixth in the opening event of this season’s prestigious Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Sunday.
Poland's Dawid Kubacki reacts during the final round for the first stage of the 67th Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Sunday. Photo: EPA/LUKAS BARTH-TUTTAS
Poland’s top ski jumper Kamil Stoch, a triple Olympic champion, placed eighth, adding to a somewhat disappointing day for the Polish team amid high hopes.
Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi, who leads this season’s World Cup standings, won Sunday's competition, ahead of second-placed Markus Eisenbichler of Germany and third-placed Stefan Kraft of Austria.
The Four Hills Tournament, which is part of the ski-jumping World Cup circuit, features a series of four competitions taking place in Germany and Austria every year.
The next stop after Oberstdorf is Germany’s Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the world's top ski jumpers are set to compete on Tuesday.
After that the series will move to Austria for events in Innsbruck on January 4 and Bischofshofen on January 6.
Poland’s Stoch won last season’s Four Hills Tournament and also triumphed at the 2016/2017 tournament, ahead of teammate Żyła and another Pole, Maciej Kot, in fourth place.
Polish ski jumpers last month won a World Cup team competition in Wisła, southern Poland.
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Source: TVP, PAP