Ski jumping: Poland’s Kamil Stoch second in World Cup opener
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
19.11.2017 17:40
Poland’s Kamil Stoch has come second in the individual ski jumping event in the opener of this season’s World Cup circuit.
Kamil Stoch. Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot
He was jumping before a pumped-up home crowd in the southern Polish town of Wisła, in the first ever season kick-off hosted by Poland.
Stoch, a two-time Sochi Winter Olympics champion and the winner of the 2013/2014 World Cup, finished behind Japan’s Junshiro Kobayashi on Sunday and ahead of Austria’s Stefan Kraft.
On Saturday, Poland finished joint second with Austria in the team event.
The 2017/2018 ski-jumping World Cup features 31 competitions, including eight team events, in eight countries.
The competitions will be held on a total of 18 hills, including three ski-flying hills.
The series will come to Poland again on January 27-28, when ski jumpers will head for the southern mountain resort of Zakopane.
(pk)