Polish ski jumpers second and third in World Cup event
PR dla Zagranicy
Tomasz Ferenc
25.11.2018 07:30
Polish triple Olympic champion Kamil Stoch finished second and his teammate Piotr Żyła came third in a World Cup ski jumping competition in Kuusamo, Finland, on Saturday.
Kamil Stoch. Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot
Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi came first, and took over as the leader in the overall World Cup ranking. Stoch was ranked second overall, 30 points behind the leader.
Kobayashi jumped 138.5 meters, two metres short of Stoch, but he got more points for style and conditions. Żyła jumped 136 metres.
Four other Poles also took part in the individual event in Kuusamo: Jakub Wolny was 11th, his highest place ever, Stefan Hula was 20th, Dawid Kubacki came 35th and Maciej Kot was placed 53rd.
Last week, Poles won the team event in the World Cup season opener in Wisła, southern Poland.
The Polish squad, comprising Stoch, Żyła, Wolny and Kubacki, finished ahead of Germany and Austria.
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Source: PAP