Polish ski-jumper Stoch second in World Cup competition in Germany

Polish triple Olympic champion Kamil Stoch on Saturday finished second in a ski-jumping World Cup event in Klingenthal, behind Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud.

Kamil Stoch (left), Halvor Egner Granerud (center),Slovenian Bor Pavlovcic (right) at the podium after the event in Klingenthal, Germany.

Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot

Stoch produced jumps of 138.5 and 134 metres to finish ahead of Slovenian Bor Pavlovčič.

Winner Granerud, who also leads this season’s World Cup standings, jumped 140.5 and 141.5 metres.

FIS World Cup in #Klingenthal:
1. Halvor Egner Granerud 🇳🇴
2. Kamil Stoch 🇵🇱
3. Bor Pavlovcic 🇸🇮https://t.co/Qh5eVjPdJr#skijumping #FISskijumping

— FIS Ski Jumping (@FISskijumping) February 6, 2021

The second-highest placed Pole, Piotr Żyła was fourth, and Poland's Dawid Kubacki was ranked sixth.

Stoch is currently third in the overall ski-jumping World Cup classificaation behind Granerud and Germany's Markus Eisenbichler.

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Source: PAP