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Two medals for Poland as 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships end

08.03.2021 10:20
Poland has won two medals, one gold and one bronze, and finished seventh in the overall medals table at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships, which ended in Oberstdorf, Germany on Sunday.
Polands Piotr Żyła, Andrzej Stękała, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki celebrate after taking third place in the mens team large hill ski-jumping competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Poland's Piotr Żyła, Andrzej Stękała, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki celebrate after taking third place in the men's team large hill ski-jumping competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.Photo: EPA/PHILIPP GUELLAND

On Saturday, the penultimate day of the championships, Poland’s Piotr Żyła, Andrzej Stękała, Kamil Stoch and Dawid Kubacki took the bronze in the men’s ski-jumping team competition, finishing behind winners Germany and runners-up Austria.

A week earlier, Poland’s Żyła won the gold in the men's individual normal hill event, beating Germany's second-placed Karl Geiger and Slovenia's third-placed Anze Lanisek.

Twenty-three Polish athletes competed in the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships, which ran from February 24 to March 7 in Oberstdorf.

Team Poland included 11 ski jumpers, both men and women, 10 cross-country skiers, and two Nordic combined competitors.

It finished seventh in the overall medals table. Norway topped the standings, with a total of 31 medals, 13 gold, 12 silver and six bronze.

Poland won two medals, gold and silver, when the championships were held in Seefeld, Austria, two years ago.

(gs/pk)

Source: TVP Sport, PAP