Ski jumping: Poland’s Żyła third in Lahti

Poland's Piotr Żyła finished third in the men's ski-jumping event in Lahti, Finland, on Friday, claiming his 18th career individual World Cup podium.

Poland's Piotr Żyła celebrates finishing third in a ski-jumping World Cup event in Lahti, Finland, on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.

Photo: EPA/KIMMO BRANDT

The 35-year-old produced jumps of 120.5 and 129.5 metres to finish behind Austria's Stefan Kraft and Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud.

Piotr Żyła po raz 1️⃣8️⃣ w karierze stanął na podium w zawodach Pucharu Świata 🏆

3️⃣miejsce naszego reprezentanta w Lahti 👏👏👏
___#teamPoland #polishskijumpingteam #skijumping #skijumpingfamily #skokinarciarskie #PolskiZwiązekNarciarski #pzn #worldcup #pucharświata #lahti pic.twitter.com/CjFQQkgduH

— Polski Związek Narciarski (@pzn_pl) February 25, 2022

The second-highest placed Pole, Dawid Kubacki, was 13th.

FIS World Cup in #Lahti:
1. Stefan Kraft 🇦🇹
2. Halvor Egner Granerud 🇳🇴
3. Piotr Zyla 🇵🇱https://t.co/RaVp6AusAv#skijumping #FISskijumping

— FIS Ski Jumping (@FISskijumping) February 25, 2022

Two more ski-jumping World Cup events are scheduled to take place in Lahti this weekend, a team event on Saturday and an individual competition on Sunday.

Next week the world's top ski jumpers will head to Norway for the annual Raw Air tournament.

The 2021/2022 ski-jumping World Cup features a total of 35 competitions, including seven team events, in various countries.

The schedule includes the Ski Flying World Championships in Vikersund, Norway in mid-March, and the season-ending Ski Flying World Cup Finals in Planica, Slovenia.

Polish ski jumpers finished runners-up last World Cup season as a team.

Meanwhile, Poland's top ski jumper Kamil Stoch, a three-time Olympic champion, finished third in the overall World Cup standings on an individual basis.

Norway’s Granerud won the Crystal Globe as champion of the 2020/2021 season.

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Source: PAP