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Ski jumping: Poland's Żyła, Kubacki earn podium spots in Four Hills opener

29.12.2022 19:00
Poland’s Piotr Żyła finished runner-up and countryman Dawid Kubacki was third in the opening event of this season’s prestigious Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Thursday.
Piotr Żyła in action in Oberstdorf on Thursday.
Piotr Żyła in action in Oberstdorf on Thursday.Photo: EPA/Christian Bruna

Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud won Thursday's competition, producing jumps of 142.5 and 139 metres and earning 13.4 points more than Żyła and 17.5 more than Kubacki.

Poland’s Kamil Stoch, a three-time overall Four Hills champion, finished ninth.

The Four Hills Tournament, which is part of the ski-jumping World Cup circuit, features a series of four competitions taking place in Germany and Austria every year.

The next stop after Oberstdorf is Germany’s Garmisch-Partenkirchen, where the world's top ski jumpers are set to compete on New Year's Day.

After that the series will move to Austria for events in Innsbruck on January 4 and Bischofshofen on January 6.

Poland's Stoch, a three-time Olympic champion, won the 2020/2021 season's Four Hills Tournament and also triumphed at the 2017/2018 and 2016/2017 tournaments.

Meanwhile, Poland's Kubacki, who leads this season’s World Cup standings, claimed the overall Four Hills Tournament title in the 2019/2020 season.

Dawid Kubacki rozpocznie Turniej Czterech Skoczni od wygranej? Dawid Kubacki. Photo: PAP/EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

The 2022/2023 ski-jumping World Cup circuit, run by the International Ski Federation (FIS), features a total of 39 competitions, including 32 individual events, in various countries.

Austrian Thomas Thurnbichler this year took over as the head coach of the Polish men’s ski-jumping team to replace Czech Michal Doležal.

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Source: TVP, PAP