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Stefan Kraft from Austria won in the individual competition of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup held at Wielka Krokiew Hill in Zakopane. Second place belonged to Robert Johansson whose shape is getting better. On the third step of the podium stood Yukiya Sato from Japan for whom it was the best place in his career. Dawid Kubacki, who was 12th, was the best of Polish ski jumpers.

German team won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup team competition at Wielka Krokiew Hill in Zakopanem. Karl Geiger, Markus Eisenbichler, David Siegel and Stephan Leyhe was ahead of the Austrian team only by 0.1 point. Polish ski jumpers stood on the third step of the podium

Johann Andre Forfang won the qualification for Sunday’s FIS World Cup individual competition and he won the price of 3000 CHF. His teammate, Robert Johansson, was the second, whereas third place went to Timi Zajc from Slovenia. All Polish ski jumpers qualified for the event.

Dawid Kubacki proved that his shape is getting better and better. He dominated World Cup competitions in Val di Fiemme, Italy. On Saturday, only wonderful Ryoyu Kobayashi won with him, but on Sunday Kubacki was unbeatable. It was his first World Cup win. Kamil Stoch was third, whereas Piotr Żyła – 10th.

Foreign ski jumpers comment their performances during the individual competition, as well as their shape before the Olympic Games and their opinion about the atmosphere in Zakopane.

On the podium of the FIS World Cup Zakopane 2018 stood two Slovenian athletes and one ski jumper from Germany. 24-years-old Anze Semenic, for whom it was the first World Cup win, won in front of Andreas Wellinger and Peter Prevc.

After the amazing performance of the Polish team in the team competition everybody was waiting for the same good results to be made in the individual event. But at Sunday the most important role was played by the wind. Thousands of supporters at the facility and much more in front of their TV screens couldn’t rejoice of the Polish podium. Weather conditions were unstable which affected the most Kamil Stoch who ended the competition after the first round.

Dear Photographers, we are witnessing the amazing competitions of FIS World Cup in Zakopane. The event at Wielka Krokiew gives you the opportunity to take many spectacular photos and the work during the World Cup could be a nice possibility to compete with other professional photographers. That’s why we invite you to take part in our photographic competition for the best ski jumping picture organised by Think Tank.

Today all the supporters at Wielka Krokiew witnessed the triumph of Polish team. Kamil Stoch, Dawid Kubacki, Maciej Kot and Stefan Hula were unbeatable. Below you can find the comments of Polish athletes after the team event.

Team competition in Zakopane amazed for sure even the most exacting ski jumping supporters in the world. Polish athletes – Maciej Kot, Stefan Hula, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch – was unbeatable and won the event in an amazing style. For Stefan Horngacher’s team it was an extraordinary evening, because they won the competition in Zakopane for the first time in history. What’s more today’s team competition was the first organized after the rebuilding of Wielka Krokiew. Kamil Stoch established a new hill record. With a jump of 141.5 meters long he beaten Simon Ammann’s record from 2010.