National Championships in Poland and Slovenia
Dec 24, 2020·Ski Jumping
The best ski jumpers of Poland and Slovenia couldn't start their short Christmas breaks after the last weekend, as national championships were held in both countries earlier this week.
The win in Poland surprisingly went to Tomasz Pilch. In the competition on Tuesday in Wisla, which was decided after one round only due to the difficult wind conditions, he posted a jump of 136 m and scored 156.3 points. Dawid Kubacki came in second with 126 m and 151.7 points, Andrzej Stekala was third with 128.5 m and 148.2 points.
Maciej Kot, Aleksander Zniszczol, and Jakub Wolny followed in fourth, fifth and sixth. Kamil Stoch finished only 15th with a jump of only 105 m.
The women's competition was won by Kamila Karpiel with 113 m and 98.4 points, Kinga Rajda and Joanna Szwab tied with second (110 m; 90.5 points).
Anze Lanisek, who was showing very strong performances in the World Cup recently, dominated the championships in Slovenia with two jumps of 136.5 m and 285.2 points on the large hill in Planica on Wednesday. Peter Prevc took the second place with 130 m and 132.5 m and 267.5 points, followed by his younger brother Domen in third with 130.5 m in both rounds and 262.4 points.
Jernej Damjan, Tilen Bartol, and Cene Prevc completed the Top 6.
Nika Kriznar claimed the women's title with 227.4 points) (115 m and 125.5 m), ahead of Ursa Bogataj (118.5 m and 122 m; 217.9 points) and Jerneja Brecl (109.5 m and 117 m; 199.1 points).
In the team competition, SK Triglav I with Peter Prevc, Mark Hafnar, Domen Prevc, and Cene Prevc (975.4 points) took the win. The second and third place went to SSK Ljubno I (Jernej Presecnik, Timi Zajc, Jan Bombek, Zak Mogel; 914.3 points) and SSK Ilirija 1 (Maksim Bartolj, Timotej Jeglic, Rok Masle, Lovro Kos; 867.5 points).
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