The qualifiers for the Ski Jumping World Cup will be held on Tuesday in Štchirk. Five Poles will participate: Piotr Szela, Dawid Kubacki, Kamil Stoch, Aleksander Znieszczol, and Paweł Wisek. The Skalite ski jumping hill competition will be the second stage of the Polish Championship. Live coverage and live results on Polsatsport.pl.
After competing in Wisła, the Slovenians lead the overall mini-course classification with 1,558.4 points. They are followed by the Austrians, Germans, Japanese and Norwegians. The Poles are in sixth place with 1,345.6 points.
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The tournament takes into account the results of the best players from each country in the qualifying rounds and individual competitions, in addition to all the points obtained in the team competition and the duo competition, which was held on Saturday in Wisła.
The Skalite Ski Jumping Complex will host a Winter World Cup competition for the first time. Previously, the Continental Cup, FIS Cup and Summer Grand Prix competitions were held here. The object is 95 meters high and has a volume of 104 metres. The record holder for the hill is Krzysztof Leja, who in March 2011 in the Lotos CuP competition reached an amazing height of 116 metres, that is, he jumped the HS by 12 metres.
This season, none of the Polish jumpers are ranked in the top 10 World Cup competitions.
In the general classification, Żyła collected 115 points and ranks 23rd. Kubacki is in 26th place, followed by Stoch. Stefan Kraft is in the lead – 989 points. The Austrian is ahead of the second German, Andris Fellinger, by a large margin – 757 points. In third place with 691 points is Japanese Ryoyu Kobayashi, who won in Wisła on Sunday and previously won the Four Hills Championship for the third time in his career.
Poles often train on the ski jumping hills in Szczyrk located on the northern slope of the Skalite Hill. Moreover, Polish championships are regularly held here. A good knowledge of the facility could be an advantage for the red and white team, who will try to break through the stadium in front of their home fans.
Tuesday's qualifiers are scheduled to take place in Stecherk at 6 p.m., and the first series of competitions is scheduled to begin on Wednesday at 6 p.m. 17.30.
Competition schedule in Štıcherk:
January 16, Tuesday
16.00 – Formal training
18.00 – Qualifications
January 17, Wednesday
16.30 – Trial series
17.30 – Individual competition
Overall classification of the Polish Championship after the competition in Wisła:
1. Slovenia 1558.4 points
2. Austria 1507,2
3. Germany 1484.0
4. Japan 1445.6
5. Norway 1416.8
6. Poland 1345.6
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