Poland’s Dawid Kubacki and Piotr Żyła made history on February 11, 2023, claiming victory in the inaugural PŚ World Cup ski jumping team event held in Lake Placid. The Polish duo topped the field in a competition comprised of three rounds, with the top 12 teams advancing to the second and the best eight to the final.
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Elsewhere, Kacper Tomasiak has already secured two medals at the Olympic Games in Italy – a silver and a bronze. He finished second on the normal hill and took third place on the large hill on Saturday. Paweł Wąsek placed 14th, while Kamil Stoch finished 21st.
If medals were awarded based on Saturday’s individual competition results, Poland would have finished fourth, narrowly missing out on the podium. Japan’s Ren Nikaido and Ryoyu Kobayashi would have taken the gold, with Austria’s Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher securing silver. Norway’s Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal and Johann Andre Forfang would have rounded out the podium with a bronze medal.
Germany and Slovenia, featuring Olympic large hill champion Domen Prevc, also pose a threat to medal contention.
Alpine skier Michał Jasiczek will compete in slalom on Monday, with the first run scheduled for 10:00 AM and the second for 1:30 PM. He will be up against Brazil’s Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, who previously triumphed in the giant slalom.
Linda Weiszewski will participate in the third heat of the monobob, aiming to qualify for the final – the fourth heat. After two runs, the Polish representative is currently in 19th place.
In short track, Gabriela Topolska will compete in the quarterfinal of the Olympic 1000m event, followed by the semifinals and finals A and B. Meanwhile, Michał Niewiński and Felix Pigeon will capture part in the qualifying round for the 500m race.
Figure skaters Julia Szczecinina and Michał Woźniak will perform in the free program of the pairs event. They currently sit in 15th place after the short program, with Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany leading the competition.
A total of six medal events are scheduled for Monday at the Winter Games in Italy. Poland will not participate in the final of the big air competition in freestyle skiing.
- 7:00 PM Team M, 1st competition round (Kacper Tomasiak, Paweł Wąsek)
- 7:43 PM Team M, 2nd competition round (Kacper Tomasiak, Paweł Wąsek)
- 8:20 PM Team M, final competition round (Kacper Tomasiak, Paweł Wąsek)
