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Ski jumping: Poland’s Żyła wins gold in Oberstdorf

27.02.2021 19:00
Ski jumper Piotr Żyła on Saturday took the gold in the men's normal hill event for Poland's first medal at the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Polish ski jumper Piotr Żyła celebrates on the podium after winning the normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.
Polish ski jumper Piotr Żyła celebrates on the podium after winning the normal hill event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.Photo: EPA/PHILIPP GUELLAND

The 34-year-old produced jumps of 105 and 102.5 metres to finish ahead of Germany's second-placed Karl Geiger and Slovenia's third-placed Anze Lanisek.

Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud, who leads this season’s World Cup standings, missed the podium, coming in fourth.

Poland's defending normal-hill world champion Dawid Kubacki finished fifth.

Countryman Kamil Stoch, a three-time Olympic champion, was 22nd.

Twenty-three Polish athletes are competing in the 2021 Nordic World Ski Championships, which run until March 7 in Oberstdorf.

Team Poland includes 11 ski jumpers, both men and women, 10 cross-country skiers, and two Nordic combined competitors.

Poland won two medals, gold and silver, when the championships were held in Seefeld, Austria, two years ago.

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Source: PAP, TVP