Ski jumping: Poland’s Kubacki second in Sapporo

Polish ski jumper Dawid Kubacki came in runner-up at a World Cup event in Sapporo, Japan, on Friday, claiming his 12th individual podium finish of the season.

Dawid Kubacki

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The 32-year-old Pole produced jumps of 137 and 125.5 metres to capture his 35th career World Cup podium spot.

Dawid Kubacki nie zwalnia tempa! To już 10. podium Polaka z rzędu! #skijumpingfamily #skijumping #Sapporo https://t.co/WGbK9EQckr

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) January 20, 2023

Home favourite Ryoyu Kobayashi won the competition on Friday, while Halvor Egner Granerud of Norway was third.

PŚ w skokach narciarskich, HS137 Sapporo:
1️⃣ Ryoyu Kobayashi 🇯🇵
2️⃣ Dawid Kubacki 🇵🇱
3️⃣ Halvor Egner Granerud 🇸🇯
4️⃣ Kamil Stoch 🇵🇱
1️⃣4️⃣ Piotr Żyła 🇵🇱

— Polski Związek Narciarski (@pzn_pl) January 20, 2023

Poland’s Kubacki last week finished second in a World Cup competition on home snow in the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane.

The 2022/2023 ski-jumping World Cup circuit, run by the International Ski Federation (FIS), features a total of 39 competitions, including 32 individual events, in various countries.

After 15 individual events this season, Kubacki tops the overall World Cup standings, with 1,090 points, ahead of Granerud with 956 points and Slovenia's Anze Lanisek with 912.

Austrian Thomas Thurnbichler last year took over as the head coach of the Polish men’s ski-jumping team to replace Czech Michal Doležal.

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Source: PAP, sport.tvp.pl