Ski jumping: Poland’s Żyła soars to podium finish in Planica

Poland's Piotr Żyła finished third in the men's ski-jumping event in Planica, Slovenia on Saturday, claiming his 23rd career individual World Cup podium.

Poland's Piotr Żyła celebrates finishing third in Planica on Saturday.

Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Momot

The 36-year-old delivered a jump of 234 metres and scored 233.3 points in the single-round competition at the Letalnica Ski-Flying Hill to finish behind Austria's Stefan Kraft and Slovenia's Anze Lanisek.

Piotr Żyła 3️⃣ w konkursie PŚ w Planicy 🔥👊 Zwycięzcą został Austriak Stefan Kraft. pic.twitter.com/hOyU0ImTQR

— Polski Związek Narciarski (@pzn_pl) April 1, 2023

Meanwhile, Poland’s three-time Olympic champion Kamil Stoch finished 10th in the Planica competition, which was part of this season’s ski-jumping World Cup circuit and also marked the first leg of the season-ending Ski Flying World Cup Finals in Slovenia.

Countryman Aleksander Zniszczoł came in 14th in Saturday's event, the penultimate individual competition of the season.

Stefan Kraft won the first individual competition in Planica!

🥇 Stefan Kraft 🇦🇹
🥈 Anze Lanisek 🇸🇮
🥉 Piotr Zyla 🇵🇱

The team competition starts at 10!#fisskijumping #skijumpingfamily pic.twitter.com/x70fKxEU5c

— FIS Ski Jumping (@FISskijumping) April 1, 2023

One more individual competition will take place at Planica's Letalnica hill this weekend before the 2022/2023 World Cup season wraps up on Sunday.

To był znakomity lot Polaka! Piotr Żyła na podium w Planicy. #skijumping #skijumpingfamily #Planica https://t.co/wW3ZO22X6o

— Sport PR (@sportradiopl) April 1, 2023

Poland's Żyła last month won the gold in the men's individual normal hill event at the 2023 Nordic World Ski Championships in Planica.

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Source: PAP