Stoch's cancellation shocks the world ski jumping: Who is getting in for him?

Stoch's cancellation shocks the world ski jumping: Who is getting in for him?

shock for the ski jumping fans: the triple winner of the four-hill tour, Kamil Stoch, surprisingly canceled his participation in this year's competition. Polish head coach Thomas Thurnbichler announced that Stoch would not feel ready to compete. "He decided that he was not ready for the tour," said Thurnbichler. So far, Stoch was only able to convince this season to a limited extent, the best result was a disappointing 14th place in jumping in Ruka. Stoch is replaced by Dawid Kubacki in the Polish team, who can look forward to this place.

The cancellation comes at an unfavorable time when the four-hill tour begins on December 29 in Oberstdorf, followed by New Year's jumping in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on January 1. Then it goes to Innsbruck on January 4 and finally to Bischofshofen on January 6th. The Situation is also tense for Thurnbichler, since the Polish team has not yet shown the desired services and only occupies 7th place in the nation ranking. Piotr Zyla is currently the best Polish athlete, but only ranks on the 22nd place in the overall World Cup. In view of this performance crisis, Thurnbichler released his assistant coach Marc Nölke shortly before the start of the tour, a decision that he described as his heaviest. "I am still convinced of the professional qualities," said Thurnbichler for this step. His successor will be Wojciech Topor.

While the season raises great questions for Stoch, the door remains open to a possible return to the World Cup in February in Trondheim. "If he feels ready, we will make a qualification where Kamil can earn his place for the World Cup," said Thurnbichler optimistically. However, the signs for the upcoming competition are anything but ideal, such as krone.at and Laola1.at Report.