Stoch’s extremely bitter words. The Pole was furious despite his success at the end of the season

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The monstrous fall of Tande in Planica. “It was a very strong blow”

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A strange but successful season by Kamil Stoch

For 25 competitions Stoch He was in the top ten competitions 12 times World Cup, including eight podiums and three victories. On the other hand, he was outside the top ten 11 times. It only shows how even the field was this season and it took only a few mistakes to suddenly drop significantly in the ranking of competitions. On the other hand Kamil Stoch he was able to recover and stand on the podium despite struggling with major problems in the inrun position for most of the season.

Kamil Stoch in the Sunday competition in Planica he needed to take at least 20th place to secure the third place in the season classification. And the Pole made the minimum plan for the end of the season, because he finished in 20th place, but he himself was not satisfied with his jumps. It was completely shattered.

– I would say that the jumps were okay, but I wanted something more. Unfortunately, this stay here was a nightmare and a drama that in the darkest scenarios I would not have dreamed of. There is no energy from the threshold, a good inrun position. I don’t want to get into it, I want to forget about it. Unfortunately, my heart is bleeding, I am leaving here with great regret and disgust. For me, it was one big trouble. Now I want to rest and have a lot of nice flights. The whole season was fine. There were many great moments, but also many difficult situations. In the end, however, it was a plus – said Kamil Stoch on TVP Sport, who was clearly disappointed with his disposition from Planica.

Final classification of the World Cup in jumping. Kamil Stoch’s sixth podium!

Stoch in the role of a pre-jumper, hellish ambition keeps him in the lead

Many fans may wonder why the jumper, who after all had a quite successful season, reacts so badly to his failures. But it seems that it is only thanks to such ambition that 34-year-old Stoch is able to remain in the absolute top for so long. Indeed, the best confirmation of these words may be that the three-time Olympic champion on Sunday morning played the role of … a pre-jumper before the team competition in which he did not participate. Because despite the fact that it is the end of the season, he still wanted to repair his jumps.

Kamil Stoch was ahead of Adam Małysz

Despite very different performances, all 25 competitions contributed to 954 points in the general classification of the World Cup, and this allowed Kamil Stoch to be on the podium in the general classification of the season for the sixth time in his career! This means that Stoch has just broken the record Adam Małysz, who stood on the podium five times in his career. The only difference is that Ma³ysz He won it four times and Stoch won two Crystal Ball. Stoch is a synonym of order and the ability to keep in shape for many years. It was in 2021 that he had his eleventh calendar year with at least one World Cup victory. Nobody had such a long streak!

Thanks to the third place in the general classification of the World Cup, Kamil Stoch equaled the result of Andreas Felder, who also stood on the podium six times at the end of the World Cup. The best in this historic ranking is Finn Janne Ahonen, who finished the season on the podium six times.

Most podiums in the general classification of the World Cup:

• 8 – Janne Ahonen (2-2-4)
• 6 – Kamil Stoch (2-1-3)
• 6 – Andreas Felder (1-1-4)
• 5 – Matti Ny Whenen
• 5 – Adam Małysz (4-0-1)
• 5 – Gregor Schlierenzauer (2-3-0)

Kamil Stoch on the podium in the general classification of the World Cup

• 2012/2013 – 3.
• 2013/2014 – 1.
• 2016/2017 – 2.
• 2017/2018 – 1.
• 2018/2019 – 3.
• 2020/2021 – 3.

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