Zniszczoł asegura que no entró en pánico antes de la segunda serie. “Bueno, salió como salió, lo que tiene que ser será…”

Zniszczoł has signaled several times recently that the power is there, it just lacks stability. He has had several similar approaches this season, coming close to the podium but then something didn’t work out and he dropped back. This was the case in Willingen on Saturday when he dropped from 3rd to 8th place.

Then we almost saw a copy of that in the second competition. He won it with a big advantage. The wind strength indicators showed that it was relatively small under the skis, which meant Zniszczoł was awarded several points less than his competitors.

This meant over a 12-point advantage (about 7 meters) over Ryoyu Kobayashi after the opening series and great chances for the podium. If the Polish team often complained after competitions that the weather had beaten them, this time Zniszczoł could smile broadly. [Huge bad luck for Zniszczoł.

He was leading after the first series, but luck was not on his side. And it wasn’t enough… Instead of finding himself on the podium for the first time in the 9-year history of World Cup starts, he fell to 8th place again.

It was an even more painful drop than the day before. It’s possible that the pressure for a significant result also played a part. He did not hide the fact that various thoughts were swirling in his head before the second series.

He was leading with a big advantage, had a unique chance for his first World Cup podium in his career and immediately the highest position. [Why didn’t Piotr Żyła jump in Willingen? – *And I think I partly succeeded because I think I managed to settle the leading position after the first attempt in my head.

It didn’t put pressure on me like before, I kept a cool head. Well, that’s how it turned out*. On Saturday, Norwegian Johann Andre Forfang won, and on Sunday, German Andreas Wellinger won.