Consistency was the key to victory, says Poland's Kot

BySportsbeat

Published 28/01/2017 at 20:48 GMT

Poland ski jumper Maciej Kot says his team's consistency was the reason for their victory in the men's team ski jumping event in Germany.

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The Polish team did not register a weak jump as they posted 931.5 points in Willingen for their second victory in a World Cup competition.

Kot, Kamil Stoch, Piotr Zyla and David Kubacki fought off competition from Austria and Germany, who amassed 919.2 and 910.7 to take second and third respectively.

Kot said the consistency of the team's jumps proved to be key to their win in front of 21,000 fans.

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"We had eight good jumps today and that made the difference and was the key to our success," he said.

"It was a lot of fun to jump here in Willingen. Our team spirit is really good and our coach Stefan Horngacher has a lot of influence on the atmosphere within our team.

"The level is very high at the moment."

Fourth place went to Slovenia, while Norway finished fifth. Russia came sixth, followed by Finland and Japan. Sportsbeat 2016

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