Kamil Stoch Wins World Cup in Planica (Video)

STA, March 25, 2018 –- Poland's Kamil Stoch confirmed the title of overall ski jumping World Cup winner with a victory in the final event of the Planica ski flying finals on Sunday. Austrian Stefan Kraft was second and Daniel Andre Tande of Norway third. Peter Prevc was the best Slovenian in eighth place.

Stoch flew 245 metres in the first round and 234.5 metres in the second round for a total of 455.6 points.

The overall World Cup winner landed 15.5 points ahead of Kraft (243 m, 236 m) and 16 points ahead of Tande (243.5 m, 234.5 m), who won the overall title in ski flying.

Prevc's flights of 235 metres and 232 metres were enough for a total of 424.1 points and shared eighth place with Norway's Johan Andre Forfang.

The other three Slovenians competing in today's event, Anže Semenič, Tilen Bartol and Jernej Damjan, were 17th, 18th and 23rd, respectively.

The compete results are shown below.

- Individual event:
 1. Kamil Stoch (Pol)           455.6 (245.0/234.5)
 2. Stefan Kraft (Aut)          440.1 (243.0/236.0)
 3. Daniel-Andre Tande (Nor)    439.6 (243.5/234.5)
 4. Robert Johansson (Nor)      438.2 (237.0/228.0)
 5. Andreas Stjernen (Nor)      429.4 (233.0/236.0)
 6. Richard Freitag (Ger)       427.9 (232.5/237.5)
 7. Karl Geiger (Ger)           426.9 (232.0/234.5)
 8. Peter Prevc (Slo)           424.1 (235.0/232.0)
 9. Johann Andre Forfang (Nor)  424.1 (240.5/226.0)
10. Junshiro Kobayashi (Jap)    423.2 (236.5/223.5)
...
17. Anže Semenič (Slo)          388.9 (220.0/219.5)
18. Tilen Bartol (Slo)          386.2 (222.0/214.5)
23. Jernej Damjan (Slo)         370.5 (214.0/214.0)


- World Cup overall:
 1. Kamil Stoch (Pol)           1443
 2. Richard Freitag (Ger)       1070
 3. Daniel-Andre Tande (Nor)     985
 4. Stefan Kraft (Aut)           881
 5. Robert Johansson (Nor)       840
 6. Andreas Wellinger (Ger)      828
 7. Johann Andre Forfang (Nor)   821
 8. Andreas Stjernen (Nor)       665
 9. Dawid Kubacki (Pol)          633
10. Markus Eisenbichler (Ger)    597
...
15. Peter Prevc (Slo)            416
...
17. Jernej Damjan (Slo)          379
22. Anže Semenič (Slo)           256
25. Tilen Bartol (Slo)           185
32. Timi Zajc (Slo)               88
33. Domen Prevc (Slo)             81
39. Nejc Dežman (Slo)             50
44. Žiga Jelar (Slo)              43
49. Robert Kranjec (Slo)          26
50. Jurij Tepeš (Slo)             22
53. Tomaž Naglič (Slo)            14
54. Bor Pavlovčič (Slo)           13


- Ski-flying overall:
 1. Andreas Stjernen (Nor)       257
 2. Kamil Stoch (Pol)            250
 3. Robert Johansson (Nor)       250
 4. Stefan Kraft (Aut)           214
 5. Daniel-Andre Tande (Nor)     200
 6. Johann Andre Forfang (Nor)   142
 7. Richard Freitag (Ger)        112
 8. Peter Prevc (Slo)            106
 9. Noriaki Kasai (Jap)          104
10. Markus Eisenbichler (Ger)    102
...
13. Domen Prevc (Slo)             74
18. Anže Semenič (Slo)            47
19. Tilen Bartol (Slo)            46
27. Robi Kranjec (Slo)            26
29. Jurij Tepeš (Slo)             22
33. Jernej Damjan (Slo)           17
34. Tomaž Naglič (Slo)            14
35. Bor Pavlovčič (Slo)           13
42. Žiga Jelar (Slo)               7
47. Nejc Dežman (Slo)              3


- Planica overall:
 1. Stoch                     1538.2
 2. Forfang                   1528.8
 3. Johansson                 1512.5
...
11. Peter Prevc               1377.8
17. Semenič                   1169.7
20. Kranjec                    991.4


- Nations Cup:
 1. Norway         7149
 2. Germany        5976
 3. Poland         5795
 4. Austria        3642
 5. Slovenia       3223
 6. Japan          2659
 7. Switzerland    1031
 8. Russia          455
 9. Finland         119
10. Czech Republic   95
11. United States    62
12. Canada           31
13. Bulgaria         15
14. Italy            12
15. France           12