Ski jumping: Stoch takes Horngacher in the "shoe

The "shoe war" heated the ski jumping off the beginning of February. The German national coach Stefan Horngacher came into the focus of criticism after his protest had led to the disqualification of two Polish springs. There are first attempts to smooth the waves.

Even before one and a half weeks, sharp peaks shot towards Horngacher. "His intervention was unfair and disputes me," said Apoloniusz Tajner, boss of the Polish ski association, talking to the portal "Polish skiowefakty" in Rage.

Excitement of the excitement: World Cup jumping in Willingen, the German national coach had complained about the shoes of Piotr Zyla and Stefan Hula. The Polish duo was then taken out of the rating. Worse: The World Association FIS decided in the way back that the Polish Springer must not use the shoe model at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.

The evil blood tries to counteract Bronislaw Stoch, father of the three-time Olympia winner Kamil Stoch. "It seems like people forgot how much Stefan Horngacher has done for the Polish ski jump," explained the psychologist to "Polish skiowefacty".

Polish ski jumpers under Horngacher strong as never

Horngacher was head coach in Poland from 2016 to 2019. Among other things, among other things, the profit of the Team World Cup 2017, two triumphs at the four-headed tour (Stoch 2016/17 and 2017/18), Stoch's gold medal in the winter games in Pyeongchang 2018 and Dawid Kubackis World Cup victory 2019.

Horngacher introduced the system and the structures, of which the Polish ski jump still benefit today. "He hold out our team from a deep crisis. The Polish team was never as strong as under Horngacher," said Father Stoch.

For the Austrian, he is primarily responsible: "So we show something class and do not attack someone who has done so much for us."