Poland lay down ski jumping marker ahead of Olympics

Kamil Stoch's Poland claimed their first World Cup team win this season with victory over Germany on home snow in Zakopane on Saturday.

Reigning double Olympic individual champion Stoch, who completed a clean sweep of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament earlier this year, sealed the win with the final jump.

It was the last team competition before the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang next month.

Richard Freitag led Germany to their third podium finish of the season, claiming second place ahead of Norway, who failed to make it four wins from four this campaign.

Stoch will look to extend his overall individual lead of 22 points over Freitag in Sunday's large hill event.

Results

1. Poland (Kot, Hula, Kubacki, Stoch) 1,092.0 pts, 2. Germany (Eisenbichler, Leyhe, Wellinger, Freitag) 1,067.3, 3. Norway (Fannemel, Forfang, Lindvik, Stjernen) 1,055.2, 4. Austria 986.6 , 5. Japan 954.4, 6. Slovenia 953.0, 7. Switzerland 873.8, 8. Czech Republic 848.9, 9. Russia 346.1, 10. Kazakhstan 270.3

Overall Nations Cup standings

1. Norway 3,579 pts, 2. Germany 3,469, 3. Poland, 2,888, 4. Austria 1,951, 5. Slovenia 1,579