Adam Małysz’s words say everything about Maciej Maciusiak’s future

— “A coach is judged by results, so you can answer that yourselves,” Adam Małysz responded when asked whether Kacper Tomasiak’s two medals save Maciej Maciusiak’s job. “I worked with Maciek many times and I know that if he sets himself a goal, he will do everything to reach it,” emphasized the PZN president.

Correspondence from Predazzo

Polish ski jumpers will leave the Games with at least two medals. Both are thanks to Kacper Tomasiak, who first won silver on the normal hill and then added bronze on the large hill. Adam Małysz watched the 19‑year‑old’s successes and was asked right after Saturday’s competition about Maciej Maciusiak’s future.

— “A coach is judged by results, so answer that yourselves. I think sceptics now have something to think about whether they were right,” Małysz said. “I believe the whole debate about whether Maciek is Kacper’s coach or not is unfair, and whoever invented that should hide under a table.”

He added: “Many journalists, officials and administrators didn’t believe Maciek when he said we were going for a medal. I’ve worked with him repeatedly and I know that when he sets a goal he’ll do everything to achieve it. I’ve been at his training many times, also here before the competitions. Everything indicated things were moving in the right direction — sometimes you just have to give someone a chance to prove themselves.”

Małysz said he started to believe in Tomasiak’s medal chances when he saw the youngster’s third place in the trial series.

— “Kacper couldn’t ‘click’ with this hill. When I talked to Maciek he kept saying he couldn’t find his rhythm. It was similar on the normal hill. I was watching speed skating earlier and came over when the trial series ended. When I saw Kacper was third I thought it looked good and that he’d definitely fight. It’s just awesome,” Małysz commented.

— “Kacper is mentally very strong and has good technique. You can’t train mental strength at the Olympics alone. If you have it and you have trained for a period, it keeps feeding itself. He knew what he was capable of. With such a strong head you just need to start hitting the take‑off — and once he did, it pushed him further.”

Sunday is a rest day for the jumpers; the team event (duets) is scheduled for Monday. The coach has not yet announced the pair for that contest, but it will most likely be Kacper Tomasiak and Paweł Wąsek.

(Photo: Marcin Golba / newspix.pl)

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