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Team Captains' Meeting took place today at 11 o'clock in Gołębiewski Gotel. We will se 65 competitors from 16 countries at the start of the qualification for Friday's competition. The hill is ready for competitors and ski jumping fans.

Taking into consideration work comfort of media representatives we have prepared a special guide, involving packet of practical information of FIS Ski Jumping World Cup Wisla 2016 presented by Viessmann (3-5th of March 2016).

Polish Ski Association & LOTOS Group have pleasure in inviting you to a meeting summarizing the XII edition of the National Programme for the Development of Ski Jumping “Looking for Champion Successors” - LOTOS Cup 2016 in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined, which will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in Gołębiewski Hotel in Wisła, Al. Ks. Bp. Bursche 3.

THURSDAY, March 3, 2016, at 20:30 (after qualifying)

The company Wispol and the Wisla City prepared additional buses connections during the FIS World Cup events. The buses departs from the bus stop named “Wisla Centrum (Olimpijska street)” next to the Delicje cafe and end the run in “Nowa Osada Skrzyżowanie” (about 300m from the hill). On Friday and Saturday 3rd and 4th March all ski jumping fans and media representatives can get to the Adam Malysz's Hill without any charges. Free transport with media accreditation.

Traditionally, on a day of qualification (3rd March, Thursday), in the centre of Wisla the bib ceremony will take place. Following the example of the past years, all ski jumping fans and media representatives will have an opportunity to see the best athletes of World Cup live.

The hosts of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup in Wisla took care of both the comfort of the fans while watching the struggles of the best ski jumpers in the world (by creating two new grandstand seats), as well as assuring that all the fans gathered around the ski jumping hill named by one of the greatest polish ski jumpers Adam Malysz, are having fun. During this year's competition, fans will be warmed up by best commentator duet Kułaga & Magiera, precisely Grzegorz Kułaga and Marek Magiera, primarily known for creating extremely hot atmosphere during volleyball games. The highest level of excitement will also be provided by radio commentator Tomasz Zimoch, who will be the speaker during the World Cup in Wisla.

In a week, on Friday 4th March there will be the first of two individual FIS Ski Jumping World Cup competitions in Wisła ( March 3-5 ). Fresh snow fell down on the landing prepared in recent days with the use of both snow cannons and snow transported from the higher parts of the mountains. The Adam Malysz’s Ski Jumping Hill will be ready for the weekend. Participation in next week's competition promises up to 17 representations. The tickets are still available for each day of the World Cup.

On Saturday’s individual competition in Wisła-Malinka, Polish team squad members proved that their victory on Friday’s team contest wasn’t just a coincidence. Polish athletes went out just sensationally. Dawid Kubacki stood on the highest step of the podium, the next one was occupied by Piotr Żyła. The leading ten includes also Kamil Stoch and Bartłomiej Kłusek.

It is the third following year when polish national team wins team contest on jumping hill in Wisła-Malinka. Maciej Kot, Piotr Żyła , Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch made long and neat jumps which brought them to the first place on podium leading comfortably over their rivals. Second place was taken by national German team and third place – Norwegian ski jumpers.