Poland's Kamil Stoch produced a clutch final jump of 136.5 metres to retain his Olympic title in a cliff-hanging men's large hill ski jump final Saturday. Stoch's team mates hoisted the 30-year-old onto their shoulders after he pipped Andreas Wellinger at the death, preventing the German from capturing his second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games.
It also made up for the Pole's disappointment at finishing fourth and out of the medals in last week's normal hill event, which he also won in his famous Sochi double four years ago. "It's unbelievable, I can't describe this feeling right now inside me," said Stoch. "I feel like I'm still dreaming but this is a beautiful dream so I don't want to wake up."
Wellinger had to settle for silver this time after his upset victory on the normal hill, despite pulling off a monster leap of 142.0 metres. It gave him 282.3 points but left him still short of Stoch's winning total of 285.7 as the bronze went to Norway's Robert Johansson, who also finished third in the normal hill.
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