Klemens Joniak third at Klingenthal Summer Grand Prix finale, Lindvik wins

Joniak closes the series on the podium

Klemens Joniak, 21, finished third in the final individual event of the 2026 Summer Grand Prix ski jumping series on Saturday, 24 October, at the Vogtland Arena in Klingenthal, Germany. He jumped 140.5 metres in the first round and 142.5 metres in the final, scoring 283.5 points in total. Norway's Marius Lindvik won with jumps of 140.5 and 147 metres and 295.7 points, 12.2 points ahead of the Pole. Japan's Ren Nikaido took second, 5.7 points behind Lindvik and 6.5 points ahead of Joniak. Niezależna.pl described the result as the best of Joniak's career.

Tomasiak and the rest of the Polish team

Kacper Tomasiak, 19, finished seventh with jumps of 135.5 and 143 metres, 32.8 points behind the winner. Jakub Wolny placed 27th after jumps of 130 and 132 metres, 68 points back. Paweł Wąsek (36th) and Maciej Kot (46th) finished the first round with jumps of 125 and 121 metres and did not reach the final. Dawid Kubacki was 52nd in qualifying and did not advance. Tomasiak had opened the weekend by winning Friday's qualifying round, 23 October, with a 144-metre jump. He told skijumping.pl about his effort:

No jump is perfect, but I am certainly satisfied with it.

Women's event and Anna Twardosz

Ingvild Synnoeve Midtskogen of Norway won the women's event held earlier in Klingenthal with jumps of 142.5 and 133.5 metres and 255.7 points. Nika Prevc of Slovenia was second, 9.2 points back, and Eirin Maria Kvandal of Norway third, 14.5 points back. Anna Twardosz finished 13th with jumps of 112 and 130.5 metres, 62.6 points behind the winner. Twardosz had won the last two competitions in Rasnov, Romania, and ended the series second overall with 294 points, while Ema Klinec of Slovenia won the women's series with 363. Speaking to Interia Sport, Twardosz said:

Despite everything, I do not feel like the leader of the national team.

Series results and what comes next

Naoki Nakamura of Japan had already secured the men's series title before Saturday's event, where he finished 12th. Tomasiak's qualifying win ended a run of 1118 days without a Polish qualifying winner, the last being Dawid Kubacki at Hinzenbach on 1 October 2023. Adam Bucholz of skijumping.pl built an unofficial team ranking from the qualifying results that placed Poland third, behind Austria and Norway. Maciej Maciusiak brought six jumpers to Germany. A mixed team competition is scheduled in Klingenthal on Sunday, 25 October.

The World Cup opens in Lillehammer, Norway, with Ruka, Finland, following a week later and Wisła hosting in the first weekend of December.