Polish fans show disappointment as Malysz ranks 18th

A ski-flying competition Saturday in the Czech town of Harrachov was o vershadowed by the behaviour of a number of sports fans, some Polish, who threw snowballs at a victorious German jumper as he passed them overhead in a ski-lift. Sven Hannavald took the gold with two 202-meter jumps and is now 231 points behind Poland's Adam Malysz in Word Cup rankings. Malysz placed a disappointing 18th in the competition, which probably caused the fans' unsportsmanlike reaction. "[The fans' behaviour] will reflect mostly on us, the Polish jumpers, and particularly on Malysz," said Robert Mateja, a member of the Polish ski-jumping team. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1, Sports section, pp. 2, 3) M.T.K.