On the 16th of the Ski Nordic Combined World Cup, a team sprint was held in Italy where one team and two people competed, and Japan's Akito Watabe team was seventh.
The Ski Nordic Combined Men's World Cup was a team sprint at Bardi Fieme, Italy.
Two people in one team compete in the first half of the jump and the second half of the cross-country skiing, and in the cross-country skiing 7.5km each, the two of them slide 15km in total.
Two teams from Japan participated, of which the team of ace Akito Watabe and younger brother Yoshito stayed at 96 meters 50 with a jump that Akito Watabe is good at, 5th place 19 seconds behind the top. It started with.
In cross-country skiing, Germany and Austria competed for the lead until the end, and Watanabe's team couldn't close the gap until the end and finished in 7th place.
Ryota Yamamoto and Hideaki Nagai's other Japanese team took the lead in the first half of the jump, with Yamamoto flying 104 meters 50, which exceeds the hill size.
In cross-country, he started 9 seconds behind Germany in 2nd place, but dropped to 10th place.
The victory was Germany.