The NHK Cup of ski jumping was held in Sapporo, and Sara Takanashi, who missed last year's event due to injury, won the women's title for the first time in two tournaments, and Ren Nikaido won the men's event for the second time in a row.
The NHK Cup of ski jumping was held on the 29th at the Okurayama Ski Ski Ski Stadium, where the men's and women's large hills were held.
In the women's competition, Takanashi, who missed last year's tournament due to injury, came out on top with a jump of 1 meters, exceeding the K score in the first round.
In the second round, he increased his points with a big jump of 133.2 meters, which exceeded the "hill size" that is considered dangerous to fly any further, and won the title for the sixth time in two competitions with a total of 139.50.
▽ Defending champion Yuki Ito came in second place, and
▽ Nozomi Maruyama came in third.
On the other hand, in the men's competition, 248-year-old Nikaido broke the jump record with 7.2m in the first attempt and took the top spot, and in the second attempt, he jumped 6.2m, which exceeded the hill size, for a total of 3.22 meters to win the title for the second time in a row.
▽ Naoki Nakamura was in second place, and ▽ Tomofumi Naito was in third place
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In addition, 1-year-old Noriaki Kasai jumped 147.50 meters in the second attempt, which was close to the size of the hill, and finished fourth.
Sara Takanashi: "I'm happy to be at the top, concentrating on my jump"
Sara Takanashi, who won her first title in two tournaments, expressed her delight, saying, "It was a very nice wind today, so I just focused on my jumps.
Looking ahead to the upcoming season, he said, "I was able to achieve results in the last tournament in Japan, so I want to motivate myself to go into the overseas tournaments."
Ren Nikaido: "I was able to make two good jumps"
Ren Nikaido, who won the tournament for the second time in a row, reflected, "I'm glad that I was able to finish today on a good note because I was able to make both good jumps."
After that, he said, "Last season, I was disappointed that I didn't get many results, so I want to concentrate on what I need to do and win the World Cup."