The women's ski jumping World Cup was held in Yamagata City in a team competition in which teams of two competed, and Japan, where Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi participated, finished in 4th place.
On the 20th, the Women's Ski Jumping World Cup was held in Zao, Yamagata City. On the 20th, a team event called "Super Team", where teams of two competed, was held on a normal hill with a hill size of 102 meters.
In the team competition in which 13 teams participated, Japan had two wins in the individual competition of this season's World Cup, and Ito, who was in good form and came in second place in the tournament on the 19th, and Takanashi, who has 63 World Cup wins in total, participated.
In the first attempt, Takanashi jumped 95 meters from a strong takeoff and took 4th place. In the second attempt, Ito marked 95.50 meters, exceeding the K point in a tailwind that was unfavorable to the jump, and Japan finished in 4th place. It was the third round where the top eight teams advanced.
In the third and final round, Takanashi was unable to improve his distance with a distance of 91.50 meters, and although Ito flew 95 meters, Japan was in 4th place with a total of 667.3 points.
The winner was Slovenia with a total score of 722.2, followed by Canada in second and Austria in third.
Sara Takanashi: “Hope to jump a little better tomorrow.”
Japan's Sara Takanashi, who did not reach the podium, said, ``I am very disappointed, but I could not have achieved this position by myself.Tomorrow is the final race of the World Cup to be held in Japan, so I hope I can make even the slightest jump possible.'' I want to be ready to fly."
Yuki Ito: “I myself lacked experience.”
In addition, Yuki Ito, who was participating in a "super team" format team competition in which teams of two competed for the first time, said, "I think I was inexperienced myself, and things moved quickly and I wasn't able to make corrections in the short interval. I think I ended up in 4th place.Tomorrow will be my last tournament in Japan this season, so I hope I can get a lot of energy from everyone and fly.''He looked forward.