Ski jumping legend Noriaki Kasai has been nominated for the World Cup in Sapporo. The 51-year-old will make his 570th World Cup appearance the next day.

Kasai already holds the age record in the ski jumping World Cup. In January 2020, the 1992 ski flying world champion also competed in his 569th jump - also a world record - in the first league in. Sapporo at the age of 47. He celebrated his last victory in 2014 at the aged of 42.