Ski jump 47 year old Kasai Japan national team reinforced designated player will be out next year May 11 19:58
Nobuaki Kasai, a 47-year-old who has participated in the World Cup as a Japan national team for more than 30 years in ski jumping, will be excluded from the reinforced designated player of the Japanese national team next season.
The All Japan Ski Federation held a board meeting online on the 11th to approve the designated athletes for each season's next season.
From next season, the criteria for strengthening Japan's ski designation will become stricter, and according to officials of the Ski Federation, Kasai, who had been sluggish last season, did not meet the criteria for performance, and this time he was out of the designation.
Kasai has participated in the World Cup since 1988 when he was a high school student, and this is the first time that he has been out of Japan's reinforced designation.
The 47-year-old jump legend "Legend" started as a "domestic strengthening designated player" one rank lower than the Japanese national designated strengthening athlete in the new season, and participated in domestic competitions and international competitions in the categories below. We will aim to return to the World Cup.
Kasai said in an interview with NHK in March, saying that he is aiming for the Beijing Olympics two years from now, "The gold medal that I haven't got is my number one goal. It shows the idea of aiming for the ninth Olympic Winter Games, which is the highest number.