In the Nordic skiing world championship, a group sprint was held in which two men competed in one team, and Akito Watabe and Ryota Yamamoto took the lead in the first half of the jump, but dropped to 4th place in cross-country skiing. was.
The Nordic Skiing World Championships in Germany held a combined men's team sprint on the 6th.
In this event, two people from one team will compete in the first half of the jump and cross-country skiing, where the two people will skate 15km in total, making five laps alternately for 1.5km each.
From Japan, the team of Ace Watanabe, who won the bronze medal at the individual large hill, and Yamamoto, who finished 10th in the individual large hill for the first time, participated.
In Japan, in the first half of the jump, which was held at a hill size of 137 meters, Watanabe and Yamamoto all marked a big jump of 136 meters and took the lead.
In the latter half of the cross country, although it started 2 seconds behind Austria in 2nd place, it was overtaken at around 4.5km and was overtaken by Norway at around 7.5km to finish in 3rd place.
At the end of the race, Germany was overtaken by Germany, which was in 4th place with a difference of 1 minute and 12 seconds at the start, and was competing for 3rd place.
In Japan, Watanabe, who skated last, fought for 3rd place while restraining each other with German players, but before the goal, he could not keep up with the speed of German players on the last straight line, only 1.8 seconds behind 4 Finished in the place.
Japan finished 4th in two consecutive tournaments and missed the medal.
The victory was Austria.
Watanabe "I'm very disappointed that I lost the medal in front of me."
Akito Watabe said, "I'm very disappointed that I lost the medal in front of me. I thought I couldn't help jumping through this tournament. Even if the jump is good, it will be reversed. Running ability is always an issue." I was talking.
In addition, Ryota Yamamoto said, "The jump ended in a pretty good condition. Throughout the tournament, I think it was good to be in the air from the railroad crossing. On the other hand, I felt again that there was a difference in running ability. I was asked to do that, but every week I was thrown out. "