The first match of the Ski Jumping Women's World Cup during the Beijing Olympic season was held in Russia, and Japan's ace Sara Takanashi was sixth.
The Ski Jumping Women's World Cup was held in Russia on the 26th at a normal hill with a hill size of 97 meters.
In the year of the Beijing Olympics, which will start in February next year, Ace Takanashi, who is aiming for the first overall victory in five seasons, and Kaori Iwabuchi, who is aiming to participate in the Olympics, participated in the Japanese team.
Of these, Takanashi will mark 93 meters, which exceeds the K point for the first time, but the landing will be slightly disturbed and he will be in 3rd place with a difference of 3.7 points from 2nd place.
In the second round, he could not extend the flight distance to 87 meters 50, and with a total of 203.6 points, he was sixth in the first round of the Beijing Olympic season.
Iwabuchi was 26th.
The winner was Austrian Marita Kramer, who finished 3rd overall last season.
Takanashi "Rewinding from here, I will firmly show what I have changed in 4 years"
Sara Takanashi said, "I felt that the season started and I wasn't strong enough. Even if I could do it in practice such as the take-off part, small mistakes would accumulate and variations would appear in the game. I want to fix it. "
For the Beijing Olympics, which has more than two months left, he said, "I couldn't get a good start, but I'll do my best to get back on track. I want to show what I've changed in four years." I was there.