The second individual race of the Ski Nordic Combined World Cup was held in Finland on the 27th, and Japanese ace Akito Watabe was in 9th place.

Nordic combined men and Japan's ace Watanabe are aiming to break the record for the Beijing Olympics season, alongside Japan's most-winning record in the World Cup last season.



The second World Cup individual race was held in Finland on the 27th, and Watanabe stayed at 130 meters in the first half of the jump on the large hill with a hill size of 142 meters. I couldn't stretch it and I was in 13th place.



Watanabe, who started 45 seconds behind the top in the 10km cross-country skiing in the second half, gradually chased the lead group while pulling the 2nd place group with tenacious slip, and temporarily shortened to about 3 seconds, but unfortunately it reached. I finished in 9th place.

On the other hand, Ryota Yamamoto, who jumped 134 meters to 4th place in the top of the Japanese team, started 13 seconds behind the top but finished in 10th place.



In addition, Watanabe's younger brother Zento was 16th, Sora Taniji was 20th, and Hideaki Nagai was 24th.



The winner was Germany's Terence Webber, who won the World Cup for the first time.