In the Ski Nordic Combined World Cup, the 6th individual round was held in Estonia on the 12th, with Japanese ace Akito Watabe in 18th place and Ryota Yamamoto in 4th place at the top of the Japanese team.
Nordic combined ace Watanabe is aiming to break the record for the Beijing Olympic season, alongside the record for the most Japanese athletes to win the World Cup last season.
Round 6 of the World Cup individual was held in Estonia on the 12th, and 6 Japanese players participated.
Of these, Watanabe was far behind in 19th place with a jump of 89 meters in the first half of the jump performed on a normal hill with a hill size of 97 meters.
The 10km cross-country skiing in the second half started 1 minute and 44 seconds behind the top players, and although it showed its tenacity and gradually narrowed the gap, it remained in 18th place.
On the other hand, Yamamoto jumped to mark 93 meters 50 and finished in 8th place.
Cross-country, which started 1 minute 14 seconds behind the top, raced in a group, competing on the podium until just before the finish, and finished 4th with only 0 seconds 2 difference from the 3rd place player.
In addition, Akito Watabe's younger brother Yoshito was 10th, Sora Taniji was 20th, Hideaki Nagai was 24th, and Kodai Kimura was 30th.
The winner is Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway for four consecutive races, and is the fifth victory as early as this season.