The 8th round of the ski jumping women's World Cup individual was held in Slovenia on the 31st, and Japanese ace Sara Takanashi was 5th.
At the Ski Jumping Women's World Cup, a new "Jill Vester Tour" has been set up from this season to compete for the results of two games, December 31st and January 1st the following day.
"Jill Vester" is the German word for New Year's Eve.
In this tour, the winner will be decided based on the results of two games apart from the overall results of the World Cup.
The 8th individual round held in Slovenia on the 31st was held at a normal hill with a hill size of 94 meters, which doubles as the first round of the new tour, and the Japanese team is aiming for the first overall victory in 5 seasons, including 5 players. I participated.
Takanashi marked 92 meters, which is close to the hill size, in the first time in the unfavorable tailwind, and was in 5th place, 9.9 points behind the top.
However, in the second time, I could not extend the flight distance to 87 meters and remained in 5th place with a total of 246.2.
In addition, Yuka Seto was 15th, Yuki Ito was 28th, and Kaori Iwabuchi was 29th.
On the other hand, Haruka Iwasa did not advance to the second time in which the top 30 players competed.
The winner is Slovenian Nika Križnar, the first victory of the season.