The 14th round of the individual ski jumping World Cup was held in Austria on the 8th, and Ryoyu Kobayashi, who was nominated for the Beijing Olympics at the Japanese ace, finished 4th, not the 7th win of the season.
Six people from Japan, including Ace Kobayashi, participated in the 14th round of the individual Ski Jumping Men's World Cup held at Large Hill, which has a hill size of 142 meters on the 8th in Austria.
Kobayashi, who is expected to win the gold medal after winning the second overall victory in the traditional "Jump Week", which competes in the four games of the year-end and New Year holidays, is expected to win the gold medal. Marked the meter and placed second with a 0.3 point difference from the top.
In the second round, which aimed at a reversal, the timing of the takeoff was off, and the flight distance could not be extended to 133 meters 50, and the total was 282.3, which was the 4th place, and it was not the 7th win of the World Cup this season.
Among the other Japanese players, Yukiya Sato was in 9th place and Keiichi Sato was in 26th place.
Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro, Naoki Nakamura, and Daiki Ito were unable to advance to the second time by the top 30 players.
The winner is Norwegian Marius Lindvik, the first victory of the season.