The 10th round of the Ski Nordic Combined World Cup individual was held in Italy, and ace Akito Watabe showed a tenacious slip in the second half of the cross-country skiing and finished in 6th place, the highest of the season.
Round 10 of the Nordic Combined World Cup individual was held in Italy on the 9th, with 6 Japanese players participating.
Of these, Ace Watanabe marked 99 meters in the first half of the jump on a normal hill with a hill size of 106 meters, and although he exceeded the K point, he remained in 12th place.
In the latter half of the 10km cross-country, it started 46 seconds behind the top.
Watanabe, who was late from the start, dropped to the turning point of 5km and finished 16th.
Even so, when I had about 1 kilometer left, I quickly closed the distance to the previous group.
Watanabe, who showed a tenacious slip at the end of the season, narrowed the time difference from the top at the start by more than 30 seconds and finished in 6th place, the highest this season.
In the World Cup so far, I have not been able to extend the flight distance with my favorite jumps, and I have never been on the podium, but it seems that the sprint power that I have strengthened in the summer has led to catching up in the final stage.
In addition, among the Japanese, Watanabe's younger brother Zento, who was 3rd in the jump, was 13th, Hideaki Nagai was 24th, Kodai Kimura was 25th, Sora Taniji was 33rd, and Yuya Yamamoto was. It was 38th place.
The winner is Vinzenz Geiger of Germany, the first victory of the season.