Ryoyu Kobayashi, a Japanese ace who is expected to win a medal at the Beijing Olympics, was fifth in the 17th round of the individual ski jumping World Cup in Germany on the 22nd.
The 17th round of the World Cup individual will be held in Germany on the 22nd at the large hill with a hill size of 142 meters, and from Japan, 6 wins so far this season and Ryoyu Kobayashi, who is doing well, will start on February 4th in the Beijing tournament. Five people who have been nominated as representatives participated.
Of these, Kobayashi jumped 133 meters for the first time and finished in 4th place, 4.1 points behind the top.
In the second time, aiming for a reversal, he dropped one place to 5th place with a total of 269.9 without increasing the flight distance to 131 meters in the tailwind that was disadvantageous to the jump.
In addition, Yukiya Sato was 13th and Naoki Nakamura was 26th in the Japanese team.
In addition, Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro and Daiki Ito did not advance to the second competition in the top 30 players.
The winner is Karl Geiger of Germany, who is the third victory of the season.