In the Beijing Olympics, the ski cross-country men's sprint qualifying was held, and in Japan, Hiroyuki Miyazawa finished 32nd at 2: 54.64, just 0.2 seconds behind the time of the 30th place player, and the top 30 players advanced to the quarterfinals. Did not.
Haruki Yamashita also finished 57th with a time of 3: 2: 60 and was eliminated from the qualifying.