Akito Watabe, who is aiming to win medals for the third consecutive tournament in the Beijing Olympics, skiing, and Nordic combined, took part in the official practice for the first time on the large hill jumping platform. I want to go to Beijing. "
Watanabe has won silver medals in two consecutive tournaments at the Normal Hill in Sochi and Pyeongchang, and is aiming for the long-sought gold medal.
At Normal Hill on the 9th of this month, he did not extend the flight distance to 98 meters in the first half of the jump, and finished 7th in the second half of the cross country.
Watanabe started the official practice for the first time around 2:00 pm local time at the large hill jumping platform of the "National Ski Jump Center" in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, for the large hill on the 15th of this month.
The wind changed rapidly on the jumping platform, and Watanabe marked 124 meters for the first time, 130 meters 50 for the second time, and 120 meters for the third time, and it seemed that he was gradually getting a feel for the poor jump.
Watanabe said, "It was a good feeling for the first and second times. If the conditions were met, it seemed that the flight distance would increase moderately. It seems that we can meet the game without worrying more than normal hill." I did.
On top of that, he swore to rewind, saying, "Because making a good jump is the key point, I want to concentrate on that and head for Large Hill."