On the 15th of the 12th day of the Beijing Olympics, Japan won the silver medal in the speed skating women's group pursuit, and Akito Watabe of the ski Nordic combined individual large hill and Kokomo Murase of the snowboard women's big air each won the bronze medal. ..

In the speed skating women's team pursuit, the finals of Japan and Canada were held, and in Japan, Miho Takagi, who has won silver medals at 500 meters and 1500 meters, her sister Nana, and Ayano Sato will participate. Did.


Japan led Canada until the last lap in a breathtaking platoon, but when the remaining 200 meters were cut, Nana Takagi, who slipped at the end, fell and lost to Canada to win the silver medal.


Japan has won two consecutive medals following the gold medal of the previous tournament.

In the Ski Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill, Japanese ace Akito Watabe finished 5th in the first half of the jump, and in the second half of the cross country, the race was advanced in the lead group from the middle.


From around the remaining 1.5km, he pulled the lead group made up of three people at the top, but at the end he was evaded and won the bronze medal at 27 minutes 13 seconds 9 which is only 0 seconds 6 difference from the top.


Watanabe has won medals for three consecutive tournaments.

In the final of the women's big air snowboarding, 17-year-old Kokomo Murase, who participated for the first time, made the first two vertical and three horizontal rotations of the axis diagonally from the back side, and the second three horizontal rotations. I won a bronze medal with a total of 171.50.


Murase is the youngest Japanese girl to win a medal at the Winter Olympics.



With this, Japan has won a total of 14 medals, including 2 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze, renewing 13 medals from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, the highest number ever at the Winter Olympics.

15th Norway has 3 gold medals

On the 12th of the tournament, Norway won gold medals at the speed skating men's group Pursuit, Nordic Combined Individual Large Hill, and Biathlon Men's 30km Relay, and the number of gold medals is 12.