The first ski Nordic combined World Cup after the Beijing Olympics was held in Finland on the 26th, and Japan's Akito Watabe team finished fifth in the first half of the jump, but withdrew from cross-country skiing in the second half. did.
The Ski Nordic Combined World Cup, which had been suspended due to the Beijing Olympics, resumed in Finland on the 26th, with a team sprint.
In this event, two teams competed in the first half of the jump and the second half of the cross-country skiing 7.5km per person, and two Japanese teams participated.
The jump took place on a large hill with a hill size of 130 meters, and Akito Watabe, an ace who won two bronze medals at the Beijing Games, teamed up with 38-year-old veteran Hideaki Nagai.
Watanabe stayed at 118m50 in the unfavorable tailwind, and Nagai also did not extend the flight distance to 123m50 and finished 5th, 56 seconds behind the top.
However, the team abstained from cross-country in the second half.
The team of Sora Yachi and Kodai Kimura faced cross-country skiing in 8th place, 1 minute 28 seconds behind the top.
Taniji showed a tenacious slip to the 7.5km point and narrowed the gap, but in the end he was gradually pulled away and dropped one place to finish in 9th place.
The victory was Norway.