Akito Watabe, the ace who won two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics, finished in 7th place in the final round of the individual ski Nordic combined World Cup in Germany on the 13th.
The final round of the Nordic Combined World Cup individual this season was held in Germany on the 13th, with six Japanese players participating.
Among them, Akito Watabe, who won the bronze medal in the Beijing Games Large Hill and the group, jumped 96 meters in the first half of the jump performed on the normal hill with a hill size of 100 meters, and finished 15th, 1 minute 28 seconds behind the top. I did.
In the second half of the 10km cross country, he passed the 6km point and then caught up with a tenacious slide to move up eight places to finish in 7th place.
Watanabe participated in 20 World Cup races this season, and was ranked 11th overall.
In addition, Ryota Yamamoto, who won the bronze medal in a group with Watanabe at the Beijing Games, jumped 111 meters, which greatly exceeds the hill size, in the first half of the jump and took the lead.
In the second half of the cross country, he dropped to finish in 8th place, and this season's all-around personal ranking was 15th.
In addition, Japanese players are ▽ Watanabe's younger brother Yoshito 14th, ▽ Hideaki Nagai 25th, ▽ Kodai Kimura 26th, ▽ Sora Yachi 35th, and the final round of this season. I'm done.
The winner was Norwegian Jar, his Magnus Ribel, who won his 13th victory of the season.
Ribel set a total of 49 World Cup wins, surpassing Finland's Hannu Manninen to set a new record.