The Ski Nordic Combined World Cup opened in Finland, and Ryota Yamamoto finished second, his personal best.
Japan's ace Akito Watanabe finished 22nd in the jumps.
The opening game of the Nordic Combined Men's World Cup was held in Ruka, Finland on the 25th, and six Japanese players participated.
Among them, Yamamoto marked the longest jump of 143.50 meters in the first half of the jump on a large hill with a hill size of 142 meters, and took the lead with his specialty jump.
In the second half of the 5km cross-country race, he competed with the German who started eight seconds behind him until the end of the race, but was pulled away by the German who increased his pace on the last uphill before the goal.
Yamamoto got off to a good start in the first race of the season by finishing in 2nd place, his personal best.
On the other hand, Watanabe, who won two bronze medals at the Beijing Olympics and is aiming to break his own record for the most wins by a Japanese player this season, was unable to extend his jump distance to 127 meters in the first half, placing him in 19th place. rice field.
Watanabe, who was late in jumping, started the cross-country race 2 minutes and 17 seconds behind the leader, and although he narrowed the time difference, he was unable to improve his position and finished 22nd.
In addition, Watanabe's younger brother, Zento, was 18th, Hiroshi Yachi was 25th, Yukihiro Kimura was 33rd, and Yuya Yamamoto was 40th.
Germany's Julian Schmidt won the World Cup for the first time.