The 4th round of the ski jumping men's World Cup was held in Finland on the 27th, and Naoki Nakamura finished 3rd, the best among Japanese athletes this season, and climbed to the podium for the first time in the World Cup.
The fourth round of the ski jumping men's World Cup was held in Ruka, Finland, on a large hill measuring 142 meters. Five Japanese athletes participated, including ace player Ryoyu Kobayashi and Nakamura, who participated in the Beijing Olympics.
Of these, Nakamura flew 144 meters, which exceeds the dangerous hill size on the first attempt, and finished in 3rd place, 4.6 points behind the top.
In the second run, she was 139.50m, which was not as good as the first run, but she performed two stable jumps and finished in 3rd place with a total of 294.9 points.
This is Nakamura's first time on the podium at the World Cup.
On the other hand, ace player Kobayashi was 23rd with a total of 242.8 points, with 134 meters in the first and 126 meters in the second.
In addition, Yukiya Sato was 19th, and Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro and Keiichi Sato did not advance to the second round of the top 30.
Austrian Stefan Kraft and Norwegian Hallbord and his Egner Granneru tied for the points and won the championship.