Round 3 of the Ski Nordic Combined World Cup was held in Finland, and Ryota Yamamoto finished in 3rd place, his second podium of the season.
Japanese ace Akito Watabe was 27th.
Round 3 of the Nordic Combined Men's World Cup was held in Ruka, Finland on the 27th.
From Japan, ace 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, and a career-best 2nd place at the opening game of the World Cup this season. 6 people participated, including Yamamoto who entered.
Of these, Yamamoto ran tenaciously in the first half of the 10km cross-country race, finishing 7 seconds behind the leader and placing 13th.
In the second half, which was held on a large hill with a hill size of 142 meters, he marked a jump of 140 meters 50, which he is good at, and moved up significantly to 3rd place.
Yamamoto finished 2nd in the opening round, 4th in the 2nd round, and 3rd this time.
On the other hand, ace Watanabe jumped 30th in the cross-country in the first half, jumped 121 meters in the second half, and finished 27th.
In addition, Watabe's younger brother Zento was 23rd, Hiroshi Yachi was 25th, Yukihiro Kimura was 32nd, and Yuya Yamamoto was 33rd.
The winner was Magnus Lieber, who is Norwegian Jarl, and has won two consecutive wins this season, bringing his total number of World Cup wins to 51.