Due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the ski jumping women's World Cup Zao tournament, which was held in Yamagata Prefecture for the first time in three years, opened on the 13th with the participation of Japanese ace Sara Takanashi.
The ski jumping women's World Cup Zao tournament has been canceled for the second consecutive year due to the spread of the new corona infection, so it will be held for the first time in three years since 2020, and many spectators are visiting.
The 12th round of the World Cup, which will be the first match, will be held on the 13th at a normal hill with a hill size of 102 meters in Zao, Yamagata City, and the Japanese players will be ace Takanashi, Yuka Seto, and Yuki Ito, who were representatives of last year's Beijing Olympics. A total of 8 people are participating.
The competition of 40 athletes who won the qualifying on the 12th started at 5:00 pm, Takanashi appeared 32nd in the first jump, jumped 95 meters, the same as the K point, and finished 4th, advancing to the second time. I was.
The Zao Tournament will have a team match on the 14th, and an individual match, the 13th round of the World Cup, will be held on the 15th, and NHK will broadcast the tournament live on BS1.