The 16th round of the ski jumping women's World Cup was held in Germany on the 4th, and ace Sara Takanashi finished 3rd, her first podium of the season.
Yuki Ito finished 4th, and Nozomi Maruyama finished 5th.
The 16th round of the women's ski jumping World Cup was held on a 147-meter large hill in Willingen, Germany, with four Japanese participants.
Among them, ace Takanashi caught a headwind that was advantageous for jumping in the first time and marked 139 meters, placing him in 2nd place, 2.3 points behind the leader.
Maruyama, who jumped 136 meters, placed 4th, and Ito, who jumped 131 meters, placed 6th. All three of the Japanese competitors were in good positions to aim for the podium for the second time.
In the second round, Takanashi hit 141.50 meters, which was close to Hill Size, longer than the first round, and total points were 245.7, but he fell one place to third place.
Takanashi is her first podium at the World Cup this season.
In addition, Ms. Ito increased her flight distance to 132.5m to finish in 4th place, and Ms. Maruyama performed stable jumps to finish in 5th place.
Yuka Seto was 14th.
The winner was Katarina Althaus from Germany, who jumped 149.50 meters above the hill size for the second time.
Takanashi "I was able to fly comfortably"
Sara Takanashi, who finished 3rd on the podium for the first time this season, said, "I was able to fly comfortably in front of a lot of spectators, and I think my jumps have improved little by little since coming here. It turned out to be a fruitful day,” he said.
On top of that, regarding the fact that the three Japanese players finished in the top ranks, he said, "As a team, we're in really good shape, so we'll all aim for the podium and do our best tomorrow." rice field.