The ski jumping World Cup was held in Germany on the 3rd, with a mixed team of two men and two women, and Japan came in fourth.
Mixed team ski jumping is a competition in which two men and two women each make two jumps and compete for total points.
On the 3rd, the second round of the World Cup mixed team season was held in Germany on a large hill with a hill size of 147 meters. In Japan, the men's Ryoyu Kobayashi and Naomi Nakamura, and the women's Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi. 4 people participated.
The tournament started with a strong wind blowing, and Japan's first person, Mr. Ito, marked 154m 50, which greatly exceeded the hill size in a strong headwind, but failed to land and could not improve the flying style point. However, at this point, they were ranked 2nd alongside powerhouse Norway.
However, female ace Takanashi, who appeared as the third runner, was hit by a strong headwind and fell short of her K point of 130m, 123.50m.
The fourth and final man was Kobayashi, the men's ace, who also stayed at 126 meters before the K point, putting Japan in 4th place in the first run.
The wind continued to pick up after this, and the competition ended with only the first jump, so Japan finished 4th with a total of 375.8 points.
Norway was the winner with a total of 450.6 points, followed by Austria in 2nd and Germany in 3rd.