The 18th round of the women's ski jumping World Cup was held in Austria on the 10th, and ace Sara Takanashi was the top Japanese player in 8th place.
Among the Japanese women's ski jumpers, Yuki Ito won the 17th round of the World Cup held in Germany on the 5th of this month for the first time in six seasons, followed by Nozomi Maruyama in 2nd place and Takanashi in 3rd place. Entered, Japanese women monopolized the podium for the first time.
On the 10th, the 18th round of the World Cup was held in Hinzenbach, Austria on a normal hill with a hill size of 90 meters, and five players from Japan participated.
Among them, ace Takanashi jumped 87 meters in the first jump in a tailwind that was unfavorable for jumps and finished in 9th place, 10.4 points behind the top.
She came in with a tailwind for the second time, but she also marked 87m here, moving up one place with a total of 239.7 points to finish 8th, the best among Japanese competitors.
In addition, Maruyama was 11th, Ito was 14th, Rinko Miyajima was 23rd, and Yuka Seto did not advance to the top 30 in the second race.
The winner was local Austrian Eva Pinkelnich, who flew 91.50 meters above the hill size in the first time, marking a total of 254.4, and her sixth win this season.