The 19th round of the ski jumping women's World Cup was held in Austria on the 11th, and 24-year-old Nozomi Maruyama finished 3rd.
Maruyama was on the podium for the second time after finishing second on the 5th of this month when the Japanese dominated her podium.
Japan's ski jumping women's World Cup was held in Germany on the 5th of this month, and Yuki Ito won the championship for the first time in six seasons, and Maruyama, who became the first podium in 2nd place. Sara Takanashi finished in 3rd place, becoming the first Japanese woman to dominate the podium.
On the 11th, the 19th 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.
Of these, Maruyama flew the longest 91.50m in a situation where the gate was one step lower than her previous competitor due to the influence of the wind, and placed 3rd, 1.9 points behind the top.
In the second time, he flew 90m 50m above the hill size, which is considered dangerous if he jumped further, in a headwind that was advantageous for jumping, and completed two big jumps. It was 3rd place, 0.8 points short.
Maruyama didn't take her first World Cup win, but she's been in good form with two podiums in her last three races, giving her momentum ahead of the World Championships in Slovenia this month.
The other Japanese drivers were Takanashi in 11th, Ito in 15th, Miyajima Rinko in 18th, and Seto Yuka in 19th.
Her victory was her first win of the season with local Austrian Chiara Kreutzer.
Maruyama "A medal at the world championships"
Nozomi Maruyama, who stood on the podium for the second time at the Women's Ski Jumping World Cup, looked back, saying, ``I failed the second jump the day before, and I was able to make use of the lessons learned from that experience to complete two jumps.''
A year ago, Maruyama missed out on the Beijing Olympics because she fell during the landing at the NHK Trophy, which also served as the All Japan Championship, and was seriously injured.
Regarding the World Championships, which start this month, she said, "Ever since she got injured, she's been aiming to come back so that she can win a medal at the next World Championships. First, she wants to stand on the stage and do her own jumps." I vowed to be active.