The Nordic skiing world championships were held on the 1st of the combined men's team, and Japan, who was absent from ace Akito Watanabe, was 5th in the jumps in the first half, and dropped to 7th in the cross-country in the second half. .
The Nordic Skiing World Championships held in Planica, Slovenia, were held on the 1st, with 11 teams participating in a combined men's team where four people competed as one team.
Japan, who won the bronze medal in this event at the Beijing Olympics, was not included in the members of the day because Watabe, who fell during the landing of the composite mixed group jump held on the 26th of last month.
For this reason, Ryota Yamamoto, who has been on the podium twice this season at the World Cup, Yamamoto's younger brother Yuya, who is 21, Watabe's younger brother Zento, and 22-year-old Sora Yachi. I came with 4 people.
The first half of the jump, where the 4 people jumped once each, was held on a large hill with a hill size of 138 meters. Although Ryota Yamamoto, who is good at jumping, was the 4th jumper to reach 128 meters, he finished 5th out of 11 teams. rice field.
In the second half of the cross-country, where each skater skates 5 kilometers and relays 20 kilometers, Yachi started 1 minute and 15 seconds behind the leader. I dropped one.
The second runner, Zento Watanabe, also had a difficult skating and was overtaken by Italy after 7.5 kilometers, but the third runner, Yuya Yamamoto, overtook Italy with a tenacious skating and moved up to 6th place.
However, Ryota Yamamoto, the fourth driver, was overtaken again, and Japan finished in 7th place.
Gold went to Norway, who led the jumps in the first half, while Germany won silver and Austria won bronze.