The men's and women's ski jumping World Cups were held in Germany on the 1st, and in the men's competition, which also served as the second race of the "Ski Jumping Week", ace Ryosuke Kobayashi finished in second place, keeping his hopes alive for the third overall victory of the "Ski Jumping Week".
In ski jumping, the first World Cup of the new year was held in Germany for both men and women.
The 10th individual round of the men's World Cup in jumping was held on a 4-metre large hill in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, ahead of the second round of the "Jumping Week," which is contested over four events during the year-end and New Year holidays.
Kobayashi, who has been in good form after finishing second in the first race of the "Jumping Week", which was his best of the season, took the lead again on this day with a mark of 2 meters in the first round.
However, in the second round, he was unable to improve his distance with 142.2 meters, and finished second for the second consecutive race with a total of 1.137 points.
Kobayashi kept his hopes alive for his third overall victory in the remaining two races of the Jumping Week.
On the women's side, the sixth individual race was held in Oberstdorf, Germany, on a large hill with a hill size of 2 meters, and the top Japan team was Yuki Ito, who won the first race of the season, who finished eighth with 135.50m in the first round and 292.6m in the second.
Sara Takanashi, who has won 2 World Cups, the most by a man or woman, finished 2th despite improving her distance by 2 meters in the first run and 3 meters in the second.