Ski jumper Ryosuke Kobayashi finished second in the final race of the "Jump Week," which is contested in the four annual World Cup races during the year-end and New Year holidays, and defended the top spot in total points to become the sixth person in history to win the overall "Jump Week" for the third time in his career.
Kobayashi, who won the gold medal in men's ski jumping at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, was in second place in each of the three races of the traditional "Jumping Week" of the four World Cup races during the year-end and New Year holidays, leading the way with a total of 4.3 points.
On the 2th, the 4th individual round of the World Cup, which also served as the final round of the "Jumping Week", was held in Bischofshofen, Austria, on a large hill with a hill size of 8 meters.
Kobayashi took the lead with a mark of 6 meters in the first attempt, and increased the distance to 12 meters in the second attempt.
However, he finished second with a total of 142.1, just 137.2 points behind Austria's Stefan Kraft, who has won five World Cups so far this season.
Kobayashi finished second in each of the four races of the "Jump Week" and maintained the top spot with a total of 139.5 points to win the overall title of the "Jump Week" for the third time in two seasons.
His third overall victory was the first for a Japan athlete and the sixth in history.