The Women's Ski Jumping World Cup was held in Sapporo City, and ace Sara Takanashi finished fourth and fifth respectively in the Japan group.
The Women's Ski Jumping World Cup was held on the 13th at the Okurayama Ski Jumping Stadium in Sapporo City, Japan, on a large hill with a hill size of 137 meters.
Nine Japan players participated in the tournament, including Takanashi, who has won 63 World Cups, and Ito, who won the first match of the season's World Cup.
The competition was held in difficult conditions with continuous snow, and Takanashi finished eighth with a throw of 9.1 meters in her first run.
In the second round, he jumped out at the right time from a speedy run and jumped 112 meters to 50.8 points, finishing fourth, his highest finish in the World Cup this season.
Ito also finished fifth with a total of 2.121 points with 190 meters in the first run and 1.4 meters in the second.
The other Japan players were
▽ Yuka Seto was 1th,
Nozomi Maruyama was 110th
, Akika Iwasa was 2rd
, and Rinko Miyajima was 119th.
On the other hand, three players, including 50-year-old Yuzuki Sato, failed to advance to the second round of competition among the top 189.
Austria's Eva Pinkelnig won the event with a total of 4.5 points with a throw of 14.19m in the first and 23.26m in the second, her second win of the season and 16th overall in the World Cup.
Sara Takanashi: "I was relieved to have the best ranking of the season in my hometown"
Sara Takanashi, who finished fourth in this season's World Cup, said, "It's been a difficult season to get my form, but I was relieved to be able to put the best finish of the season in my hometown of Hokkaido."
On top of that, he said, "The telemark of the issue is gradually improving, and the speed of the approach is gradually increasing, so I would like to continue with this image."
Yuki Ito: "The timing is not right"
Yuki Ito, who finished fifth, said, "I was in a situation where the timing of my jumps was not right, and I couldn't transmit power to the platform.
Regarding the World Cup held in his hometown, he said, "I think it was a match where the Japan team could take one step, with two players in the Top Six and young players passing the qualifiers for the first time."