The final competition of the Men's Ski Jumping World Cup was held in Slovenia, and although Japanese ace Ryosuke Kobayashi only finished 20th, he still had a good result, finishing 2nd in the individual overall this season.
The 33rd individual ski jumping men's World Cup, the final race of the season, was held in Slovenia on the 24th.
The final race of this season was a flying hill, which was contested on a 240 meter jumping hill, which was larger than the large hill, and three people from Japan participated.
Of these, the ace player Kobayashi greatly increased his flying distance to 205.50 meters in the first race and 232 meters in the second, but he finished in 20th place in the final race with a total of 386.6 points.
Kobayashi has been on the podium a total of 15 times this season, with two wins, 2nd place 10 times, and 3rd place three times, and his overall individual ranking was 2nd, a good result that will carry him into next season.
Other Japanese athletes
: Ren Nikaido placed 19th and 22nd overall overall
; Kobayashi's older brother Junshiro Kobayashi placed 23rd and 34th overall.
In addition, 51-year-old Noriaki Kasai, who participated in the World Cup overseas for the first time in four seasons since 2019, did not participate in the final match, but he participated in nine tournaments this season, has increased his all-time record for the most appearances to 578.