SAPPORO – Veteran ski jumper Noriaki Kasai won the UHB Cup with a pair of solid jumps on Saturday. Kasai took the lead after the first round of jumps with the day’s longest leap of 127.5 meters and added a 116.5-meter effort on his second attempt for a winning total of 235.7 points at the K-120 Okurayama hill in Hokkaido.
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