Japan's mixed ski jumping team, led by two-time women's world champion Sara Takanashi and Noriaki Kasai, the oldest winner on the men's World Cup circuit, took bronze on Sunday, the fifth day of the Nordic World Ski Championships.
The Japan team also included Yuki Ito, who won the women's ski jumping silver on Friday, and Taku Takeuchi, who was fifth in Saturday's men's competition. The quartet totaled 888.3 points to finish third behind Germany, who earned 917.9 points for first, while Norway, with 915.6 points, was second.
Ito, who entered the event with Japan's only medal at the worlds, said she held her teammates back.
"We won a medal due to their efforts," Ito said. "I came into this event in better form than the last one, but I'm the reason we didn't get a different colored medal. I'm filled with regret."
In Nordic combined, Japan's team of Taihei Kato, Yoshito Watabe, Hideaki Nagai and Akito Watabe were sixth, 1 minute, 11.5 seconds behind Germany. Germany's Individual Gunderson champion Johannes Rydzek collected his second gold medal of the worlds. Norway was second in the team event and France third.