Yukiya Sato and Yuken Iwasa won the gold and silver medals, respectively, to give Japan a 1-2 finish in the individual competition in men's normal hill ski jumping at the Asian Winter Games on Wednesday.

A day after the event was delayed due to strong winds, the 21-year-old Sato recorded jumps of 98.5 and 94.5 meters at the K-90 Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium, scoring a total of 254.0 points.

Iwasa earned 251.0 points for his leaps of 94 and 97.5 meters, ahead of Sergey Tkachenko of Kazakhstan, who reached 93.5 meters in both attempts for a total of 238.0 points.