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Feb 17, 2013

Uemura third in Sochi test run

Aiko Uemura finished third in the women’s moguls Friday in a World Cup Olympic test event at the venue for the 2014 Winter Games. It was Uemura’s second podium finish of the campaign following the season-opening competition in the dual moguls in Ruka, Finland, ...

Feb 16, 2013

Hiraoka claims first World Cup win

Taku Hiraoka won a halfpipe snowboarding competition on Thursday to claim his first World Cup title at a test event for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The 17-year-old Hiraoka coasted into the semifinals in first and earned the highest score of 90.25 points in ...

Feb 15, 2013

Takeuchi earns runnerup supt in World Cup ski jumping

Ski jumper Taku Takeuchi claimed a personal World Cup best with his second-place finish at a meet in Germany on Wednesday. The 25-year-old Takeuchi, whose only previous podium finish came at Innsbruck in January 2012, landed jumps of 133.5 and 130.5 meters to score ...

Feb 10, 2013

Snow postpones World Cup ski jump

Saturday’s ski jumping World Cup competition was completely canceled after strong winds continued to howl at Zao Ski Resort. Sunday will feature a doubleheader, with the first competition starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday’s official training had also been canceled because of heavy snowfall. Overall ...

Takanashi aims for return to winning ways

Feb 8, 2013

Takanashi aims for return to winning ways

Sara Takanashi will look to turn back the clock and recapture her form at Zao last season to snap out of a funk in this weekend’s World Cup ski jumping. Last week in Sapporo, the 16-year-old Sochi Olympic hopeful missed the podium in back-to-back ...

Feb 4, 2013

Takanashi misses podium finish

Teenager Sara Takanashi finished fifth in Sunday’s World Cup women’s ski jumping event at Miyamori hill in Hokkaido. The 16-year-old local product landed a pair of 86-meter jumps to amass 225.4 points as she missed a World Cup podium finish for the second straight ...

Feb 3, 2013

Takanashi struggles at World Cup

Sara Takanashi finished 12th in a women’s World Cup meet on Saturday for her worst placing in over a year. The second jump was delayed and eventually canceled due to high winds at Sapporo’s Miyanomori-Schanze’s K-90 normal hill. The 16-year-old Takanashi, who leads the ...

Jan 25, 2013

Takanashi triumphs at ski jump meet

Ski jump teenage sensation Sara Takanashi defended her title at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in the Czech resort of Liberec on Thursday. Takanashi, 16, set the standard with a second jump of 102 meters as she racked up 268 points to finish ...

Jan 19, 2013

Nagano Games gold medalist Satoya announces retirement

Freestyle mogul skier Tae Satoya, whose gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics made her the first Japanese woman to win Winter Games gold, will retire at the end of this season, her company, Fuji Television Network Inc., said Friday. The 36-year-old Satoya made ...