Ski jumper Sara Takanashi missed out on winning Japan's first medal of the Beijing Olympics, finishing fourth in a disappointing women's normal hill performance on Saturday at Zhangjiakou National Ski Jumping Centre.
Takanashi, with one bronze from the Pyeongchang Games four years earlier after twice being a gold-medal favorite, was fifth after a 108.7-point first jump, and moved up a place in the final round to finish with 224.1 points.
Slovenia's Ursa Bogataj, third in this year's World Cup standings, took gold with 239 points. Germany's Katharina Althaus, the first-round leader, was second with 236.8, while another Slovene, Nika Kriznar was third with 232.