Akito Watabe took bronze in the Nordic combined large hill individual Gundersen competition Thursday to reach the podium at a third straight Nordic World Ski Championships. Reigning junior world champion Johannes Lamparter from Austria won the event in Oberstdorf, Germany, ahead of normal hill world ...
Akito Watabe places fifth at world championships as Jarl Magnus Riiber defends crown
Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber defended his men's normal hill Nordic combined title in the individual Gundersen competition with Akito Watabe finishing fifth at the FIS Ski World Championships in Germany on Friday. Ryota Yamamoto led the standings in Oberstdorf after the ski jumping round with ...
Akito Watabe secures fourth straight World Cup podium finish
Akito Watabe put up a strong fight against Norway's Jarl Magnus Riiber and finished third, earning his fourth straight podium finish, on Day 3 of the Nordic combined World Cup in Seefeld, Austria. Riiber, who finished atop the rankings in both of the previous days' ...
Akito Watabe ties Japanese record with 19th Nordic combined World Cup win
Akito Watabe on Sunday claimed his first individual Nordic combined skiing World Cup victory of the season, and 19th overall, to tie the all-time record for wins on the circuit by a Japanese skier. With his win in Lahti, Finland, the two-time Olympic silver medalist ...
Two-time Olympic silver medalist Akito Watabe finished third at a Nordic combined skiing World Cup round in Ruka, Finland, on Saturday, stepping onto the podium for the first time this season. Watabe finished second in the jumping round with a leap of 139.5 meters and ...
Nordic combined skier Akito Watabe won his first World Cup event in two seasons on Sunday, moving to within one win of equaling Kenji Ogiwara's Japan record of 19 World Cup victories. The win at Lahti was Watabe's first since he won the season-ending individual ...
Japan fails to end podium drought in Nordic combined team event at worlds
Japan fell behind and had to settle for fourth place in the Nordic combined men's team event Saturday at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships, failing in its bid to reach the podium for the first time in 10 years. Team Japan, composed of brothers ...
Japan earns Nordic combined silver at World Cup season opener
Japan's men's team won silver at the FIS Nordic combined World Cup season opener on Sunday, stepping onto the podium for the first time in five years. The team of two-time Olympic silver medalist Akito Watabe, his younger brother Yoshito, Hideaki Nagai and Go Yamamoto ...
Akito Watabe finishes Nordic combined World Cup championship season in style
Akito Watabe overcame a 9-second deficit to win the season's final Nordic combined World Cup race on Sunday. It was the eighth win of the season for Watabe, who had already clinched the World Cup championship, and the 17th time he has stood atop a ...
Japan will take the fight to Germany once again at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday in the Nordic combined team event. Since Akito Watabe succumbed to the Germans in both the normal hill and large hill individual events, coach Keizo Masaki will be counting on ...
Akito Watabe looks for answers after missing podium in Nordic combined
With the gold medal he has been waiting for his entire career at stake, Akito Watabe went all in to win the Nordic combined large hill 10-km final. "I was speaking with (coach Takanori Kono) and we were saying that if we want to win ...
Germany records clean sweep in Nordic combined large hill event
Akito Watabe had his heart broken for the second time at the Pyeongchang Olympics, missing gold again on Tuesday, this time in the Nordic combined large hill 10-km event. Watabe opened the cross-country leg with a 31-second lead over German gold medalist Johannes Rydzek after ...
