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 ...
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 extends Nordic combined World Cup winning streak to four
Akito Watabe won his fourth straight Nordic combined World Cup on Saturday, after sweeping the men's event in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. Watabe jumped 130.5 meters and finished the 10-km race in 24 minutes, 14.6 seconds. Norway's Jan Schmid was 1:12.6 behind for second place, while ...
